Charlotte Viola "Lottie" (Van Horn) Gilpin
Marriages
James Gilpin - 1925
at Colorado Springs, Colorado
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - January 14, 1938
MRS. LOTTIE GILPIN IS LAID TO REST FRIDAY.
Charlotte Viola Van Horn was born in Ashland, Colo., on October 13, 1894. She departed this life on January 5, 1938, at the age of 43 years, 2 months, and 23 days, at her home in Eagle, after a brief illness.
At the age of two years she came with her parents to Eagle county, where she has spent all of her life, with the exception of less than two years, which she spent in Arizona and California.
She was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to James GILPIN, in the year 1925, at Colorado Springs, to which union was born one child, Pauline, who survives her mother.
For the last eight years she has been employed by the Eagle Valley Telephone company at Eagle as chief operator, where she has rendered very satisfactory service. Always kind and courteous at the switchboard, she would continue to work on a call until it was completed.
Her untimely and unexpected death was not only a shock to her family, but to the entire valley which she had served. Besides many friends, she leaves to mourn her departure, her husband and daughter of the home; two daughters by a former marriage, Mrs. Venevieve KNOX, Oak Creek, Colo., and Mrs. Loretta ARNOLD, of Denver, Colo.; her father, H. J. VAN HORN, Gypsum; four brothers, Wil. VAN HORN, Columbus, Colo., John VAN HORN, Eagle, and Frank and Earl VAN HORN, Gypsum; three sisters, Mrs. Lulu CARR, Gypsum; Mrs. George IRVINE, Overton, Tex.; Mrs. Fannie TIBBETS, Glenwood Springs.
Funeral services held for the deceased from the Methodist Community church Friday afternoon were a real testimonial of what the community thought of her during her life. The church was packed beyond standing room by sorrowing friends and relatives, and the funeral bier was stacked high with the most beautiful flowers, tokens of love and esteem from scores of admirers. The funeral discourse by Rev. T. B. McDIVITT was a fitting tribute to a life spent in the service of others.
During the services a male quartet--Melvin EATON, Richard DORN, H. K. BROOKS, Chester MAYER--sang "What a Friend We Have in Jesus," and "Some Day We'll Understand," and Carolyn Quick sang "Whispering Hope," with Mrs. T. B. McDIVITT at the piano.
Following the church service, the funeral cortege moved to Gypsum where the body was laid torest in the family burial plot [Cedar Hill Cemetery], Mortician Paul Andre being in charge. Pall bearers were W. H. MORGAN, Carl STEWART, Frank SCHOONOVER, W. H. CRAMP, Morton WHITE, and A. T. HILLIARD.
