The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-07-12
MRS. WALLACE
PROMINENT IN
CANON AFFAIRS

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her home in Boise. Idaho, at noon last
Monday. after a long invalidsy. re-
moved from all earthly activities a
woman who was for many years prom
inent in the social. industrial and COM
| munity fife or Canon City. People
here, remembering her kindly deeds
| and her generous response to all APP
peals having for their object the we'll
being of the tnwn and its surround
ings, cannot contemplate her death
without giving recognition to her char
ity, her public spiritedness and her
devotion TO her friends and asso-
ciates.
Mrs. Wallace, nee Sheetz. was born
at Freeport. ILL.,. in 1860. six months
after the death of her father. who was
the editor of the Freeport Journal.
one of the best known and most
widely read newspapers in that part
of the country. Mrs. Sheetz. moth, r
of the deceased. continued for sever
al years after her husbands death
the editorial management of the Fr,sa-
port Journal. a task she performed
with great skill and efficiency. In the
fall of 1872 Mrs. Sheetz and her two
daughters, Miss Helen NJ. Sheetz. no y
Mrs. Robert S. Lewis. and Miss Mag
dalene S. Sheetz. who was Mrs. Wal
lace at the time of her death. came to
Canon City to make their home and
for more than forty years they were
influential factors in the social and
educational chronicles of its people.
Mrs. Sheetz is at present a resident of
Boise, having removed from here a
year or two ago 10 make her home
with her daughter.
Mrs. ShoetZ was desirous that her
daughters should have the best educa.
ttonal advantages the country afforl-
ed and on the completion of ,neir
studies. here seat them to Wellesley
college in Massachusetts,, at that time
one OF the most famous institutions
of learning for young women in the
United States. They were students
at Wellesley the first year after the
establishment OF the college and are
both members of its alumni associa-
ton.
Miss Magdalene s. Sheetz. the sub.
ject Of this sketch, was married To
Frederick A. Reynolds OF this city.
well known in banking circles OF the
state. March 90. 1880. From this un-
ion seven children were born. all of
whom are living but two. The sur.
viving members OF the family are
Mrs. Pansy Donovan Of New York
City, F. A. Rayncias of Sar Francisco.
Louis +. Reynolds OF Holbrook. Ari..
Lawrence Reynolds of Twin Falls.
Idaho. and Miss Madeline Reynolds
Wallace of Boise. Misses Helen and
Margaret Reynolds died In childhood
and are buried in the cemetery here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raynolds had a hand
some commemorative window placed
in the First Presbyterian church as
memorial OF their two deceased daueh.
ters.
Mr.. Reynolds died March 9. 1905.
and seven years later Mrs. Raynolds
was married to William It. Wallace,
then manager of the electric light and
power company here and now superin-
tendent of big corporation OF sim
liar character with general Offices at
pofca romffvfng In Ita htatnaau onara
tions dozen cities of the northwest.
Mrs. Wallace was widely recognized
as a woman Of broad views and phi
lanthropic tendencies and during her
long residence in Canon City was con
spicuous in charitable and humanita-
rian enterprises.
In 1913, soon after their marriage.
Mr. and Mrs Wallace removed TO
Boise, where they made their home
and where the latter continued the
social and club work she had carried
on so successfully here. II is diff
cult to even aEude in brief sketch
like this to all OF the undertakings of
public and semi-public character in
which Mrs. Wallace was enlisted while
here; suffice it to say that they We're
numerous and beneficent.
She was one of the organizers OF the
Canon City public library and when It
became the property of the city at
the time of the Carnegie donation in
1901 she was chosen as a member of
its board Of directors. an Office she
held untH her removal to Boise four
years ago. For many years prior
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