The Rev. Carl Hort, 78, Brooten, died Tuesday, May 21, 2002, at Veterans Administration Hospital in Minneapolis.
Services were Friday, May 24, at Hope Lutheran Church in Sunburg. The Rev. Ronald Knutson officiated. Burial wasin Kenneth Lutheran Cemetery, near Kenneth.
Carl Hort was born to John Peter and Mary Elizabeth (Goeringer) Hort on July 27, 1923, in Cherokee, Okla. After graduating from Cherokee High School in 1941, his family moved to Alva, Okla., where he attended Northwestern College.
In February 1944 he entered active duty in the U.S. Army during World War II serving under Gen. George Patton. He was stationed in Europe with the 317th Infantry, 80th Division, and was a rifleman during the Battle of the Bulge. After his honorable discharge in November 1945, he returned to college to complete his bachelorÕs degree in mathematics. For several years he worked at Boeing and Cessna Aircraft companies and also farmed with his brother, Jack. He enrolled at Concordia Seminary in 1956 and finished his training in 1963 at Luther Seminary in St. Paul with a masterÕs degree in divinity.
He met his future wife in Minneapolis before taking his first pulpit call at Martin Luther Lutheran Church in Detroit, Mich. He married Anita Halverson on Dec. 28, 1963, at Kenneth Lutheran Church in Kenneth. He continued in Detroit until 1972 when they moved to Eden Prairie where he pastored the King of Glory Lutheran Church. In 1977 they moved to Brooten where he served Our SaviourÕs Lutheran Church, Crow Lake Lutheran and Sunburg Free Lutheran Churches.
Survivors include his wife, Anita Hort, Brooten; one son, Andrew Hort, Minneapolis; one daughter, Marie (Andy) Martinson, Minneapolis; one granddaughter, Alexa Jean Marie Hort, Minneapolis; one brother, Jack Hort, Alva; and several nieces and nephews.
Rev. Hort was preceded in death by his parents, one sister, Marjorie Weber, and numerous other family members.
Hoplin Funeral and Cremation Services Glenwood, were in charge of arrangements.