Funeral services were held Friday afternoon from the Seventh Day Baptist church in North Loup for H. H. Thorngate, 86, who passed away early Wednesday morning at the Clinic Hospital in Ord after six weeks of suffering.
Rev. Warren G. Studer officiated in the absence of Mr. Thorngate's pastor, Rev. Ehret. A quartette, George Cox, Dell Barber, Russell Barber and Erla Babcock with Mrs. Ava Johnson at the piano. Mrs. George Jackson and Mrs. Charles Fuller looked after the many beautiful flowers.
Pall bearers were Cecil Severance, Aubrey Davis, Vernon Williams, Arthur Stillman, George Clement and Charles Fuller. Hastings and Pearson were in charge of arrangements and burial was in the family plot in Hillside cemetery.
Herbert Henry Thorngate, son of Henry and Lorenda Crandall Thorngate was born October 9, 1861, in Dakota, Wis., and passed away July 30, 1947. When he was four years old he moved with his parents to Brookfield, Mo. In 1879, he with his parents came to North Loup, Neb., where he has lived ever since.
On March 31, 1887, he was married to Eva Mattison. In 1901 they moved to a farm in the Barker neighborhood where they resided till after her death in 1931. In 1936 he moved back into town.
Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Thorngate, Mrs. Vera VanHorn, who passed away in 1932; Eva who died at the age of four, and Vesta, with whom he lived. There is also an adopted son Earnest, of Battle Creek, Mich. Three grandchildren, Lueila, Lynn and Lydia VanHorn, made their home with him and his daughter Vesta, for six years after their mother's death.
He was baptized when a young man by Elder Samuel Wheeler. Upon his arrival in North Loup he became a member of the Seventh Day Baptist church here. He was an ordained deacon of the church but had not served actively since it became more difficult for him to get around. He had until his recent illness, been an unusually active person for one of his years, except for about eight months during his 80th year while recovering from a broken hip, he had been able to not only care for himself, but to do much for others. It had been a great pleasure to him to keep his own lawn and garden in fine condition and still to find time to help many others with the care of theirs. He loved to see things grow. He also remained mentally alert and kept in the affairs of the world and community. He had an especial interest in young people and kept a young and understanding heart.
Surviving are the one daughter, Vesta, one son, Earnest, of Battle Creek, Mich., one brother, Roy, of Oneida, N. Y., one sister, Mrs. Belle Rood, New Smyrna, Fla.. six grandchildren, several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
