Thursday, November 7, 1957
Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, N. Y.
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MRS. F. E. KNAPP EXPIRES, AGED 73
Long Active in Loal Musial Circles--Funeral To Be Saturday.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Woolworth Knapp, 73, of 147 Winthrop street, one-time organist and director of music of the All Souls Universalist church an long one of the most active figures in Watertown musial ircles, died at 11:35 Wednesday evening in the House of the Good Samaritan, where she had been a patient since Oct. 19.
The funeral will be at 3 Saturday afternoon at the Wilox & MCallen funeral home, Rev. Robert J. Sudlow, rector of St. Paul's Episopal church, will officiate. Burial will be in Brookside cemetery.
She was the widow of Frederick Eustace Knapp of 147 Winthrop street and of The Manor, the ancestral Knapp home near Prescott, Ont., who dropped dead of a heart attack at the Prescott home May 24, 1950, at the age of 73 years.
Surviving Mrs. Knapp are a sister, Miss Elizabeth S. Woolworth, 147 Winthrop street, and two nieces, Miss Anne C. Woolworth, Carmel, Calif., and Mrs. Bernard (Elizabeth Woolworth) Szold, Victoria, Tex.
Mrs. Knapp had been paralyzed and unconsious as a result of the cerebral hemorrhage with which she was stricken Oct. 19. Until then, she had been in her usual health and was active as organist, pianist and other musical ativities.
She had suffered a severe heart attack last January, but had reovered at the time of the illness which ended in her death.
Mrs. Knapp served as organist, choir director and director of music at All Souls church for about 30 ears until 1939 when she retired and was succeeded by Mrs. Elliott E. Vorce. She served the church during the pastorate fo the late Rev. Dr. Harry Westbrook Reed.
She was a one-time organist also of the Olympic theater and had served as organist and choir director in other Water-
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town churches during her long career in music.
She served as president of the Watertown Morning Musicales, Inc., on two different occasions, first in 1908, the year after the organization was founded, and again from 1930 to 1932. She was a charter member of the Musicales and had been conspicuously identified with it from its inception 50 years ago. She held various offices in the organization, becoming president for the second time March 31, 1930, when she was elected to succeed Mrs. John B. Rogers at the annual meeting.
Among other important offices she held in the Musicales was that of chairman of the concert committee. Another was membership on the committee which annually planned the local Music Week celebration sponsored by the Morning Musicales.
Mrs. Knapp established the Northern New York Entertainment Bureau in 1932 and for year was its head. The organization was formed to serve as a local agency for the bookings of lecture, musical and or other programs. Mrs. Knapp was also a former director of the chorus of the Harmony club, having become the director in 1936.
Active also politicaly, Mrs. Knapp had served a number of consecutive terms as president of the Women's Democratic club of Jefferson county. A staunch Democrat, she had served as one of the women chairmen in political campaigns on behalf of her party.
She was also actively identified with the Jefferson County League of Women voters and was a former member of its board of directors.
She was a colleague of the St. Lawrence river chapter of the American Guild of Organists; a member of St. Pual's Episcopal church and the Jefferson County Music Teachers' association and had been active in the work of the Jefferson County Chapter of the American Red Cross.
Mrs. Knapp was born in Watertown Oct. 10, 1884, one of six children of the late Smith Thaddeus and Anna Wilhelmina Clark Woolworth. A brother, William Charles Woolworth, was drowned when a small boy. Another brother, Noel Clark Woolworth died in 1884. A sister, Amy S. Woolworth, died in 1914. Her other brother was the late Col. Gilbert S. Woolworth, a retired officer of the U. S. army. Colonel Woolworth, who was staff judge advocate of the first service command of the judge advocate general's department, Boston, Mass., when he retired from army service Feb. 17, 1944 in the Letterman Hospital, presidio of San Francisco, Calif., a the age of 72.
Smith T. Woolworth was a native of the town of Pinckney, Lewis county, where the Woolworth were among the earliest settlers. In 1865 he located in Watertown, where he was the cashier of the old Jefferson County National bank from 1871 until his death Aug. 15, 1907.
