Thompson, Esta Minnie (Van Schoyck) 1889 1910

THOMPSON, VAN SCHOYCK, GUSTOFSON

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 8/21/2023 at 15:26:31

Young Wife Called.
That the grim reaper, death, shows no preference in his work was demonstrated when, after a week of suffering from the ravages of typhoid fever followed by other complications, Mrs. Ora Thompson surrendered the struggle for life and passed into the great beyond about 1 o’clock Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson came here a little over a week ago for a visit at the home of Mr. Thompson’s parents and to give Mrs. Thompson a change and chance to recuperate following an operation for appendicitis at the Presbyterian hospital in Waterloo. She was feeling badly when they arrived and physicians summoned pronounced that she was afflicted with that dread disease typhoid fever and almost from the first little encouragement was given the husband and members of the family for her recovery. Mrs. Van Schoyck, mother of the young wife was on her way home from California and arrived in Waterloo Sunday noon and was brought by auto to the deathbed arriving here about six o’clock, a few hours before the sufferer lapsed into unconsciousness from which there is no awakening. She had been married just three days longer than a year, she having been united in marriage to I. O. Thompson, secretary of the boys’ department of the Y. M. C. A. on Sept. 1, 1909. While it was known generally that no hope was entertained for the recovery of Mrs. Thompson her death will be a severe shock to the wide circle of friends which she had attracted to her by her beauty of character. She was an active religious worker, being associated with the congregation of the First M. E. church of Waterloo. The people of Nashua who were privileged to meet her found in her life all the marks of a noble, christian woman and one whom to know was to love, and the deepest sympathy of the community goes out to the young husband, who grew to manhood here and whose fondest hopes are blasted just as he is on the threshold of what appeared to be a long life of happiness and comfort with the one he had chosen for the journey.
Esta Minnie Van Schoyck was born in LeRoy, Ill., Sept. 24, 1889. From there she moved to Webster City, Iowa, where she lived for eight years, going from there to Waterloo. She was employed first in Black’s dry good store and later with the Paul Davis Co., giving up her work to become the wife of Ora L. Thompson on Sept. 1, 1909, and for one brief year she was privileged to enjoy the pleasures of a home life.
She leaves to mourn besides the young husband, a father, J. M. Van Schoyck, of Webster City, mother, Mrs. Josephine Van Schoyck, of Waterloo, and seven brothers and sisters as follows: Mrs. J. L. Gustofson, of New Hampton, Charles, Loyd, Roscoe, Harvey, Lyle, and Ethel, all of Waterloo.
The funeral service was held yesterday at 2 o’clock p. m., at the M. E. church, Rev. Frank Cole, deceased’s pastor from the First M. E. church of Waterloo, conducting the service, and the interment was in Greenwood cemetery.

Source Unknown – probably local newspaper

Transcriber’s Note: Find a Grave shows she died Sept. 4, 1910.