Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-31
DEATH IN SADDEST FORM.
MRS. o. Z. HoskiNs, ONE or. THE
MOST BELOVED WOMEN or
THE CITY, NO MORE.


Natures NobIewomen.
Death, the inevitable foe, against
which man is powerless, comes in
many forms. There Is always sad
ness where his grim presence is
known. Sometimes the sadness Is al
leviated by circumstances. Sometimes
conditions are such that the mourning
ones are ~reconciled. Sometimes, alas,
the unconquerable. relentless foe
brings woe for which there is no allie
Walton. He strikes down those who
cannot be given up without the bitter
est grief and an agony OF remon-
STRANGE.
Never has death come In sadier
form to Las Vegas than when he took
away from her devoted husband and
children the beloved wife and mother,
| Mrs. d. T. Hoskins.
Since Saturday Mrs. Hoskins had
been very critically III with puerperal
fever. From the outset but scant
hope for life was held out, but the
numberless friends hoped against
hope till the very end at s o'clock this
morning.
A husband and seven children, the
eldest eighteen years, the youngest a
tiny infant. are unutterly bereft. From
the community q noble-hearted. use
full, charitable woman has gone, n Of
whom II may be said in Byron's mimi
table words on the death Of Kirk
White:
bright be the place Of thy soul,
No ~lovelier spirit than thine
Fer burst from the mortal control
In the realms Of the blessed to
shine"
The bereft husband Is cashier Of the
San Miguel National bank. For him
and for tho children. Harry, Florence,
Tilden, Douglas, Leonard, Helen and
the little Frances, the overiowing
sympathy OF a deeply sorrowing COM
munity goes out.
Florence Douglas vas born at Van
Cleek Hill, Ontario, Canada, February
II, 1861. Early In life her family
moved to New Orleans. where most
Of her childhood was spent. In Oc-
tober. 1883, the young lady came to
Las Vegas with her mother, Mrs. M,
q. Douglas. August Z Of the following
year she was married to D. T. Hos
kins. The mother died April | of the
present year at her daughters home
in this city. In addition to the imme'
date relatives here. two brothers sur
vive.
Mrs. Hoskins vas q consistent and
useful member OF st. Paul's Episcopal
church. Here, a. well Is in the com
munity Of the home. she will be deep
~ mourned and much missed. The
Rev. Chas. French, her pastor. will
have charge Of the funeral services
which will be observed at the home
on Seventh street at 2:30 o'clock Sun
day afternoon. The Rev. Norman
Skinner. pastor Of the Presbyterian
church, will assist. Interment will be
private.
Mrs. Hoskins was devoted TO hel
home. and her life was full Of good
deeds. To the lot Of few has Il faller
to have won so many warm and ap
preciative friends. She made a noble
struggle for life. It was not prompted
by fear OF what the future might hold
or by her longing to remain In ar
/. earthly home ideally happy ant
bright; but by the fact that her worl
!, on earth was not done. that her little
, children were In sore need Of a moth
er's love and care, and her life partner
would be heartbroken by her removal
But death won. Shortly before tht
dread summons came the invalid. con
scious that the end vas approaching
summoned all the family to her bed
side. She gave . tender message AM
loving goodbye. charging them e
meet her beyond the toillng and the
weeping in the radiant home on tht
other side. To the little babe who
had cost tho mothers life, she gave
he mama of Frances.