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[1 E AT 11 CLA I M & EMILY · WILLIAMS, 9 NOTED ARCHITECT Death Wednesday morning; June 3, brought te o close the. calorful 1tfu wid career of Mia Kintly E. Willianib, bel••ved club- wurnal, and Los Gates resident whoge glrthoed det.rmirvation 1,0 establish wometi'$ righta in· the businabv world led to. personal ' *uccess 146 11,1 ardmeet astd twe inspiration to 811 wonien career- Ists. With her death is alse :Revered. 0 "lifc-par:ae:=hip" will: MiA,·· Ulli:m Palmer, whose .own *im. ilar ideal, cancernitul . women'.. right£ besides leading directly to the founding of the Blwiness and Professional Women'$ Club, first aligned the two women together and formed th€ basis for a irtend- ship *f forty-four years duration. Ftineral Bervice» will be hJld this morning 0 10:80 Dom Mal, vin Cha jal with tyte Reverend Stanley Clapham officiating. Her- bert liobert* Will be vocali,1 and> Mr* A. R. Gustabion OrgalliSt. Int<'rt;i,int ut Lris Gritus <:e,netery will be private. Poll-bearers ace to be George Green, Paul Cqrlis, James Jamison, Uoyd E. Smith, 1.. A. SIoberry of I.€.s Gatos, and Paul Rudolph of Sus, Jose. Family member# surviving ste her twin brotjler, Edward K'il- Marni of Santo Cruz; another brother, Paul Willk,111, 01 San Jose; Mul a *ister. Mrs. Iiiu·ry wort Vidkenburth of Hayw:.rda. Mi,gi Williams began her car- eer »hertly after the lurn of the eentury when *he began to uck u pos,Won al: an apprentice architect. Born in 1869 the dough- ter' 01 the late Edward Williams, who wag for marty years prest- 2 dent of Sun Jose Water corn- pany. she. graduated fro:n Sal Jo*e Normal *chool, later taking study cotirses at · Stanford during the first year the uitiver*ily was opened. L - - For several years ofter her Y making ber home with Miss Pal- fathet·* dauth, .she bad been mi·r and the latter'a. purent# la ce S.in Jose, £11(. two young wome:i ur having become elose friend; 4 0,1,>ugh mutual indignation over te. a publication ·proelaiming 4. WUY]ent "constitutional unfit- n nes»" for the businegs worid. tic Thus galvaidxed into action, or. and having completcd a course ,*: the old I.ick School of arts and ru ,·rufts in San Frane;*00, Miss in. Williams began the rou.nds of ..,chitect=·' offices, only to be mal e- will, evol Und ofte:,tilnes lusult- ic] ing rebuff. DetermiI,ed that *'EDI- A- my" ahould succeed, Mis# Pul- ax :ner, herself a deugrer Oild 10, · 1 0: ker in lart* anct crufu, eli- 1- couraged her W go to work ··on it, her ou·n". in 1It..1.·i·y teillt thee i'mt: how the C. two yound Womwi purchased u. (continued OU pagly 10> C -f'Emily Willid:-h¢· 44 (Continued from page 1) ..., lot at Pacitic Grove. and 5409 | they built with their own.h244; a house of revolutionary- 6rchE I tecture which, still standigg,·44. ' I to assignments from throw®q14 i hen " 1=MP J cesses in tlieir fields, they:found h much amusement in recalli# those first early days when,· al 3. ··0 jem two ladies building, a 7 house", they were pointed out dg 4 Pacific Grove visitors along'w'ilh 5, the Seal Rocks and other 631* ie oddities. , ..1, S. 1 The last years of Miss WilliaNN 0· I life were lived in Los .. Ga.t'* 1 where until ill health fgfced,M 5 Iresignation, she was an -ace 6 participant in the local Busin¢ss. 5 and Professional· Woment< C : p and Los Gatos History Clu* - r - ,.--r -Thu.D·') (0 Mr* A. R. Gustabion OrgalliSt. Int<'rt;i,int ut Lris Gritus <:e,netery will be private. Poll-bearers ace to be George Green, Paul Cqrlis, James Jamison, Uoyd E. Smith, 1.. A. SIoberry of I.€.s Gatos, and Paul Rudolph of Sus, Jose. Family member# surviving ste her twin brotjler, Edward K'il- Marni of Santo Cruz; another brother, Paul Willk,111, 01 San Jose; Mul a *ister. Mrs. Iiiu·ry wort Vidkenburth of Hayw:.rda. Mi,gi Williams began her car- eer »hertly after the lurn of the eentury when *he began to uck u pos,Won al: an apprentice architect. Born in 1869 the dough- ter' 01 the late Edward Williams, who wag for marty years prest- 2 dent of Sun Jose Water corn- pany. she. graduated fro:n Sal Jo*e Normal *chool, later taking study cotirses at · Stanford during the first year the uitiver*ily was opened. L - - For several years ofter her Y making ber home with Miss Pal- fathet·* dauth, .she bad been mi·r and the latter'a. purent# la ce S.in Jose, £11(. two young wome:i ur having become elose friend; 4 0,1,>ugh mutual indignation over te. a publication ·proelaiming 4. WUY]ent "constitutional unfit- n nes»" for the businegs worid. tic Thus galvaidxed into action, or. and having completcd a course ,*: the old I.ick School of arts and ru ,·rufts in San Frane;*00, Miss in. Williams began the rou.nds of ..,chitect=·' offices, only to be mal e- will, evol Und ofte:,tilnes lusult- ic] ing rebuff. DetermiI,ed that *'EDI- A- my" ahould succeed, Mis# Pul- ax :ner, herself a deugrer Oild 10, · 1 0: ker in lart* anct crufu, eli- 1- couraged her W go to work ··on it, her ou·n". in 1It..1.·i·y teillt thee i'mt: how the C. two yound Womwi purchased u. (continued OU pagly 10> C -f'Emily Willid:-h¢· 44 (Continued from page 1) ..., lot at Pacitic Grove. and 5409 | they built with their own.h244; a house of revolutionary- 6rchE I tecture which, still standigg,·44. ' I to assignments from throw®q14 i hen " 1=MP J cesses in tlieir fields, they:found h much amusement in recalli# those first early days when,· al 3. ··0 jem two ladies building, a 7 house", they were pointed out dg 4 Pacific Grove visitors along'w'ilh 5, the Seal Rocks and other 631* ie oddities. , ..1, S. 1 The last years of Miss WilliaNN 0· I life were lived in Los .. Ga.t'* 1 where until ill health fgfced,M 5 Iresignation, she was an -ace 6 participant in the local Busin¢ss. 5 and Professional· Woment< C : p and Los Gatos History Clu* - r - ,.--r -Thu.D·') (0

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