Lillian Carter (Hull) Hostetter (1861-1913)

HULL, HOSTETTER, LEIB, HUGHES, BARNES

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 5/17/2021 at 16:53:12

From Nevada Representative August 26, 1913

The death of Mrs. J. I. Hostetter of Colo will be a shock to friends here and elsewhere. Her state of health was known to close friends to be critical; but the end was not looked for so soon. The funeral will be held at Colo Thursday forenoon.

In the same issue of the paper on the page captioned: COLO REPRESENTATIVE

Death of Mrs. Hostetter

This morning the sad news went abroad that Mrs. J. I. Hostetter passed away at two o'clock this morning. Mrs. Hostetter has suffered with cancer of the liver for many months and she with her family and intimate friends knew that the end was near yet it came sooner than expected. She bore her suffering which at times was very severe bravely and patiently to the end. The heartfelt sympathy of the entire community is extended to the bereaved ones. Funeral services will be held at the home at 10 o'clock Thursday morning.

From Nevada Representative August 29, 1913 (front page)

MRS. J. I. HOSTETTER.

Mrs. J. I. Hostetter, was born November 17th 1861, at Boonesboro, which is now a part of Boone, Iowa, and died at her home in Colo, Iowa, August 26, 1913 All had been done for her that faithful and loving hands could do, and it was realized that she could not recover from her illness but the suddenness of her death came as a shock to her friends and relatives.

Lillian Carter hull was the third daughter of John A. Hull, late of Boone County, who will be remembered as an early pioneer of that County and lawyer of prominence. In her girlhood she attended the State Agricultural College at Ames; and Cornell College at Mt. Vernon, Iowa; and was a teacher in the Boone City Schools at the time of her marriage June 24 1885, to Dr. John Irvin Hostetter then a young physician of Colo.

Ever since their marriage this estimable couple have resided in Colo, and have been identified with the people and interest of Story County in many ways. Surviving the deceased are the husband, and three children, Dr. John Hull Hostetter, Mary Helen Hostetter, a teacher in the Des Moines Schools, and Hugh Carroll Hostetter, a senior at Iowa State College at Ames. She is also survived by her sisters, Mrs. Alice M. Leib, Mrs. Mary E. Hughes, Mrs. Nannie M. Barnes and brother John A. Hull, all of Boone, Iowa.

Simple but impressive funeral services were held from the family home in Colo at 10 o'clock a. m. August 28. There in the home and upon the spacious lawn gathered the friends fro far and near bringing beautiful flowers, a tribute of respect for the good woman who had passed away. Tolosa Cooke of Carroll, Iowa, a friend of the family sang two solos during the service "In the time of Roses" and "The Perfect Day." The pall bearers were the sons, the brother, and the brother-in-law Charles W. Barnes and Col. H. H. Canfield of Boone and Wilbur Shaw of Colo. Rev. J. S. Boreman, former pastor of the Methodist Church at Colo, and close family friend, was n charge of the service. Rev. Johnson read the 23rd Psalm and Rev. Habiston offered prayer at the grave. Rev. Boreman in his short sermon revisited the beautiful life and character of the deceased. Here had been a life of usefulness, of faithful service. She had fulfilled the duties of a wife, mother and neighbor. She had been a guiding force for good in the community of her adoption; and uplift and an inspiration to those about her. He repeated the beautiful poem "My Guest" and by way of consolation he proposed that we should regard death as sleep for waking in an eternal life.