Mrs. N.L. Hunt

Mrs. (Emma) Ninus Hunt passed away on Monday morning at 6 o'clock after an illness covering a period of several days. While the illness that caused her death had not shown itself in an acute form until Saturday afternoon, the truth is Mrs. Hunt had been suffering for a number of years from chronic appendicitis. Nothing but her strong will power can account for her living as long as she did. The doctors had frequently urged her to submit to an operation for her trouble. but she could not be induced to consent to give her judgment to such a step.

Mrs. Hunt was born in Deloit, Iowa, Dec. 2, 1862, and was a daughter of Jesse and Elia Mason, a prominent farmer living in that neighborhood. She was united in marriage to Ninus L. Hunt Feb. 22, 1880. To this union three children were born: Ralph Blaine, now of St. Louis, Mo., Ninus Leslie and Margaret, both of whom are at home.

The Mason family was one of the pioneer families of the country and no doubt as one time every person in the county felt a neighborly interest in the Mason family. Mrs. Hunt was the youngest child in the family, her brothers and sisters being, Mrs. Jas. Johnson, Mrs. Margaret Richardson, David and Jesse (twins), John, Andrew, Hiram, and Mrs. Julia Brogden.

Mrs. Hunt was an active member of the Woman's Relief Corps, of the Woodmen, of the F.H. club, the W.C.T.U. and the Home and Foreign Missionary and societies of the Methodist Church. She was a quiet woman and lived as ostentatious life and only those who knew her best knew her true work. Her husband, Ninus L. Hunt, as well as her children survive her, and will greatly miss her comforting influence and charming presence in the family circle. She was a devout mother, a loving wife and a kind friend, and enjoyed the love and affection of her neighbors. When such a woman is carried away the community suffers an irreparable loss.

Funeral services will he held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, at the M.E.church, Rev. Senseney officiating.

From Denison Review April 23, 1913.