Mr. Andrew "Yogi" Hortman, after 67 years with us, transitioned from "Earth to Everlasting" on Tuesday, October 18, 2016 from Guthrie, Oklahoma.


A Service of Memory for Mr. Hortman will be on Saturday evening, October 22, 2016 at 6:00 PM in the Chapel of Peace at the Keith D. Biglow Funeral Directors, Inc., of Okmulgee.

You may visit Mr. Hortman on Friday from 12 Noon until 6:00 PM.

Services in Milwaukee will be on Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 11:00 AM in the Mason Temple Church. Bishop Ossie Tatum will officiate.

Andrew Hortman was born on April 4, 1949 to Leon and Rosia [Tyler]] Hortman, Sr., in Tallulah, Louisian. To this union there were nine children. Shortly after his birth, at the age of 3 months, he traveled with his parents and two siblings to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

While still at an impressionable age, Andrew accepted God at an early age and was a member of Bethesda COGIC in Milwaukee, where he attended with his family. Andrew attended Milwaukee Public Schools,  and graduated from Rufus King High School. He continued his education at Concordia College in Milwaukee.

Mr. Hortman served his country honorably in the United States Marine Corp in 1969.

Andrew was blessed with a daughter, Monique, to whom he referred to as the most beautiful girl in the world. Andrew was previously married and  he had a son named Craig Hortman. The family moved to Oklahoma in 1988, but Andrew never abandoned his roots. He returned to Milwaukee often.

Andrew loved fishing and hunting with his father, grandfather, uncles and nephews, enjoyed participating in Milwaukee summer baseball leagues, coached baseball, softball and volleyball, mentored youth in Milwaukee and Oklahoma, organized family gatherings-participating as the "Master Cook" and assisted in organizing social clubs and many bus trips, as well as enjoying playing cards with family and friends.  He had begun to enjoy attending church services throughout the Beggs, Okmulgee and Bristow areas in Oklahoma.

Andrew was the #1 Green Bay Packers fan. He was an avid Packers supporter and always cheered for his team.

In his 67 ^th year, Andrew Hortman transitioned from "Earth to Everlasting" on Tuesday, October 18, 2016 from his residence in Guthrie, Oklahoma. He was preceded in death by his father, Leon Hortman, Sr., and his grandparents Alex and Pearl Hortman Sr., Authur and Addie Tyler;

He leaves to lament his passing while yet cherishing his loving memory; his wife, Rosetta Clark Hortman, Beggs, Oklahoma; his precious daughter, Monique Hortman Dightman [Sheldon], Guthrie, Oklahoma; his son, Craig Hortman, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; his mother, Rosia Hortman, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; his grandchildren, Taylynn, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Mariah, Guthrie, Oklahoma, Stephanie, Christopher, Brandon and Lea and a great-grandson, Devon, all of Milwaukee;   his brothers, Ernest Hortman, Leon Hortman, Jr., Robert Hortman and Elgin Hortman and his sisters, Lethoria Kimble, Virginia Hortman, Elizabeth [Larry] Odom and Leisa Hortman, all of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; his sisters-in-law, Vernetta Clark Brumley, Duncanville, Texas and Lubertha Nash, Beggs, Oklahoma; His Aunts, Uncles and a caravan of other relatives and friends.