Edna M. Horkey age 90 of Westbrook passed away Monday, December 4, 2017 at Westbrook Good Samaritan Care Center in Westbrook. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 11 at Grace Lutheran Church in Westbrook. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at church. Interment will be in the Memory Gardens Cemetery in Windom. Online condolences may be sent at www.stephensfuneralservice.com. Stephens Funeral Service – Westbrook Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.
Edna M. Horkey was born May 6, 1927 to Max and Adelle (Heimer) Karo in Redwood Falls, Minnesota. She was baptized at First Presbyterian Church and attended school at Redwood Falls. On August 26, 1946 Edna married Gordon Horkey of Windom in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. They lived on a farm in Amo Township for 32 years and later moved to a farm in Rosehill Township near Westbrook.
Edna is survived by her sons: Charles (Marsha) Horkey of South Sioux City, NE, Rickey (June) Horkey of Merrill, WI, and Ronald (Angie) Horkey of Westbrook; 12 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews; and sister-in-law Betty Whiteford of Windom. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband Gordon, daughter Linda Kyes, son Cicero Horkey and infant son (twin of Rickey), siblings: Ellen Nelson, Anna Andreson, Margaret Drummond and George Karo.
Boys, This Christmas will be sad without your Mom, but the gift that God gave you with her can never be replaced. We sometime do not realize that they are gifts that are God given just as the redeemer Jesus Christ was for all man kind. Now we have memories which will last our life time. Just one ” Remember that school morning when you Charles was in tears because you were stitched in fiberglass fibers from your Mon washing the curtains (fiber glass) with you and your sisters school cloths. There are many fond memories that I recall. It was a blessing to visit Edna two years ago. God Bless YOU ALL! Jerry & Mary Horkey
The length of life doesn’t diminish the sorrow when that life ends. May your memories of her in this life sustain you until you are again together.
Our sympathies, Melvin and Dixie Kucera
My condolences on the loss of your mother!
GLY&SDI. Deb Alt
Edna was such a kind, friendly, beautiful woman. I felt blessed for having known her for a few years. She enriched the lives of all she knew. Please know you will all be in my thoughts and prayers in the coming days. I am sure you have many happy memories to cherish, even though you are grieving her passing. ? from Eunie Christensen, Clive, IA
I meant to include a heart, but it came out a question mark ? Sorry!
May our Father in heaven and may the love of Christ our Savior grant your family the peace and comfort of the Holy Spirit. Our sincere sympathies! Jerry & Sandy Hales