Funeral services for Jack Hort will be Thursday, February 23, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Wharton Funeral Chapel with Pastor Aaron Wagner officiating. Burial will follow in Zion Lutheran Cemetery under the direction of Wharton Funeral Chapel. Online condolences may be made at www.whartonfuneralchapel.com.

Jack James Hort was born to Mary Elizabeth (Goeringer) and John Peter Hort February 9, 1925, in Cherokee, Oklahoma, and passed away at Alva, on February 18, 2017, at the age of 92 years and 9 days old.

He attended the Cherokee School System through the 12th grade.

Jack was inducted into the United Sta...