Nellie Fern (Pinkham) Horn (1898-1917) Alternate

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Sioux City Journal
Sioux City, Iowa
Thursday, May 17, 1917

DEATH ENDS M. S. ROMANCE

MRS. JOHN HORN DIES FOLLOWING OPERATION.

WAS MISS NELLIE PINKHAM

Parents, Who Reside at Goldfield, Ia., Were at Bedside in Local Hospital – Elopement Helped Cause Van Horn Suspension.

Death last night ended a romance of only a month's duration when Mrs. John M. Horn, until April 12 a freshman at Morningside college, succumbed at a local hospital following operation for appendicitis performed last Tuesday.

On Thursday, April 12, Mr. Horn, 19-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Horn, 1116 South Glass avenue, Morningside eloped, to Dakota City. Neb. with Miss Nellie Pinkham; 18 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Pinkham of Goldfield, Ia. They were married by Judge Sherman: McKinley, at the Dakota county courthouse.

Mr., Horn formerly was a student in the Sioux City high school and was enrolled in the preparatory school of the college at the time or the elopement.

Learning of the marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Pinkham came to Sioux City, accompanied by Mrs. DeWitt, wife of a Methodist Episcopal minister at Goldfield. They were at the bedside of their daughter when death came last night.

Mrs. Horn, was I8 years old. Besides her parents, she is survived by a brother Glenn Pinkham of Goldfield.

The Horn-Pinkham elopement was the first of two runaway marriages that have taken place among Morningside students within a month. The second was that of Don Van Horne, a senior, and Miss Marie Mahood, of Charter Oak, la., a sophomore. Mr. Van Horne and Miss Manhood were married at LeMars last week. Mr. and Mrs. Van Horne were suspended from the college for the remainder of the year by action of the faculty. It was said the action was taken to discourage impromptu marriages among the students.

Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Horn have not been made. The body is at Samuels Bros. undertaking establishment.

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Sioux City Journal
Sioux City, Iowa
Friday, May 18, 1917

HORN – The funeral of Mrs. John M. Horn, who died Wednesday in local hospital after an operation, was held yesterday from the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Horn, 1116 South Glass avenue, at 2 o'clock. Rev. Herbert H. Keck conducted the services. The body was sent last night to Goldfield, la., where funeral services will be held from the Methodist Episcopal church Saturday afternoon. Burial will be in Goldfield cemetery.

Forrest Chandler, of Sanborn; Miss Gladys Horn, of Piatt, S. D., and Miss Ethel Horn, of Cherokee, are guests in the J. C. Horn home. They are called here by the death of their sister-in-law. Mrs. John Horn.

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Clarion Clipper
Clarion, Iowa
Wednesday, May 23, 1917

DAUGHTER OF CHAIRMAN PINKHAM IS SUMMONED

A death of more than the usual sadness was that, Wednesday, of Mrs. Nellie Horn, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Pinkham of Goldfield. She was married less than a month ago to a college friend at Morningside college, Sioux City.

Two weeks ago, Monday she was operated on for acute appendicitis, and for a few days appeared to be improving. Complications set in, from which she died in a hospital at Sioux City. She was born in this county September 15, 1898 on a farm near Goldfield, from which the family moved into Goldfield two years ago. She graduated from the Goldfield high school and last fall entered Morningside.

The offices of the court house closed in her honor and eighteen went from here in a body to attend her funeral at Goldfield Friday afternoon. Services were held at 2:30 with Rev. DeWitt of Goldfield in charge and sermon by Rev. Hopkinton of Sioux City.

The sympathy not only of Goldfield and vicinity, but of the many friends in and around Clarion of Chairman Pinkham and family, goes out to them in their great sorrow.

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The Goldfield Chronicle
Eagle Grove, Iowa
Thursday, May 24, 1917

NELLIE PINKHAM HORN LAID TO REST FRIDAY

Passed Away Last Wednesday in Sioux City—Buried Here Friday.

Mrs. Nellie Pinkham Horn who was very low when our last issue came from the press, passed away that same evening in the hospital at Sioux City, and was laid to rest n Glenwood Cemetery here Friday afternoon.

OBITUARY

Nellie Pinkham was born at Goldfield, Iowa, September 15, 1898, where she grew to young womanhood, and died at St. John' s Hospital, Sioux City, at 9:30 Wednesday evening, May 16, 1917, aged 18 years, 8 months and one day. She completed the entire course in the Goldfield public school. She graduated from the high school in 1915 and took post graduate work for one year. She entered Morningside College, Sioux City last September as a freshman, where she met her husband, John Horn Jr., to whom she was united in marriage on April 12, 1917.