Mrs. Smith T. Woolworth, born in Washington, D. C., was the former Anna Wilhelmina Clark. She was long prominent there in church activities and charitable enterpreses, was once president of the board of directors of the Children's Home of Jefferson county, a charter member and one of the first officers of the auxiliary of the House of the Good Samaritan and one of the leaders in the development of the cottage system of the Children's home. She died Aug. 20, 1936 at the Winthrop street home at the age of 87 years.
Mrs. Knapp was graduated from the Watertown High school in 1901 and subsequently as graduated from the Maryland College and School of Music with a bachelor of music degree.
She prepared for a career in music by extensive study. She studied sight reading under Mme. de Revere, Watertown; piano for seven years under Julia Ely, Watertown , three years under Helene Bartlett, the Utica Conservatory of Music, a year under J. Arthur Claverie, Baltimore, a year under Luther T. F. Conradi, Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore; theory, for two years under Conradi at Maryland and one year under Mrs. Schildbach, Watertown; pipe organ, for two years under Joseph Hopley, Watertown, and four years under Charles M. Courboin, Syracuse. She was also tutored by the late Gerald F. Stewart of Watertown and other teachers.
Mrs. Knapp began her career here after completing her studies adn through the years she was prominent in numerous recitals and entertainments. She was active not only in piano and organ work, but also in choir and vocal work. She had served as adjudicator of choral contests for the state federation of music clubs and had bee a member of the local examining board for regents in music i nthe public schools.
She as married to Frederick E. Knapp on Aug. 9, 1919 in the All Souls Universalist church here by Rev. Dr. Reed. Mr. and Mrs. Knapp lived for a time in Montreal and Toronto and later were in the habit of dividing their time between the Winthrop street home here and the Knapp home near Prescott overlooking the St. Lawrence river. During thetime she was in Prescott, Mrs. Knapp as organist of St. John's Episcopal church of that place.
Mr. and Mrs. Knapp formerly resided at 913 Myrtle avenue, purchasing the former residence of the late Miss Emily A Tolles on Winthrop street in 1927, when they began occupying it.
Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, N. Y.
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MRS. F. E. KNAPP EXPIRES, AGED 73
Long Active in Loal Musial Circles--Funeral To Be Saturday.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Woolworth Knapp, 73, of 147 Winthrop street, one-time organist and director of music of the All Souls Universalist church an long one of the most active figures in Watertown musial ircles, died at 11:35 Wednesday evening in the House of the Good Samaritan, where she had been a patient since Oct. 19.
The funeral will be at 3 Saturday afternoon at the Wilox & MCallen funeral home, Rev. Robert J. Sudlow, rector of St. Paul's Episopal church, will officiate. Burial will be in Brookside cemetery.
She was the widow of Frederick Eustace Knapp of 147 Winthrop street and of The Manor, the ancestral Knapp home near Prescott, Ont., who dropped dead of a heart attack at the Prescott home May 24, 1950, at the age of 73 years.
Surviving Mrs. Knapp are a sister, Miss Elizabeth S. Woolworth, 147 Winthrop street, and two nieces, Miss Anne C. Woolworth, Carmel, Calif., and Mrs. Bernard (Elizabeth Woolworth) Szold, Victoria, Tex.
Mrs. Knapp had been paralyzed and unconsious as a result of the cerebral hemorrhage with which she was stricken Oct. 19. Until then, she had been in her usual health and was active as organist, pianist and other musical ativities.
She had suffered a severe heart attack last January, but had reovered at the time of the illness which ended in her death.
Mrs. Knapp served as organist, choir director and director of music at All Souls church for about 30 ears until 1939 when she retired and was succeeded by Mrs. Elliott E. Vorce. She served the church during the pastorate fo the late Rev. Dr. Harry Westbrook Reed.
She was a one-time organist also of the Olympic theater and had served as organist and choir director in other Water-
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town churches during her long career in music.
