Minnie E. (Stribling) Hoskins (1923)

HOSKINS, STRIBLING, HORTON

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler (email)
Date: 11/19/2010 at 16:33:24

Earlham Echo – April 5, 1923

Minnie Elfletta Hoskins, next to the oldest of seven children in the family of John and Emaline Horton Stribling, was born September 5, 1871 while the family were living on a farm one and one-half miles west of Earlham, Iowa. She grew to womanhood in and near Earlham. She taught school for eight years, the last two years of her teaching being given to the Earlham school.

She was married to Richard G. Hoskins on June 23rd, 1897; the new home thus established was and up on a farm near Waukee, Iowa where they lived until February -----. (Some of the paper is missing here) Elfletta Hoskins was loving as wife, mother and home keeper, her love and devotion for these grew with the years. She leaves behind a beautiful benediction of wifehood and motherhood. Although busy with the cares of home, and the loving ministry to her invalid sister, Pearl Stribling, and her aged mother, Emaline Stribling, she kept abreast of the times and her interest in church and public affairs did not wave. She was active and prominent in the affairs of her community.

She was converted when a small girl and united with the Friends Church and through the years she freely received spiritual strength from the church and freely she gave to it everything she could for its school upbuilding. We could always know that whatever she was given to do would be faithfully and cheerfully done.

In the years of love and active service for home and church, hers has been a growing character. It was a character sweetened and strengthened by personal relation of loyalty and love to her Savior. It was a character built upon the eternal foundation of Truth and Righteousness, therefore it will abide forever. She held many positions of trust in the church and at the time of her death was an Elder and President of the Womans Missionary Society.

Our hearts are saddened because of her going, but Heaven is richer and her being there brings it closer and makes it more real to us. She leaves a husband, R. G. Hoskins, the four daughters, Helen, Lois, Lucille and Esther; her mother, Emaline Stribling, a sister, Pearl Stribling, three brothers, Oscar and Fred Stribling of Payton, Iowa, and Earl Stribling of Des Moines, and many other relatives and a multitude of friends to miss her presence. We all would have loved to whisper “Farewell, dear one; while here we loved thee well and hope to meet thee some day in that better country and live again our happy days.”
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Winterset Madisonian – April 15, 1923
Pg 7
Earlham

The funeral of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hill and Mrs. Richard Hoskins, who were killed at the Randolph hotel more than two weeks ago, was held at the Friends church, of which all were active members, on Thursday afternoon. The Rock Island railway sent a special train from Des Moines, bringing three cars filled with people from Des Moines, Oskaloosa and other places for the funeral. There were at least 1,000 people present as the last sad rites were said over the three caskets in front of the pulpit. Two truck loads of flowers were beautifully arranged as a background for and on these three caskets, containing the bodies of some of the best loved citizens of our town.

The service was conducted by Rev. McGrew, president of Penn college, and Rev. Nelson, pastor of the Friends church and the obituaries were written and read by Mrs. Lenna Lescault. It was a sad sight as the hearses, preceded by eighteen pall bears, started to the cemetery, which led past the recent home of the Hills, and on to the last resting place of these beloved ones who have laid their burdens of earth down and are now rejoicing where sorrow and pain will never come.

Mr. and Mrs. Hill were laid side by side in a double grave. Their little daughter, Mary, is still a great sufferer and has not been told of the death of her parents. The Hoskins girls, with the exception of Lucile, all know of the death of their mother, but were unable to be up at the time of the funeral and are still in bed and will be for perhaps many weeks.

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