The Scranton Republican, February 13, 1935
MRS. KATHERINE S. SCRANTON
When Scranton was a town eight years' existence, with a population of about 30,000, a charming Vermont girl of twenty-three game here as a bride and she was destined to become a guiding and potent force in the cultural life of a thriving and growing city.
The death in Florida Monday of Mrs. Katherine Smith Scranton marked the passing of a familiar and beloved link between the metropolis of today and the rugged and dramatic pioneer times of six decades ago.
Reared in the traditionally wholesome atmosphere of cultured New England, the daughter of a Congressman, her coming into this Valley in 1874 was comparable in many ways to the early journeys into the wildernesses of the Far West. The coal, steel and iron businesses were stirring the energies of the rugged men of the day, and the conveniences that one found in the older communities did not exist.
Nevertheless, she saw Scranton grow to a place of eminence among the cities of Pennsylvania and of the East, in all branches of municipal progress, and her own contributions to that growth were major factors.
Her charm, her culture, her many charities and wide civic interests will not be forgotten as long as Scranton is a city and the beautiful Valley between the immemorial mountains to which she came from her girlhood Vermont, will long echo her name with reverence and with love.
MRS. KATHERINE S. SCRANTON
When Scranton was a town eight years' existence, with a population of about 30,000, a charming Vermont girl of twenty-three game here as a bride and she was destined to become a guiding and potent force in the cultural life of a thriving and growing city.
The death in Florida Monday of Mrs. Katherine Smith Scranton marked the passing of a familiar and beloved link between the metropolis of today and the rugged and dramatic pioneer times of six decades ago.
Reared in the traditionally wholesome atmosphere of cultured New England, the daughter of a Congressman, her coming into this Valley in 1874 was comparable in many ways to the early journeys into the wildernesses of the Far West. The coal, steel and iron businesses were stirring the energies of the rugged men of the day, and the conveniences that one found in the older communities did not exist.
Nevertheless, she saw Scranton grow to a place of eminence among the cities of Pennsylvania and of the East, in all branches of municipal progress, and her own contributions to that growth were major factors.
Her charm, her culture, her many charities and wide civic interests will not be forgotten as long as Scranton is a city and the beautiful Valley between the immemorial mountains to which she came from her girlhood Vermont, will long echo her name with reverence and with love.
The Scranton Republican, February 13, 1935
MRS. KATHERINE S. SCRANTON
When Scranton was a town eight years' existence, with a population of about 30,000, a charming Vermont girl of twenty-three game here as a bride and she was destined to become a guiding and potent force in the cultural life of a thriving and growing city.
The death in Florida Monday of Mrs. Katherine Smith Scranton marked the passing of a familiar and beloved link between the metropolis of today and the rugged and dramatic pioneer times of six decades ago.
Reared in the traditionally wholesome atmosphere of cultured New England, the daughter of a Congressman, her coming into this Valley in 1874 was comparable in many ways to the early journeys into the wildernesses of the Far West. The coal, steel and iron businesses were stirring the energies of the rugged men of the day, and the conveniences that one found in the older communities did not exist.
Nevertheless, she saw Scranton grow to a place of eminence among the cities of Pennsylvania and of the East, in all branches of municipal progress, and her own contributions to that growth were major factors.
Her charm, her culture, her many charities and wide civic interests will not be forgotten as long as Scranton is a city and the beautiful Valley between the immemorial mountains to which she came from her girlhood Vermont, will long echo her name with reverence and with love.
MRS. KATHERINE S. SCRANTON
When Scranton was a town eight years' existence, with a population of about 30,000, a charming Vermont girl of twenty-three game here as a bride and she was destined to become a guiding and potent force in the cultural life of a thriving and growing city.
The death in Florida Monday of Mrs. Katherine Smith Scranton marked the passing of a familiar and beloved link between the metropolis of today and the rugged and dramatic pioneer times of six decades ago.
Reared in the traditionally wholesome atmosphere of cultured New England, the daughter of a Congressman, her coming into this Valley in 1874 was comparable in many ways to the early journeys into the wildernesses of the Far West. The coal, steel and iron businesses were stirring the energies of the rugged men of the day, and the conveniences that one found in the older communities did not exist.
Nevertheless, she saw Scranton grow to a place of eminence among the cities of Pennsylvania and of the East, in all branches of municipal progress, and her own contributions to that growth were major factors.
Her charm, her culture, her many charities and wide civic interests will not be forgotten as long as Scranton is a city and the beautiful Valley between the immemorial mountains to which she came from her girlhood Vermont, will long echo her name with reverence and with love.
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