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Hortense remained active in the Houston Heights Woman’s Club and the practice of law until herhusband died in 1939. 40 Hortense passed away on December 5, 1944, as World War II was nearing an end,leaving behind one daughter and eight grandchildren. 41 She lies buried in Houston’s Hollywood Cemetery. 42Hortense’s story continues to inspire to this day. In 2010, the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall ofFame inducted Hortense as a “Cowgirl Honoree” who advanced women’s rights in Texas and America. 43Linda Hunsaker accepts the Cowgirl Honoree 2010 award on behalf of Chief Justice Hortense Sparks Wardat the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame (“NCMHOF”) in Fort Worth, Texas.Photo by Rhonda Hole (Oct. 28, 2010), provided courtesy of NCMHOF.40See Shuffield, The Hon. Hortense Malsch Sparks Ward, at 6.41See Pope, Chief Justice Ward, 4; Shuffield, The Hon. Hortense Malsch Sparks Ward, at 6.42See Hortense Sparks Ward’s gravestone on the Find-A-Grave website, public domain photo, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=38838535&PIpi=41828459 (accessed June 16, 2015).43See “Hortense Sparks Ward, Cowgirl Honoree,” National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame (http://www.cowgirl.net/portfolios/hortense-sparks-ward) (accessed June 15, 2015).60