Women - Hunterdon County, New Jersey

EDNA HORN
"She can be summed up in two words -- community service."
Thus, was Edna Horn described by a county official.
Born in Minnesota, Edna Horn resided in Delaware Township
from 1933 until her death in 1975.
Wife and mother of two, she soon began her volunteer service in
Delaware by insisting that a planning board be formed in her
township. Her ability to visualize the complexities of future growth,
as well as the need to regulate that growth, caused her to devote her
keen intelligence and boundless energy to formation and
development of the zoning code. For many years she served as
secretary of the Delaware Township Planning Board as well as
president of the Federation of New Jersey Planning Officials.
On the county level, Mrs. Horn became president of the County
Welfare Board and was instrumental in the development of farreaching
programs. She was remembered as a stern taskmaster
whose opinion was respected. Her word was her bond, her integrity beyond reproach.
Upon her death, the Board of Chosen Freeholders noted that she had been a “woman
of character and ability, but above all, a person concerned for her fellow citizens.”
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