[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