Zink, Mrs. T.M. (Emma) Died 1910

ZINK, NIX

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LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
Tuesday, October 11, 1910

FUNERAL OF MRS. ZINK
SERVICES ARE HELD UNDER AUSPICES OF EASTERN STAR

The funeral of the late Mrs. T.M. Zink was held at the Congregational church
in this city on Sunday afternoon under the auspices of the members of the
LeMars chapter Order of the Eastern Star of which she was a past worthy
matron. She was also Grand Martha of the Grand Lodge of the state of Iowa at
the time of her death.

The body, accompanied by the husband and daughter and niece, Mrs. J. H.
McHogan and Mr. J. Brown, of Manchester, arrived in LeMars on Sunday morning
and was taken to the Grand Rapids undertaking parlors. The services were
held in the afternoon. The Eastern Star members, dressed in white, who
formed in line. The service was according to the ritual of the chapter, and
was impressably rendered by the members. The floral tributes were profuse,
and more beautiful flowers have never been heaped on the casket of a friend
or adorned the altar and chancel at any like ceremony. Rev. C.F. Fisher made
a few brief and impressive remarks adapted most fittingly to the occasion.

A choir composed of Miss Marion Hinds, Miss Carrie Reichmann, Ed. Haas and
C.L. Trenery, sang the favorite hymns of the deceased, "Abide With Me" and
"Asleep In Jesus." Miss Hinds rendered a beautiful solo, "Over the Stars
There is Rest," and the ninety-first Psalm was read. The pallbearers were:
V.P. Thielmann, C.L. Trenery, W.H. Perry, Johnson Pemberton, J.G. Smaltz and
T.W. Lewis. The remains were taken back to Manchester in the evening and
placed in a receiving vault until a mausoleum is built for their reception.

The funeral services were conducted according to the last wishes of the
departed.

Mrs. Zink's death is mourned by many friends in LeMars.

The last year or two of her life were clouded by ill health. Last spring at
the earnest solicitation of her sisters, she went to Manchester that they
might care for and minister to her in her illness. Her husband made frequent
trips to her bedside, and her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Becker, was with her
for the past few weeks. A sketch of the life of Mrs. Zink is given below
from the Press, published at Manchester, which was her home before her
marriage.

Mrs. T.M. Zink, nee Nix, of LeMars, passed away at the Nix home in this
city, this morning after a protracted and weary illness of several months.
Mrs. Zink began to fail in health a year ago, and last April she came to the
old home here in the hope that a complete rest might be of permanent
benefit. In May her daughter, Mrs. Margretta Becker, came here to assist in
her care, remaining with her with the utmost fidelity and love. Every
attention that solicitude and affection could inspire has been shown Mrs.
Zink by those of her family here.

Following a brief private service at the Nix home, the family will conduct
the body of Mrs. Zink to the home in LeMars, where the funeral will be held
on Sunday, under the auspices of the Eastern Star Order of that city.

Emma M. Nix was born near the city of Dubuque, and came to Manchester with
her parents when a mere child. Here she grew to young womanhood, and here,
on December 2, 1885, she was married to Hon. T.M. Zink, one of the most
prominent and representative citizens of Northwest Iowa. Mr. Zink has been
assiduous in his devotions to his wife, and was at her bedside when she
passed away. Mrs. Zink is survived by the husband and daughter, by two
brothers, John and Elijah Nix, and four sisters, the Misses Lizzie, Eliza
and Angie Nix and Mrs. Laura J. Rumsey, all of this city. Mrs. Zink was a
member of the P.E.O. and Eastern Star orders, and was prominent in church,
social and fraternal circles in LeMars.

The illness of Mrs. Zink, discouraging and wearisome in its nature as it
was, was borne by her with a high degree of fortitude and patient
resignation. She was a woman of refined and cultivated tastes, with a charm
of manner which impressed all who met her and a beauty of character as
unobtrusive as it was real. The dreary months of her illness brought into
relief those qualities of courage and self-forgetfulness which testified to
the sincerity of her faith and the unselfishness of a spirit awaiting its
release. It would be cruel to wish her back from that land where "there is
no more pain, neither sorrow nor crying," deeply as she will be missed.

She dropped the shuttle, the loom stood still,

The weaver slept in the twilight grey.

Dear heart, you will weave your beautiful web

In the golden light of a longer day.