Charlotte Viola "Lottie" (Van Horn) Gilpin
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James - 1925
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Eagle Valley Enterprise page p 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 Califoriia . 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 chiei operator , where she has rendered very satisfactory service . Always kuj j and courteous at the switchboard , sh t 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 friend 3 , 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 ., ard Mrs . Loretta Arnold , ot Denver , Colo ; her father , H . J . Van Hum , Gypsum ; four brothers , Wil .
Van Horn , Columbus , Colo ., Jolyi Van Horn , Eagle , and Frank and Earl Van Horn , Gypsum ; three sisters , Mrs . Lulu Carr , Gypsum ; Mra . George Irvine , Overton , Tex . ; Mrs . Fannie Tlbbets , 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 anci 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 quartette—Melvin Eaton , Richard Dorn , H . K . Brooks , Chester Mayer—sang What a Friend We Have in Jesus . aud Som e Day Well Uunderstand , 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 oody was laid to rest in the family burial plot , Mortician Paul Andr e being in charge . Pall bearers were W . H . Morgan , Carl Stewart , Frank Sehoonover , W . H . Cramp Morton White , and A . T . Hilliard . o—S—James Gates of Burns waa a visitor I in the county seat Tuesday .
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