Delwin Haines (1921)

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Winterset Madisonian
Wednesday, February 2, 1921
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Earlham

Delwyn Haynes died at his home in the west part of Earlham on Monday afternoon, Jan. 24. The funeral was held at the Friends church Wednesday afternoon, Rev. Lescault having charge of the service. The familiar form will be missed from our little city, as will also his cheery smile, but we know that he has gone to a country where there is no more pain and he will not be handicapped there as he was here with a weak body. His parents have the sympathy of the community in their sorrow.
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Winterset Madisonian
Wednesday, February 9, 1921
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Death of Delwin Haines

Mr. and Mrs. Zimri Haines of Earlham, have been bereft of their only child, Delwin Philbrick Haines, who died on Jan. 24, after a brief illness. The Haines family spent the greater portion of their life in Winterset; thus have many relatives and warm friends in this vicinity who will sorrow with the parents in their loss.

Delwin had had spinal trouble since a small boy, suffering much all of his life, but always patient under all of his afflictions.

His final illness, lasting only a few days, was caused by a weak heart, which --------. The serious nature of his condition was not realized until three days before his death.

Funeral services were conducted at the Friends Church by the Rev. Charles Lescault on Wednesday, Feb. 2, burial taking place in the Earlham cemetery.
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Earlham Echo
Earlham, Iowa
Thursday, January 27, 1921

The Passing of Delwin Haines

Delwin Haines passed away Monday and the community which knew so little of him in life has stood for a moment in awe of the solemnity of Death. We recall now how little was our acquaintance with this character which moved among us so many yeas, but always unobtrusively. Delwin was not as other men. Fate was unkind to him and deprived him of almost everything that seems to make life worth living. Yet betrayed out of practically everything that was ------- his fellows to enjoy, we are persuaded that this young man got a great deal out of life. Certainly he did not despair, but knowing of his irrevocable handicap, he yet plodded down the years with a sublime faith in the eternal future, and a smile along the way. As slightly as this life touched us, it emphasized the double truth that to be happy and contented with one’s lot in life is a Divinely given gift, and that we are never grateful enough that we are what we are and not something else. If the though of this life gives us pause for a moment it is not because of regret that he has passed on to a kinder station of life. It is rather that we contrast it with our own lives and contemplate the wasted hours of vain yearning for that which we have not, overlooking all that is ours in health, strength, normal minds and bodies and the manifold gifts of the Creator. Following is the splendid climate of Delwin Haines’ life read at his funeral Wednesday by Rev. Lescault:

Heaven to God’s children is home. Home with the care and strife of day shut out. No pain, death, or sorrow ever knocks at its door. Tis a secluded place where loved ones who parted at death can meet again and rejoice in each others presence evermore.

They enter this home in response to the invitation of the Heavenly Father, who is calling his children from far and near, to a family reunion.

And how happy the day when all have gathered in that home never to go out anymore. “And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying; neither shall there be any more pain for the former things have passed away.”

In response to this call, Delwin Philbrick Haines, son of Zimri and Louise Haines, on January 24, 1921, at Earlham, Iowa, left the toil and pain of day to enter this Heavenly Home.

The call came in the evening twilight, the time of day when we each turn from care and gather in the home and there forget the storm and cloud, the toll and burden of day, just to sit down and rest and be happy.

Delwin was born on December 6th, 1888 near Winterset, Iowa.

He was a cheery, patient spirit in spite of the long years of suffering. When but a small boy he received an injury which left him with a frail broken body, but he had no word of complaint or murmuring.

He was converted early in life and since that time he has dearly loved his Bible and the church. He loved to attend the Christian Endeavor and the Young People’s Bible Class. He usually had some clipping on the Christian Endeavor lesson to give at his contribution in the service.

He will be missed from the services of the local Friends Church of which he was a member, but the funeral services were conducted by the pastor Chas. Lescault, at the Friends Church. The pall bearers were six young men from the young peoples Bible Class. Burial was in the Earlham cemetery.