Anita J. (Joel) HORTA

June 25, 1949 - July 10, 2019

Anita J (Joel) Horta . 6/25/49 – 7/10/19. Following a decade long battle with ovarian cancer Joel passed peacefully at home on July 10, 2019 surrounded by friends and loved ones. Joel was born in Goodland Kansas June 25 1949. Daughter of Carlos and Mary Horta, she is survived by her husband Ronald Hiebsch of St. Louis, MO and siblings Rita Elsten and Jon Ramirez both of Tucson AZ. She was a graduate of Goodland High School in 1967. Married in 1980 to Ronald Hiebsch in Baltimore MD, they have resided in Baltimore, Kalamazoo MI and St. Louis MO. Joel’s life’s passion was always painting. She studied art at Kansas State University, the Art Students League of New York, and the Schuler School of Art in Baltimore, MD. She worked as a scenery designer and painter on Broadway in New York during the 1970’s, and as an independent artist in the years since. She was represented by galleries in New York, Baltimore, and Annapolis MD. Her favorite painting subject was always angels, and she always insisted that they did not have white wings, but rather they were brilliant multi-colored. Now, she can see she was right all along. Donations may be made in remembrance of Joel to the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance.