Mary B. Hornby, Star Home Matron, Passes
Seldom has the community been so shocked as when the news of the death of Mrs. Mary B. Hornby, Matron of the Eastern Star Home, was passed around Thursday morning following a heart attack Wednesday evening while attending an official OES meeting. She was taken to the hospital at once but never regained consciousness, passing away at five Thursday morning. Mrs. Hornby held an unique place in the hearts of the Redfield folks and the people all over the state where Eastern Star work is known. She was a charter member of the chapter at Egan, later transferring her membership to a Sioux City Chapter. Later when she came to Redfield she affiliated with Redfield Chapter No. 19.
Funeral services were held in Redfield Friday afternoon at the Coleman funeral parlors with Rev. J. E. Robinson in charge of the ceremonies. We quote in part from his tribute. "The death of Mrs. Hornby has come as a great shock to this community. A few days ago she seemed in perfect health; full of vigor and vitality, but today we meet in this place to pay a tribute of respect to her memory. She came to Redfield about four and one half years ago, and in this short space of time has endeared herself to the members in the Eastern Star Home; to all who paid a visit to the institution, and to all who in and outside of Redfield have come in contact with her.
Some of us who were privileged to become more intimate with Mrs. Hornby during her residence among us have learned to appreciate her splendid qualities and talents. Someone has said that life is measured by the length of the shadow which we throw upon the stage of life. When the history of the Eastern Star Home comes to be written I am sure that the benevolent, and beautiful shadow of our dear friend will be thrown across the pages.
I am not going to preach a sermon this afternoon. That is not necessary for Mrs. Hornby preached her sermon every day that she lived, and that is the only kind of sermon that Counts in the sight of our Maker. I know she would not desire any display of oratory on this occasion. My contact with our mutual friend came through the medium of the church affiliation. We were both Congregationalists, and through the years of our residence in this town the bond of friendship has grown stronger. Her interest in the Church; in the Home; and her work in both organizations was a concrete expression of a deep faith in the ideals for which the Church and the Eastern Star stands. It was always a pleasure to visit her office, and to talk with her in moments of fun, or of seriousness. Her conversation revealed an interest as wide as the organizations of which she was a member. Her religion was of the practical type and was revealed in her Kindness, her helpfulness, and her readiness to cooperate with those who were trying to make the world a little better than they found it. Behind every little speech that she made; behind her work; behind every effort to assist and help in worthy courses there was sincere faith that men could make this earth into a heaven if they would keep faith with God. Her philosophy of life might be summed up in these few lines--
"My life must touch a million lives
In some way ere I go
From this dear world of struggle
To the land I do not know.
So this wish I always wish; this
Prayer I always pray,
Let my life help the other lives
It touches every day."
A Masonic and Eastern Star escort went with the body to the train where it was taken to Sioux City for interment. Funeral services were held there Saturday afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. C. E. Haakinson. Harvey Gregerson, Madison, and W. A. Morris, Sioux Falls, attended the funeral as representatives of the Eastern Star Home Board, and Mrs. Lillian Olson, P. G. Matron of South Dakota represented the Grand Chapter.
Mrs. Hornby will be greatly missed by the members of the Home family, a family she loved and served to the end, her own family and the many friends she has made wherever she went.
She is survived by her father, William Bowers, Sr., Sioux City, Iowa, two daughters, Mrs. William White, Minneapolis, and Miss Theda Hornby, Sioux City, Iowa; a son, Thayer, Sioux City; a brother, William Jr., of Murdo, S. D.; two half-sisters, Mrs. Jessie Haakinson and Mrs. Evelyn Haakinson, Sioux City. Her husband and one child preceded her in death.
The members of the Eastern Star Home Board feel that they owe much to her ability to organize and put into effect the fine program she has carried on at the Home. Her influence for good will ever be felt.
Contributed.
[Redfield Press, (a weekly newspaper), Redfield, Spink County, South Dakota, Thursday, March 13, 1941, page 1]
DEATH OF MRS. MARY HORNBY
Former Hawarden Resident Died Last Week at Redfield, S. D.
Mrs. Mary B. Hornby, 64, a former resident of Hawarden, died early last Thursday morning, March 6, at the Eastern Star home at Redfield, S.D., where she was matron, a few hours after she had suffered a stroke. Her remains were brought to Sioux City and funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. C. E. Haakinson. Burial was in Logan Park cemetery.
The deceased was born at Cresco, Iowa, November 3, 1876, and was married to Bertrand Hornby June 15, 1895, at Sioux Falls. She lived in Hawarden a number of years when her husband operated a barber shop here. Later they moved to Sioux City where she lived for 15 years. In 1925 she went to Plankinton, S. D., where she became matron of the girls' training school and she held this position until 1932. For the past four years she was matron of the Eastern Star home at Redfield. She is survived by one son, Thayer of Sioux City, and two daughters, Theda Hornby of Sioux City and Mrs. William White of Minneapolis. She also leaves two sisters, Mrs. C. E. Haakinson and Mrs. Frank Haakinson of Sioux City; her father, W. W. Bowers of Sioux City, and one brother, W. D. Bowers of Myrtle, S. D.
[Hawarden Independent {newspaper}, Hawarden, South Dakota, 13 March, 1941, page 9, column 3.]
[Note: year of birth is 1874, marriage was 19 June 1895, W. D. Bowers lived in Murdo, S. D. Mrs. C. E. Haakinson and Mrs. Frank Haakinson are half-sisters.]
Seldom has the community been so shocked as when the news of the death of Mrs. Mary B. Hornby, Matron of the Eastern Star Home, was passed around Thursday morning following a heart attack Wednesday evening while attending an official OES meeting. She was taken to the hospital at once but never regained consciousness, passing away at five Thursday morning. Mrs. Hornby held an unique place in the hearts of the Redfield folks and the people all over the state where Eastern Star work is known. She was a charter member of the chapter at Egan, later transferring her membership to a Sioux City Chapter. Later when she came to Redfield she affiliated with Redfield Chapter No. 19.
Funeral services were held in Redfield Friday afternoon at the Coleman funeral parlors with Rev. J. E. Robinson in charge of the ceremonies. We quote in part from his tribute. "The death of Mrs. Hornby has come as a great shock to this community. A few days ago she seemed in perfect health; full of vigor and vitality, but today we meet in this place to pay a tribute of respect to her memory. She came to Redfield about four and one half years ago, and in this short space of time has endeared herself to the members in the Eastern Star Home; to all who paid a visit to the institution, and to all who in and outside of Redfield have come in contact with her.
Some of us who were privileged to become more intimate with Mrs. Hornby during her residence among us have learned to appreciate her splendid qualities and talents. Someone has said that life is measured by the length of the shadow which we throw upon the stage of life. When the history of the Eastern Star Home comes to be written I am sure that the benevolent, and beautiful shadow of our dear friend will be thrown across the pages.
I am not going to preach a sermon this afternoon. That is not necessary for Mrs. Hornby preached her sermon every day that she lived, and that is the only kind of sermon that Counts in the sight of our Maker. I know she would not desire any display of oratory on this occasion. My contact with our mutual friend came through the medium of the church affiliation. We were both Congregationalists, and through the years of our residence in this town the bond of friendship has grown stronger. Her interest in the Church; in the Home; and her work in both organizations was a concrete expression of a deep faith in the ideals for which the Church and the Eastern Star stands. It was always a pleasure to visit her office, and to talk with her in moments of fun, or of seriousness. Her conversation revealed an interest as wide as the organizations of which she was a member. Her religion was of the practical type and was revealed in her Kindness, her helpfulness, and her readiness to cooperate with those who were trying to make the world a little better than they found it. Behind every little speech that she made; behind her work; behind every effort to assist and help in worthy courses there was sincere faith that men could make this earth into a heaven if they would keep faith with God. Her philosophy of life might be summed up in these few lines--
"My life must touch a million lives
In some way ere I go
From this dear world of struggle
To the land I do not know.
So this wish I always wish; this
Prayer I always pray,
Let my life help the other lives
It touches every day."
A Masonic and Eastern Star escort went with the body to the train where it was taken to Sioux City for interment. Funeral services were held there Saturday afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. C. E. Haakinson. Harvey Gregerson, Madison, and W. A. Morris, Sioux Falls, attended the funeral as representatives of the Eastern Star Home Board, and Mrs. Lillian Olson, P. G. Matron of South Dakota represented the Grand Chapter.
Mrs. Hornby will be greatly missed by the members of the Home family, a family she loved and served to the end, her own family and the many friends she has made wherever she went.
She is survived by her father, William Bowers, Sr., Sioux City, Iowa, two daughters, Mrs. William White, Minneapolis, and Miss Theda Hornby, Sioux City, Iowa; a son, Thayer, Sioux City; a brother, William Jr., of Murdo, S. D.; two half-sisters, Mrs. Jessie Haakinson and Mrs. Evelyn Haakinson, Sioux City. Her husband and one child preceded her in death.
The members of the Eastern Star Home Board feel that they owe much to her ability to organize and put into effect the fine program she has carried on at the Home. Her influence for good will ever be felt.
Contributed.
[Redfield Press, (a weekly newspaper), Redfield, Spink County, South Dakota, Thursday, March 13, 1941, page 1]
DEATH OF MRS. MARY HORNBY
Former Hawarden Resident Died Last Week at Redfield, S. D.
Mrs. Mary B. Hornby, 64, a former resident of Hawarden, died early last Thursday morning, March 6, at the Eastern Star home at Redfield, S.D., where she was matron, a few hours after she had suffered a stroke. Her remains were brought to Sioux City and funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. C. E. Haakinson. Burial was in Logan Park cemetery.
The deceased was born at Cresco, Iowa, November 3, 1876, and was married to Bertrand Hornby June 15, 1895, at Sioux Falls. She lived in Hawarden a number of years when her husband operated a barber shop here. Later they moved to Sioux City where she lived for 15 years. In 1925 she went to Plankinton, S. D., where she became matron of the girls' training school and she held this position until 1932. For the past four years she was matron of the Eastern Star home at Redfield. She is survived by one son, Thayer of Sioux City, and two daughters, Theda Hornby of Sioux City and Mrs. William White of Minneapolis. She also leaves two sisters, Mrs. C. E. Haakinson and Mrs. Frank Haakinson of Sioux City; her father, W. W. Bowers of Sioux City, and one brother, W. D. Bowers of Myrtle, S. D.
[Hawarden Independent {newspaper}, Hawarden, South Dakota, 13 March, 1941, page 9, column 3.]
[Note: year of birth is 1874, marriage was 19 June 1895, W. D. Bowers lived in Murdo, S. D. Mrs. C. E. Haakinson and Mrs. Frank Haakinson are half-sisters.]
Mary B. Hornby, Star Home Matron, Passes
Seldom has the community been so shocked as when the news of the death of Mrs. Mary B. Hornby, Matron of the Eastern Star Home, was passed around Thursday morning following a heart attack Wednesday evening while attending an official OES meeting. She was taken to the hospital at once but never regained consciousness, passing away at five Thursday morning. Mrs. Hornby held an unique place in the hearts of the Redfield folks and the people all over the state where Eastern Star work is known. She was a charter member of the chapter at Egan, later transferring her membership to a Sioux City Chapter. Later when she came to Redfield she affiliated with Redfield Chapter No. 19.
Funeral services were held in Redfield Friday afternoon at the Coleman funeral parlors with Rev. J. E. Robinson in charge of the ceremonies. We quote in part from his tribute. "The death of Mrs. Hornby has come as a great shock to this community. A few days ago she seemed in perfect health; full of vigor and vitality, but today we meet in this place to pay a tribute of respect to her memory. She came to Redfield about four and one half years ago, and in this short space of time has endeared herself to the members in the Eastern Star Home; to all who paid a visit to the institution, and to all who in and outside of Redfield have come in contact with her.
Some of us who were privileged to become more intimate with Mrs. Hornby during her residence among us have learned to appreciate her splendid qualities and talents. Someone has said that life is measured by the length of the shadow which we throw upon the stage of life. When the history of the Eastern Star Home comes to be written I am sure that the benevolent, and beautiful shadow of our dear friend will be thrown across the pages.
I am not going to preach a sermon this afternoon. That is not necessary for Mrs. Hornby preached her sermon every day that she lived, and that is the only kind of sermon that Counts in the sight of our Maker. I know she would not desire any display of oratory on this occasion. My contact with our mutual friend came through the medium of the church affiliation. We were both Congregationalists, and through the years of our residence in this town the bond of friendship has grown stronger. Her interest in the Church; in the Home; and her work in both organizations was a concrete expression of a deep faith in the ideals for which the Church and the Eastern Star stands. It was always a pleasure to visit her office, and to talk with her in moments of fun, or of seriousness. Her conversation revealed an interest as wide as the organizations of which she was a member. Her religion was of the practical type and was revealed in her Kindness, her helpfulness, and her readiness to cooperate with those who were trying to make the world a little better than they found it. Behind every little speech that she made; behind her work; behind every effort to assist and help in worthy courses there was sincere faith that men could make this earth into a heaven if they would keep faith with God. Her philosophy of life might be summed up in these few lines--
"My life must touch a million lives
In some way ere I go
From this dear world of struggle
To the land I do not know.
So this wish I always wish; this
Prayer I always pray,
Let my life help the other lives
It touches every day."
A Masonic and Eastern Star escort went with the body to the train where it was taken to Sioux City for interment. Funeral services were held there Saturday afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. C. E. Haakinson. Harvey Gregerson, Madison, and W. A. Morris, Sioux Falls, attended the funeral as representatives of the Eastern Star Home Board, and Mrs. Lillian Olson, P. G. Matron of South Dakota represented the Grand Chapter.
Mrs. Hornby will be greatly missed by the members of the Home family, a family she loved and served to the end, her own family and the many friends she has made wherever she went.
She is survived by her father, William Bowers, Sr., Sioux City, Iowa, two daughters, Mrs. William White, Minneapolis, and Miss Theda Hornby, Sioux City, Iowa; a son, Thayer, Sioux City; a brother, William Jr., of Murdo, S. D.; two half-sisters, Mrs. Jessie Haakinson and Mrs. Evelyn Haakinson, Sioux City. Her husband and one child preceded her in death.
The members of the Eastern Star Home Board feel that they owe much to her ability to organize and put into effect the fine program she has carried on at the Home. Her influence for good will ever be felt.
Contributed.
[Redfield Press, (a weekly newspaper), Redfield, Spink County, South Dakota, Thursday, March 13, 1941, page 1]
DEATH OF MRS. MARY HORNBY
Former Hawarden Resident Died Last Week at Redfield, S. D.
Mrs. Mary B. Hornby, 64, a former resident of Hawarden, died early last Thursday morning, March 6, at the Eastern Star home at Redfield, S.D., where she was matron, a few hours after she had suffered a stroke. Her remains were brought to Sioux City and funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. C. E. Haakinson. Burial was in Logan Park cemetery.
The deceased was born at Cresco, Iowa, November 3, 1876, and was married to Bertrand Hornby June 15, 1895, at Sioux Falls. She lived in Hawarden a number of years when her husband operated a barber shop here. Later they moved to Sioux City where she lived for 15 years. In 1925 she went to Plankinton, S. D., where she became matron of the girls' training school and she held this position until 1932. For the past four years she was matron of the Eastern Star home at Redfield. She is survived by one son, Thayer of Sioux City, and two daughters, Theda Hornby of Sioux City and Mrs. William White of Minneapolis. She also leaves two sisters, Mrs. C. E. Haakinson and Mrs. Frank Haakinson of Sioux City; her father, W. W. Bowers of Sioux City, and one brother, W. D. Bowers of Myrtle, S. D.
[Hawarden Independent {newspaper}, Hawarden, South Dakota, 13 March, 1941, page 9, column 3.]
[Note: year of birth is 1874, marriage was 19 June 1895, W. D. Bowers lived in Murdo, S. D. Mrs. C. E. Haakinson and Mrs. Frank Haakinson are half-sisters.]
Seldom has the community been so shocked as when the news of the death of Mrs. Mary B. Hornby, Matron of the Eastern Star Home, was passed around Thursday morning following a heart attack Wednesday evening while attending an official OES meeting. She was taken to the hospital at once but never regained consciousness, passing away at five Thursday morning. Mrs. Hornby held an unique place in the hearts of the Redfield folks and the people all over the state where Eastern Star work is known. She was a charter member of the chapter at Egan, later transferring her membership to a Sioux City Chapter. Later when she came to Redfield she affiliated with Redfield Chapter No. 19.
Funeral services were held in Redfield Friday afternoon at the Coleman funeral parlors with Rev. J. E. Robinson in charge of the ceremonies. We quote in part from his tribute. "The death of Mrs. Hornby has come as a great shock to this community. A few days ago she seemed in perfect health; full of vigor and vitality, but today we meet in this place to pay a tribute of respect to her memory. She came to Redfield about four and one half years ago, and in this short space of time has endeared herself to the members in the Eastern Star Home; to all who paid a visit to the institution, and to all who in and outside of Redfield have come in contact with her.
