Orel Van Horn, son of Obadiah ad Arminda Van Horn, was born near Welton, Iowa, October 9, 1865, and died in West Palm Beach, Fla., October 24, 1940.
On April 9, 1891, he married Carrie Elnora Babcock, who died November 21, 1928. To this union five children were born; Miss Rua Rae Van Horn of Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Andrew Kull, Lake Mills, Wis.; Mrs. Carl H. Anderson, Milton, Wis.; Ivan L., Belle Glade, Fla.; and Clifton Wilson, Yuma, Ariz.
Early in life he was baptized and joined the Seventh Day Baptist Church at Welton, Iowa, later transferring membership to North Loup, Neb.; where he still belonged though having lived in Florida since 1913.
Services were conducted October 27, 1940, at the Johns Mortuary Chapel, Stuart, Fla., by the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Stuart. Burial was in Fern Hill Cemetery at Stuart, beside his wife.