She served as president of the Watertown Morning Musicales, Inc., on two different occasions, first in 1908, the year after the organization was founded, and again from 1930 to 1932. She was a charter member of the Musicales and had been conspicuously identified with it from its inception 50 years ago. She held various offices in the organization, becoming president for the second time March 31, 1930, when she was elected to succeed Mrs. John B. Rogers at the annual meeting.
Among other important offices she held in the Musicales was that of chairman of the concert committee. Another was membership on the committee which annually planned the local Music Week celebration sponsored by the Morning Musicales.
Mrs. Knapp established the Northern New York Entertainment Bureau in 1932 and for year was its head. The organization was formed to serve as a local agency for the bookings of lecture, musical and or other programs. Mrs. Knapp was also a former director of the chorus of the Harmony club, having become the director in 1936.
Active also politicaly, Mrs. Knapp had served a number of consecutive terms as president of the Women's Democratic club of Jefferson county. A staunch Democrat, she had served as one of the women chairmen in political campaigns on behalf of her party.
She was also actively identified with the Jefferson County League of Women voters and was a former member of its board of directors.
She was a colleague of the St. Lawrence river chapter of the American Guild of Organists; a member of St. Pual's Episcopal church and the Jefferson County Music Teachers' association and had been active in the work of the Jefferson County Chapter of the American Red Cross.
Mrs. Knapp was born in Watertown Oct. 10, 1884, one of six children of the late Smith Thaddeus and Anna Wilhelmina Clark Woolworth. A brother, William Charles Woolworth, was drowned when a small boy. Another brother, Noel Clark Woolworth died in 1884. A sister, Amy S. Woolworth, died in 1914. Her other brother was the late Col. Gilbert S. Woolworth, a retired officer of the U. S. army. Colonel Woolworth, who was staff judge advocate of the first service command of the judge advocate general's department, Boston, Mass., when he retired from army service Feb. 17, 1944 in the Letterman Hospital, presidio of San Francisco, Calif., a the age of 72.
Smith T. Woolworth was a native of the town of Pinckney, Lewis county, where the Woolworth were among the earliest settlers. In 1865 he located in Watertown, where he was the cashier of the old Jefferson County National bank from 1871 until his death Aug. 15, 1907.
Mrs. Smith T. Woolworth, born in Washington, D. C., was the former Anna Wilhelmina Clark. She was long prominent there in church activities and charitable enterpreses, was once president of the board of directors of the Children's Home of Jefferson county, a charter member and one of the first officers of the auxiliary of the House of the Good Samaritan and one of the leaders in the development of the cottage system of the Children's home. She died Aug. 20, 1936 at the Winthrop street home at the age of 87 years.
Mrs. Knapp was graduated from the Watertown High school in 1901 and subsequently as graduated from the Maryland College and School of Music with a bachelor of music degree.
She prepared for a career in music by extensive study. She studied sight reading under Mme. de Revere, Watertown; piano for seven years under Julia Ely, Watertown , three years under Helene Bartlett, the Utica Conservatory of Music, a year under J. Arthur Claverie, Baltimore, a year under Luther T. F. Conradi, Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore; theory, for two years under Conradi at Maryland and one year under Mrs. Schildbach, Watertown; pipe organ, for two years under Joseph Hopley, Watertown, and four years under Charles M. Courboin, Syracuse. She was also tutored by the late Gerald F. Stewart of Watertown and other teachers.
Mrs. Knapp began her career here after completing her studies adn through the years she was prominent in numerous recitals and entertainments. She was active not only in piano and organ work, but also in choir and vocal work. She had served as adjudicator of choral contests for the state federation of music clubs and had bee a member of the local examining board for regents in music i nthe public schools.
She as married to Frederick E. Knapp on Aug. 9, 1919 in the All Souls Universalist church here by Rev. Dr. Reed. Mr. and Mrs. Knapp lived for a time in Montreal and Toronto and later were in the habit of dividing their time between the Winthrop street home here and the Knapp home near Prescott overlooking the St. Lawrence river. During thetime she was in Prescott, Mrs. Knapp as organist of St. John's Episcopal church of that place.