Some of us who were privileged to become more intimate with Mrs. Hornby during her residence among us have learned to appreciate her splendid qualities and talents. Someone has said that life is measured by the length of the shadow which we throw upon the stage of life. When the history of the Eastern Star Home comes to be written I am sure that the benevolent, and beautiful shadow of our dear friend will be thrown across the pages.
I am not going to preach a sermon this afternoon. That is not necessary for Mrs. Hornby preached her sermon every day that she lived, and that is the only kind of sermon that Counts in the sight of our Maker. I know she would not desire any display of oratory on this occasion. My contact with our mutual friend came through the medium of the church affiliation. We were both Congregationalists, and through the years of our residence in this town the bond of friendship has grown stronger. Her interest in the Church; in the Home; and her work in both organizations was a concrete expression of a deep faith in the ideals for which the Church and the Eastern Star stands. It was always a pleasure to visit her office, and to talk with her in moments of fun, or of seriousness. Her conversation revealed an interest as wide as the organizations of which she was a member. Her religion was of the practical type and was revealed in her Kindness, her helpfulness, and her readiness to cooperate with those who were trying to make the world a little better than they found it. Behind every little speech that she made; behind her work; behind every effort to assist and help in worthy courses there was sincere faith that men could make this earth into a heaven if they would keep faith with God. Her philosophy of life might be summed up in these few lines--
"My life must touch a million lives
In some way ere I go
From this dear world of struggle
To the land I do not know.
So this wish I always wish; this
Prayer I always pray,
Let my life help the other lives
It touches every day."
A Masonic and Eastern Star escort went with the body to the train where it was taken to Sioux City for interment. Funeral services were held there Saturday afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. C. E. Haakinson. Harvey Gregerson, Madison, and W. A. Morris, Sioux Falls, attended the funeral as representatives of the Eastern Star Home Board, and Mrs. Lillian Olson, P. G. Matron of South Dakota represented the Grand Chapter.
Mrs. Hornby will be greatly missed by the members of the Home family, a family she loved and served to the end, her own family and the many friends she has made wherever she went.
She is survived by her father, William Bowers, Sr., Sioux City, Iowa, two daughters, Mrs. William White, Minneapolis, and Miss Theda Hornby, Sioux City, Iowa; a son, Thayer, Sioux City; a brother, William Jr., of Murdo, S. D.; two half-sisters, Mrs. Jessie Haakinson and Mrs. Evelyn Haakinson, Sioux City. Her husband and one child preceded her in death.
The members of the Eastern Star Home Board feel that they owe much to her ability to organize and put into effect the fine program she has carried on at the Home. Her influence for good will ever be felt.
Contributed.
[Redfield Press, (a weekly newspaper), Redfield, Spink County, South Dakota, Thursday, March 13, 1941, page 1]
DEATH OF MRS. MARY HORNBY
Former Hawarden Resident Died Last Week at Redfield, S. D.
Mrs. Mary B. Hornby, 64, a former resident of Hawarden, died early last Thursday morning, March 6, at the Eastern Star home at Redfield, S.D., where she was matron, a few hours after she had suffered a stroke. Her remains were brought to Sioux City and funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. C. E. Haakinson. Burial was in Logan Park cemetery.
The deceased was born at Cresco, Iowa, November 3, 1876, and was married to Bertrand Hornby June 15, 1895, at Sioux Falls. She lived in Hawarden a number of years when her husband operated a barber shop here. Later they moved to Sioux City where she lived for 15 years. In 1925 she went to Plankinton, S. D., where she became matron of the girls' training school and she held this position until 1932. For the past four years she was matron of the Eastern Star home at Redfield. She is survived by one son, Thayer of Sioux City, and two daughters, Theda Hornby of Sioux City and Mrs. William White of Minneapolis. She also leaves two sisters, Mrs. C. E. Haakinson and Mrs. Frank Haakinson of Sioux City; her father, W. W. Bowers of Sioux City, and one brother, W. D. Bowers of Myrtle, S. D.
[Hawarden Independent {newspaper}, Hawarden, South Dakota, 13 March, 1941, page 9, column 3.]
[Note: year of birth is 1874, marriage was 19 June 1895, W. D. Bowers lived in Murdo, S. D. Mrs. C. E. Haakinson and Mrs. Frank Haakinson are half-sisters.]
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Burial date is March 8, 1941. She is listed in the directory as May Edna Hornby
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