Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-02-06
Death of Mrs. G. S. FoItz.


veyed to relatives and friends in this
city of the death of Mrs Charles S.
Foltz, of Lancaster, Pa, in a Phila-
delphia hospital the Sunday previous.
Mrs. Foltz, who is remembered as
Margaret l. Potter. only daugh hter of
Mrs. Ruth L. Potter, was well-known
and highly esteemed young lady OF
Watertown until her removal to La
Crosse in 1890. She possessed a large
circle Of acquairtances here who learn
of her untimely demise with exceed
ing regret. although the same was
not wholly unexpected, she having
been in poor health, superinduced by
spinal trouble, for several years. Mrs.
Foltz was in the SD year of her age.
The following obituary notice of her
appears in The Lancaster Intelligencer
of January %:
Margaret Potter Foltz, wife of
Charles Steinman Foltz, of The Intel
igencer and Penn Iron company, died
on Sunday morning at 1920 o'clock at
the University hospital, in Philadel-
phia, where she had been for several
months undergoing treatment. Mrs.
Foltz, who was a native of Watertown,
Wis, came of an old Pennsylvania
family, her great great grandfather
being the General James Potter who
commanded the Pennsylvania troops
at the battle of Brandywine, and her
great grandfather, Judge James Pot
ter, of Centre county. Her father,
Irwin Watson Potter, went West in his
early youth, and on the outbreak of
! the civil war entered the army, rising
to the rank of captain in the regular
service. He died in Texas after the
war, and his widow, who had been
Ruth Lee Norris, of Watertown, Wis,
made her home in that town, where
Margaret Irwin, her only surviving
! daughter, grew to womanhood, grad
uatlng from the high school and en-
tering the University of Wisconsin in
| 1886. She took the full scientific
course, easily meeting the notably
high standard of that university, and
| graduated with hOnors in 1890. She
was member of the Kappa Kappa
Gamma fraternity. After graduation
she taught botany and physics in the
high school of La Crosse, Wis, until
her marriage with Mr.. Foltz, whom
she met when on visit to her cousin.
Mrs. A. j. Steinman, Of Lancaster. in
the summer of 1892. She was mar
ried at La Crosse, April25 1894. Mrs.
Foltz had two children, both of whom
survive: Ruth Potter Foltz and Fred
eric Steinman Foltz."
The Intelligencer of the 3Oth ult.
J gives the following account of the
| funeral:
1.-The funeral of Mrs c.. S. Foltz,
which took place this afternoon from
the residence, No. 249 North Char.
lotte street, at o'clock, was largely
attended, number of relatives being
present from a distance, while the
throng of friends gave proof of the
[ place which she had won in the many
hearts during comparatively brief
residence in this city. The services
of the Episcopal church we're read by
Rev. P. j. Robottom, of st. James
church, assisted by the Rev. w. F.
Shero, of ST. Johns, Mrs. Foltz hav-
ing been communicate member OF
ST. James and devout and consist
ent church woman. The interment
was in Woodward Hill cemetery,
where only the immediate family and
relatives attended. The pallbearers
were w. n. Appel, w. c. Prichett,
William H. Keller, G. Ross Eshleman,
John c. Hager, William Hager, Her.