
Hortense was born Feb. 10, 1926, to O.B. and Myrtle Hurt in Barnsdall, Okla. She married U.F. (Mutt) Dixon in Russell, Kan., on May 18, 1944. They settled in Rangely, Colo., in 1946. They raised four children.
Hortense worked at the Rangely District Hospital for 20-plus years. She was…



