C. B. Hain received word from the Great Lakes naval training station last Friday that Stanley was very sick with pneumonia and Mrs. Hain and two daughters Mrs. Appleby and Miss Edith left for that place at once. Mr. Hain had one letter that Stanley was better but yesterday he received a telegram that he was worse again.

#2-Pilot 6 Feb 1918

Hanus Grimm was called before the County Defense Council last Saturday evening for a slighting remark he made upon hearing of the death of Stanley Hain. He admitted it was a thoughtless remark, but it was occasioned from trouble he had had with his brother, Watson Hain, last summer and indicated no pro-German tendency. He signed an apology to the family and volunteered to give $200 to the Red Cross to show he was in no way disloyal. Those who know Hanus intimately, know he is somewhat rough of speech and doesn’t mean things half as bad as they would sound to anyone who didn’t know him. But of course there is a limit past which none should go and that is showing disrespect to the dead, especially a boy who had given his all, his life, to his country in this great fight for freedom and democracy.

#3-Pilot 6 Feb 1918

Last week we reported the condition of Stanley Hain as very serious and word came Friday evening of his death at the Great Lakes naval training station, near Chicago. His mother and sister, Mrs. C. B. Hain and Mrs. Walter Appleby, had been at his bed side but left about an hour before he died, the nurse thinking he would live through the night. They left Chicago Saturday evening and got home Sunday morning but the body did not arrive at Missouri Valley in time to come over on the train Sunday morning. Stanley Pierce sent the hearse over in the afternoon and brought the body to Blair. Ed Haller, P. M. Tyson, Willard McKay and Martin Jacobsen went over for the body. The funeral was held at the Methodist church yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock and was the largest we have ever seen in Blair. Many were unable to get into the church. Rev. W. H. Underwood conducted the service. The casket was covered with the flag Stanley had volunteered to serve and defend and there were fairly oceans of flowers. Carl Schmidt and Frank Viboral, who are home on a furlough from Great Lakes, acted as honorary pallbearers and wore their navy uniforms. The active pallbearers were Henry, Kenneth and Marshall Tyson and Clifford Redfield, cousins, and Glow Fackler and Byron Bunn. Stanley Elwood Hain was born on the farm north of Blair August 6th 1894, and was therefore past 23 years of age. He enlisted in the unlucky 7th regiment on Thanksgiving day and when it broke up he enlisted in the navy on Dec. 13th and left for Great Lakes the same day. He hadn’t been in the service of his country long but he gave all he had, his life. He is the first Blair boy to fall in the greatest war this country has ever waged and his name will be first on the roll of honor that may be a long one before the war is over.

#4-Tribune February 7, 1918

Navy Apprentice Dies At Great Lakes, Illinois

Little did the many friends of Stanley Hain think, when he left here several weeks ago to join the Navy and do his bit for the cause of democracy, that it would be their last chance to see him alive; nor did they think that when he came home to his parents that it would be in a casket and what was mortal ready for interment. But these are things that can never be foretold, and, while sad, it is a condition of nature that man-made laws cannot govern.

Nearly two weeks ago Stanley’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Hain, got word that he was very low with measles and pneumonia and Mrs. Hain and daughters, hastened to his bedside at the Navy training station at Great Lakes, Ill. Their first news to the family was encouraging, but later the unfortunate boy’s condition became worse and he gradually grew weaker until death claimed him on last Friday. The remains were shipped here and the funeral was held Tuesday afternoon with Rev. W. H. Underwood of the M. E. Church in charge.

Stanley was born August 26, 1894 and would have been twenty-four years old next August. His boyhood days were spent on the farm with his parents, and two years ago he engaged in farming on his own behalf. But when war was declared he felt that he wanted to do something for his country, and a few months ago he disposed of his stuff and enlisted in the Seventh Nebraska Regiment. Soon after this regiment was disbanded and he joined the Navy, being sent to Great Lakes to begin his duties preparatory to being assigned to one of Uncle Sam’s fighting ships.

Besides his parents, Stanley leaves three brothers and four sisters to mourn his untimely end, as follows: Watson, Howard and George Hain, Mrs. Ed Haller, Mrs. Walter Appleby, and Edith and Many Hain.

The Tribune joins with the community in extending sympathy to the bereaved relatives.

#5-Enterprise 8 Feb 1918

Stanley E. Hain Is Called

Called by conscience and a sense of patriotism to the defense of his country, Stanley Hain, Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Hain, enlisted in the 7th Nebraska regiment the latter part of November. When this regiment was rejected by the war powers at Washington he enlisted in the navy December 13th, and was sent to Great Lakes training camp on the day of his enlistment. He fell a victim there, to that dread disease, pneumonia, and on last Friday his spirit took it’s flight. Stanley was past 23 years of age and was a graduate of the Blair High School. As stated in a previous issue of The Enterprise Stanley’s mother and sister had gone to comfort him at the training station when first apprised of his critical condition and were there when the last summons came.

The remains were brought home for burial and funeral service held at the Methodist church last Tuesday afternoon and was one of the most largely attended ever held in this city. The floral offerings were profuse and the expressions of sympathy for the bereaved parents and relatives were heard on every hand.

Note: Stanley is buried in the Blair Cemetery, Blk 72 Lot 10 Gr 11. Find a Grave #107614101.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~