El Reno Daily Democrat
El Reno, Oklahoma
21 Jun 1913, Sat • Page 1

FUNERAL OF MRS. HICKS TOMORROW

The funeral of Mrs. Henry C. Hicks, who died yesterday following an attack of paralysis, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 from the late residence of the deceased, 1102 South Macomb. The services will be in charge of Rev. E. R. Houck, and burial will take place in the El Reno cemetery.

El Reno Daily Democrat
El Reno, Oklahoma
23 Jun 1913, Mon • Page 1
Obituary
Nellie Jensen was born on a farm near Ulysses, Neb., Feb. 10, 1875; lived there until 1888, removing then to David City, Neb., and in the autumn of 1889 came with her father and his family to the new land of Oklahoma, where she has lived ever since.
From earliest girlhood she had been possessed with a deep religious nature and grew to womanhood with a mighty faith and a devoted spirit that made her Christian character so widely felt and appreciated. She was always strong in her belief in the right and maintained her ideals under all circumstances. Consequently she was always respected, admired and loved. In her school days she was able to draw about her the choicest companions, and she remained true to them through the after years, and many of them have toiled with her in Christian service until this time of parting. When she first came to El Reno she joined with the other pioneers in promoting the religious and social life of the new country. She was active in the Sunday school, church and Epworth League and all other institutions that lent a hand to uplift others, and served for many months as organist of the Sunday school and church. She was president of the W. F. M. S. for several terms. She united with the First Methodist Episcopal church of this city in 1896, in which she was such an active and earnest worker, and of which she continued a consistent and much loved member to the last. On June 8, 1898, she was married to Henry Hicks, who, with her daughter, Helen, survive her. In her home life she was particularly happy and gave to it the most ideal devotion, enwrapped it with her heart’s best love and glorified it with fidelity to its every requirement. No husband ever had a truer affection or more thoughtful consideration, and only on the recent occasion of her fifteenth wedding anniversary, she wrote to him (Mr. Hicks is a traveling man) recalling the glad day and saying that while some disappointments had been met with, the joys of the years had outweighed the sorrows. For a number of years she had suffered with an unknown malady. All that medical skill and loving care could do to arrest it proved futile, and on June 20, 1913, she fell asleep to all life’s pains and suffering storms and shadows, to awaken in the brightness that shall know no dimming through all God’s coming years. Her mother, Mrs. Sarah Jensen, one sister, Mrs. Horace Humphreys, of Topeka, Kan., three brothers, Thomas and Harry, of El Reno, and Frank, of Dallas, Texas, and her devoted husband and little daughter, Helen, remain to remember her to a fullness of love that cannot be spoken, and together with a host of relatives and friends that also loved her, wait for the happy reunion that shall be for those who trust and follow her Master and theirs.
“How sweet it will be in that beautiful land,
So free from all sorrow and pain;
When with songs on our lips and harps in our hands
We shall meet one another again.”
Funeral services were held at the home, 1102 S. Macomb, Sunday afternoon at 3:30, conducted by the Rev. E. R. Houck, pastor of the First M.E. church. The Eastern Star, of which the deceased was a member, also gave an impressive service. A quartet composed of Messrs. Kelbfleisch and Lipe, Mrs. Clyde Musgrove and Miss Canfield, accompanied by Miss Christine Taylor, rendered a number of appropriate selections. The room and casket were literally showered with flowers and beautiful floral emblems, among which was a large and beautiful “Gates Ajar,” made of white and pink carnations, from the Railroad Passenger Men of Dallas, Texas, of which her brother, Frank, is a member.
The remains were laid to rest in the family lot of the El Reno cemetery in the presence of a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends and amidst a veritable bower of beautiful floral offerings, symbolizing the esteem and devotion of her many friends, with whom she was a universal favorite.
Among the out of town relatives to attended the funeral were: Frank Jensen, wife and son, of Dallas, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. Horace Humphreys, of Topeka, Kan.; Mrs. John Jensen, C.D. Jensen and Mrs. W.T. Little of Perry, Okla.
A brother of Mr. Hicks living in Montana, and a sister living in Pennsylvania were unable to attend, owing to the great distance.
Messrs. Kerrick and Belin had charge of the funeral arrangements.

The El Reno American
El Reno, Oklahoma
26 Jun 1913, Thu • Page 5

Death of Mrs. Henry C. Hicks

The funeral of Mrs. Henry C. Hicks, who died Saturday, occurred Sunday at 3:30 p. m. from the late residence of the deceased. The services were conducted by Rev. R. E. Houck, and the burial took place in the El Reno cemetery.

The Ulysses Dispatch
Ulysses, Nebraska
09 Jul 1913, Wed • Page 2
FORMER ULYSSES GIRL DIES IN OKLAHOMA
Died – At El Reno, Okla., on June 20, 1913, of a stroke of paralysis, Mrs. Nellie Jensen Hicks, aged thirty-eight years, four months and ten days.
Nellie Jensen was born near Ulysses, Nebr., and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jensen. Her Father (the Late Hon. Thomas Jensen, a member of the Nebraska Legislature in 1881 representing Butler county). Having taken a homestead, the southeast quarter of section 10, where Nellie was born, and will be remembered by many of the older residents of Ulysses, as a sweet little girl of lovable disposition, a favorite with all, both young and old. One of her early and best loved schoolmates was Mrs. Sam Robey of Ulysses.
In the year of 1889 deceased, with her father and family, removed to Oklahoma, her place of residence ever since, and when at El Reno she became a member of the First M. E. church in 1896. Mrs. Hicks was also a member of the Epworth League and was faithful in everything pertaining to the uplift of the several organizations of which she was a valued member. Deceased was married to Henry Hicks in 1898, who survive her together with her daughter, Helen, her mother Mrs. Sarah Jensen, one sister, Mrs. Horace Humphreys of Topeka, Kans., three brothers, Thomas and Harry of El Reno, and Frank of Dallas, Texas.
Funeral services were held from the home and were conducted by the Rev. E. R. Houck, pastor of the First M. E. church. The members of the Easter Star, of which deceased was a member, also gave an impressive service.
Interment was made in the El Reno cemetery, in the presence of a large and sympathetic circle of relatives and friends, who will ever cherish the kindest recollections of one that was a devoted Christian and one who realized at all times that, “Underneath are the Everlasting arms and that the Savior doeth all things well.”
E. B. L.