She united with the Goldfield Methodist Episcopal Church on Probation February 7th and was received into full membership September 5, 1909. She was a teacher in the Sunday School and an active worker in the young people's organization of the church.

During the latter part of last January, she suffered from a attack of appendicitis, and it was evident that an operation would be necessary in no distant future. Though suffering for some time, she was taken with an acute attack of appendicitis on Sunday, May 6th, when she was taken to St. John's hospital in Sioux City where the following morning, she underwent an operation. For two or three days everything pointed to a speedy recovery; but complications set in and she grew gradually worse.

During the last week of her illness her husband, mother, father and brother were constantly at her bedside and after asking for some of her favorite passages of scripture to be read, she said she was perfectly resigned to God's Will. If it was His will for her to go, she was ready. While she wanted to get well for the sake of her husband, mother and father, for she knew that they wanted her to get well. Then she prayed a wonderful prayer, leaving the whole matter in His hands. From that time a wonderful peace came into her face which departed not until her spirit took its flight to be with Jesus.

By the Fireside 1850 Resignation Poem By: Henry W. Longfellow

Short funeral services were held Thursday at the home of the husband's parents in Sioux City, Rev. Keck, pastor of Grace M. E. Church being in charge. Following the services in Sioux City the funeral party consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Pinkham and John Horn Jr. and a large number of other relatives left with the remains for Goldfield and arrived here about 10:15 that evening.

A brief service was held at the Pinkham residence just preceeding the services held at the M. E. Church at 2:30 Friday afternoon. The services at the church were conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. L. DeWitt assisted by Rev. Arthur Hopkinson, former pastor of the local church but now pastor of the Rustin Ave. M. E. Church at Sioux City.

The church was profusely decorated with cut flowers, potted plants and early spring flowers, the pulpit being a vertible bank of floral beauty.

A ladies choir of twenty voices sang, "Beautiful City of Gold," "Some Glad Sweet Day" and "Sweet Peace the Gift of God's Love" at the church and at the cemetery they sang, "Shall We Gather at the River."

The church was packed to capacity with the large number of friends of the family, and many came in bodies as the business men, the county officials and their wives, the eighth grade of the school and many others. The active Pall Bearers were Glen Moseley, Arthur Peterson, Bernard Atteberry, Lloyd Skafte, Arthur Beisell and Clarence Zinser. The girls of the Sunday School class which Nellie taught before going away to school acted as honorary Pall Bearers.

Internment was made in beautiful Glenwood Cemetery after brief services conducted by the two pastors above mentioned.

Among those from outside points who were here in attendance at the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Lafe Hinton, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Hinton and S. S. Smith, West Bend, Iowa; Mrs. E. Hall, Mildred Overbaugh and Marie Cook, Des Moines, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Lon Overbaugh, Renwick, Mrs. Frank Little, Worthington, Minn., Mrs. L. L. Hoffman and Mrs. Earl Hoffman, Vail, Iowa, Miss Margie Pinkham, Iowa City; Mr. and Mrs. A. Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. J. Estabrooks, Livermore, Ia., Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Horn and Miss Horn, Sioux City, Iowa.

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Livermore Gazette
Livermore, Iowa
Thursday, May 24, 1917

Death of Nettie Pinkham

Mr. and Mrs. Pinkham have the sympathy of their many Livermore friends. There were present at the funeral from Livermore Mrs. Harry and Merritt Stark, Mr. and Mrs. C. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Wilson and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Estabrooks and Miss Madge Malta.

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Humboldt Republican
Humboldt, Iowa
Friday, June 1, 1917

Death of Nellie Pinkham

Miss Nellie Pinkham Horn of Goldfield, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pinkham, died at the hospital in Sioux City, last week Wednesday, where she had undergone an operation for appendicitis. Mention of her marriage was made two weeks ago. The parents were both Livermore residents some years ago, hence the news is of interest to most of our readers.

She was born in Goldfield in 1898, and has made that her home ever since. She was a graduate of the Goldfield schools and was attending school at Morningside. She was a member of the Methodist church. The funeral services were held at Goldfield, the Goldfield and Sioux City pastors officiating. The church was beautifully decorated in white, many flowers being in evidence. Some young ladies furnished the music, and there was a beautiful flower drill at the grave by the flower girls. Mr. and Mrs. Pinkham have the sympathy of their many Livermore friends. There were present at the funeral from Livermore, Mrs. Harry and Merritt Stark, Mr. and Mrs. C. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Wilson and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Estabrooks and Miss Madge Malta.