Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-11

Mrs. Geo. w. Horney is Dead

hand on one very near and dear to
the publishers of the Index this
week. Ora Kathryn Honey, wife
of George w. Horney, proprietor
OF the Grand Hotel, ,and daughter OF
d. F. Painter and wife, and sister
of Editor Chas. C. Painter and
Mrs. U. c. Herr, passed away at
the St. Francis hospital, Wichita,
Kansas, at I o'clock, A. NJ, Mon
day, August 9, 1909, At her bed
side at the time of her death were
her husband, her mother, sister,
Mrs. Cora Adams of Goats, and
her sister. in law, Mrs. c. c.
Painter.
The body, accompanied by the
relatives, was brought home Mon
day afternoon and the funeral was
held in the Baptist church of this
city at 3 o'clock yesterday after
noon, conducted by Rev. F. w.
Imboden. The Pythian Sisters OF
which the deceased was a member,
and the Knights of Pythias attend
ed in a body.
Mrs. Honey was taken sick July
Goth but the case did not become
alarming until a week later, when
a series of complications arose that
baffled her physicians here and at
Wichita. She was taken to the
hospital, arriving there early Tues
day morning but on the first con-
sultation five of the best physicians
of Wichita pronounced the case
hopeless. Septic poisoning was
the cause of death but its source is
not known. There were positive
indications, however, thatthe kid
neys, -fver and bowels were badly
affected. Her suffering during the
week at the hospital was intense
though the last day of her life was
apparently without pain. Only
once during the week was there a
ray of hope. On Thursday after
noon and Friday morning she
seemed to be better and talked en-
couragingly but it proved false
hope and soon came the news OF
her sinking. Her life was really
prolonged by strong heart stimu-
lants for several days. Her parents,
her brothers and. sisters and several
friends all visited her and minister
cd as much as they could to relieve
her but Gould do nothing to prevent
the ineSitable.T
Ora Kathryn Painter was born
near Petersburg, Indiana, Septem-
Der IS, 1873; died in Wichita, Kan
sas, August Q, 1909, aged IS years,
10 months and II days. She came
to Barber county, Kansas with her
parents in 1886 and has lived here
continuously since that time. She
was united in marriage with Geo.
w. Horney in this city November
3, 1898. Two children were born
to the union, William j., common
ly known as George, Ir., aged 10
years, and Thelma Lillian, aged
years, who with her husband, her
father and mother two brothers and
two sisters survive, her.
We can not yet realize that she
is gone; the grief is so acute and
the outpourings of the heart so CO.
piouS that we can only stand at
the tomb in mute sorrow and
wonder who shall be the next to be
taken from this family that has
lived so closely together for these
many years, unbroken. If all peo
pie could have known this little
woman as the writer has known
her; if all had shared her kindness
es in times of sore need as we have,
we are sure that they would know
that we are sincere and earnest
when we say that the taking away
,deprives Mr.. Horney and his prec-
ious little children of as noble, af-
fectionate and dutiful a wife and
mother as ever lived and her broth.
ers and sisters of one who has
many times demonstrated a tender,
Slsterly devotion that makes the
final farewell almost unendurable
But agony of mind is something
which knocks at every heart many
times in life. To die is a mandate
that all must obey and however
hard it is, the ordeal must be borne
MIR. Horney and the other rela.
tives are gratified to know that
they have the sympathy of their
friends in this trying time and they
especially feel grateful for the as.
slstance that has been rendered
them.