Carrie May (Van Horn) Long
Marriages
Benjamin Franklin Long - October 27, 1895
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - June 4, 1937
MRS. B. F. LONG ANSWERS CALL OF DEATH ANGEL. Pioneer Lady Passes Away Monday Evening at Her Home in Eagle--Had Come To Eagle County a Bride Forty-One Years Ago.
Wednesday afternoon a large portion of the community gathered at the Methodist church to pay their last respects to the earthly remains of Mrs. B. F. LONG, who died at her home in Eagle Monday evening. In the church the casket and altar were piled high with hundreds of beautiful flowers, tokens of the esteem neighbors and friends of the entire valley. Rev. T. B. McDIVITT delivered a very comforting message from the text:
"The Lord is my shepherd. Therefore I will lack nothing.
"He will feed me in a green pasture and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort.
"He maketh my soul to live. He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.
"Yea, though I walk through the shadow of the valley of Death, I will fear no evil for Thou art with me. Thy word and Thy staff comfort me.
"Thou preparest a table before me against them that trouble me. Thou hast anointed my head with oil. My cup will be full.
"Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the House of the Lord Forever. Amen"
Carrie May VAN HORN was born at Little Falls, N.Y., December 10, 1877. She departed this life May 31, 1937, at the age of 59 years, five months and twenty-one days.
At the age of nine years she came with her family to the plains of eastern Colorado where they homesteaded near what is now Burlington, Colo.
On October 27, 1895, she was united in marriage to Benjamin Franklin LONG, and in July of the following year the young couple made the long trip in a covered wagon to Gypsum, Colo., and made their home and raised their family in Eagle county.
Through her long years in this community she was ever ready to help and comfort those in trouble. She was loved by her neighbors and there are few who knew her who do not treasure the memory of a time when Mrs. Long's kind hands helped them through a dark day.
Leaving to mourn her loss besides her husband are her father, Hervy J. VAN HORN, of Dotsero, Colo.; one daughter, Mrs. Alvin RULE, Eagle, Colo.; three sons, William of Denver, Edward and Roy, of Eagle; three grandsons, two granddaughters and eight brothers and sisters as follow: Wm. VAN HORN, Columbine, Colo.; John W. VAN HORN, Eagle, Colo.; Earl and Frank VAN HORN, Gypsum, Colo.; Mrs. Lula CARR, Gypsum; Mrs. Geo. ERVINE, Overton Tex,; Mrs. Lottie GILPIN, Eagle; Mrs.Fannie TIBBETS, Rifle, Colo.
A quartet consisting of Mrs. Ben RICE, Mrs. Edw. McHATTON, Melvin EATON, and Chester MAYER, sang beautifully the following songs during the service: "I Love to Tell the Story," :Some Day He Will Make It Plain to Me," and "Nearer My God to Thee." Mrs. M. J. GAUT presided at the piano throughout the service.
Pall bearers were Wm. H. MORGAN, Jos. D. ALLEN, Judge Wm. H. LUBY, Doris JOHNSON, Nicholas E. BUCHHOLZ and E. J. BINDLEY.
The funeral was in charge of Mortician O. W. MEYER of Red Cliff, and after the church services, a large cortege of friends followed the hearse to Gypsum where the body was laid to rest in Cedar Hill cemetery.
The bereaved husband and family have the most sincere sympathy of the community in their great loss. Mrs. LONG had been a constant companion of her husband, a devoted wife and mother, and her departure will be a sore trial to those who loved her dearly.
