Charles Mix 1856-1902

MIX, LAMBORN

Posted By: Richard Lowe (email)
Date: 3/11/2003 at 23:50:30

Charles Mix is Dead.

Charles H. Mix, who had been ill for several months, passed away at his home in this city last Saturday morning. He had made a hard struggle against the inevitable but all to no purpose. Death is no respecter of persons. The funeral was held Monday morning. There was a fair attendance. Services were conducted at the Congregational church by Rev. Glen Taylor, the pastor. The remains were interred in Evergreen cemetery. The pall bears were Geo. H. Baker, F. Freeman, W. J. Brown, E. Middleton, A. E. Troyer, and J. R. Moore.

The deceased was born in Laporte county, Indiana, September 7th, 1856.

When he was eleven years old his parents moved to Wisconsin, where they resided for several years. From there they moved to Minnesota where they located permanently. November 3rd, 1884, Mr. Mix married in Jackson county, this state, to Miss Dora A. Lamborn. They made their home in that locality until 1891 when they moved to Humboldt county. There they remained a year. In 1892 they came to Palo Alto, Mr. Mix having purchased the Wm. Jackman farm in Walnut township. Subsequent to that time they continued to reside permanently in this vicinity, though Mr. Mix went to the Pacific coast once or twice for the benefit of his health. Last February his physical condition became serious. He moved his family to Boise City, Idaho, but the change did not benefit him and he returned in August. After that he slowly but steadily declined until he was called to his eternal home. The surviving members of the family are Mrs. Mix, one boy and three girls.

Mr. Mix was a plain, industrious, frugal man. He was painstaking, earnest and persevering and whenever he engaged in an undertaking he was sure to carry it to successful completion. He was open-minded and courteous and was a most agreeable member of society. He was a man of facts rather than of pretentions [sic]. He hated shams and, though light-hearted and jovial, he was ever serious in his professions and in his purposes. He was devotedly attached to his wife and family and no comforts or advantages that his means could supply were too good for them. He was stricken down in the prime of manhood, when life’s opportunities seemed the brightest and sustaining efforts were most needed. To the surviving wife and fatherless children they sympathy of all is sincerely extended.

Source: Emmetsburg Democrat; 24 Dec. 1902; p. 5