The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-23
DEATH OF MRS. SCRANTON.
Ends n Life Filled with Beauty and Good
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Mrs. Cornela w. Scranton, rellct OF
the late Joseph IL. Scranton. died yes
terday morning at 9 o'clock. 1t was
/ her seVenty-Second birthday. The iu-
neral will be held Monday afternoon
at 2.30 o'clock at the house, and private
| interment by her relatives and near
| friends will be made in the family buri-
| al chapel in the Dunmorc cemetery.
| Mrs. Cornelia Walker Scranton came
| from an old and well-known western
Massachusetts family. Her paternai
grandfather Judge William walker,
| was an ardent revolutionary patriot
ana officer in the Continental army
| He fought in the Battle of Bunker
Hill and was with Montgomery ana
Arnold in the attack ON Quebec, ana
was with the army in the disastrous
retreat from Canada. He fought along
| side Stark at bennington, and after
ward assisted in Burgoyne's capture at
Saratoga. He joined WaShingtOns
forces in New Jersey and took part in
the Battle of Trenton, Brandywine and
other actions.
Afterthe war Judge Walker, like many
other men of his time invested largely
III ltlt llltu Win ltlllOS VI NtSN'iiA ANN"
York. He was elected county judge of
Berkshire county and served about
thirty years in that capacity. The son,
William Z. Walker, father of Mrs.
Scranton, succeeded to his fathers
various interests and was also judge
of Berkshire county.
Mrs. Scranton.was born Feb 30, 1898,
and spent her childhood in beautiful
Berkshire county, Mass. She was mar
ried to Joseph II. Scranton July IL,
1913. After a two years residence IN
Georgia she came to Scranton in lS4I
and lived here ever since. Joseph IL.
Scranton died in 1872. They had six
children. five of whom are living, w.
W. Scranton of this city. president of
the Scranton Gas and Water company;
Walter Scranton, of Brick Church, n.
| j., president of the Lackawanna Iron
| and Steel company; Mrs. Alice Adam.
of New York. and Mrs. Nellie Shoe
maker, wife of Dr. Shoemaker, of
| Wilkes-Barre, and Arthur Scranton,
who is in Germany. one daughter,
Mrs. Frances Leroy is dead.
Mrs. Scranton's early married life
and later years especially eXemplitied
the peculiar New England training re-
ceived in her girlhood. These ideas of
| her New England home she applied in
| her especial devotion to children
| and friends-these being to her
| first thought and first interest.
| For the last fifteen years she had been
an invalid and unable to leave the city
or go further away from home than the
! distance included in drives of a few
miles. She made no complaint and
| even bore with smiles a martyrdom of
suffering. of which but little idea can be
formed She took a lively interest in
affairs generally, had a keen sense of
humor and kept well posted on the best
| literature of the day.
Her sunny disposition and fund of in
| formation on all sorts of subjects made
her a delightful companion for both old
and young. BY her children she was
| adOred. and by others who knew her
well she was loved as well as admired.
| OF her many charitable deeds even
many of her best friends have but a
slight conception. No cause, If worthy,
was too insignificant to engage her at
tention and receive from her substan-
| tial assistance; in fact, her propensity
| for giving and giving literally, was so
| great as to often lead her to give out
of proportion to her means. In her
| death hundreds of friends and ac-
| quaintances feel that they have sus-
tained a personal loss.