Mr. and Mrs. Knapp formerly resided at 913 Myrtle avenue, purchasing the former residence of the late Miss Emily A Tolles on Winthrop street in 1927, when they began occupying it.
Thursday, November 7, 1957
Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, N. Y.
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MRS. F. E. KNAPP EXPIRES, AGED 73
Long Active in Loal Musial Circles--Funeral To Be Saturday.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Woolworth Knapp, 73, of 147 Winthrop street, one-time organist and director of music of the All Souls Universalist church an long one of the most active figures in Watertown musial ircles, died at 11:35 Wednesday evening in the House of the Good Samaritan, where she had been a patient since Oct. 19.
The funeral will be at 3 Saturday afternoon at the Wilox & MCallen funeral home, Rev. Robert J. Sudlow, rector of St. Paul's Episopal church, will officiate. Burial will be in Brookside cemetery.
She was the widow of Frederick Eustace Knapp of 147 Winthrop street and of The Manor, the ancestral Knapp home near Prescott, Ont., who dropped dead of a heart attack at the Prescott home May 24, 1950, at the age of 73 years.
Surviving Mrs. Knapp are a sister, Miss Elizabeth S. Woolworth, 147 Winthrop street, and two nieces, Miss Anne C. Woolworth, Carmel, Calif., and Mrs. Bernard (Elizabeth Woolworth) Szold, Victoria, Tex.
Mrs. Knapp had been paralyzed and unconsious as a result of the cerebral hemorrhage with which she was stricken Oct. 19. Until then, she had been in her usual health and was active as organist, pianist and other musical ativities.
She had suffered a severe heart attack last January, but had reovered at the time of the illness which ended in her death.
Mrs. Knapp served as organist, choir director and director of music at All Souls church for about 30 ears until 1939 when she retired and was succeeded by Mrs. Elliott E. Vorce. She served the church during the pastorate fo the late Rev. Dr. Harry Westbrook Reed.
She was a one-time organist also of the Olympic theater and had served as organist and choir director in other Water-
Page 33
town churches during her long career in music.
She served as president of the Watertown Morning Musicales, Inc., on two different occasions, first in 1908, the year after the organization was founded, and again from 1930 to 1932. She was a charter member of the Musicales and had been conspicuously identified with it from its inception 50 years ago. She held various offices in the organization, becoming president for the second time March 31, 1930, when she was elected to succeed Mrs. John B. Rogers at the annual meeting.
Among other important offices she held in the Musicales was that of chairman of the concert committee. Another was membership on the committee which annually planned the local Music Week celebration sponsored by the Morning Musicales.
Mrs. Knapp established the Northern New York Entertainment Bureau in 1932 and for year was its head. The organization was formed to serve as a local agency for the bookings of lecture, musical and or other programs. Mrs. Knapp was also a former director of the chorus of the Harmony club, having become the director in 1936.
Active also politicaly, Mrs. Knapp had served a number of consecutive terms as president of the Women's Democratic club of Jefferson county. A staunch Democrat, she had served as one of the women chairmen in political campaigns on behalf of her party.
She was also actively identified with the Jefferson County League of Women voters and was a former member of its board of directors.
She was a colleague of the St. Lawrence river chapter of the American Guild of Organists; a member of St. Pual's Episcopal church and the Jefferson County Music Teachers' association and had been active in the work of the Jefferson County Chapter of the American Red Cross.
Mrs. Knapp was born in Watertown Oct. 10, 1884, one of six children of the late Smith Thaddeus and Anna Wilhelmina Clark Woolworth. A brother, William Charles Woolworth, was drowned when a small boy. Another brother, Noel Clark Woolworth died in 1884. A sister, Amy S. Woolworth, died in 1914. Her other brother was the late Col. Gilbert S. Woolworth, a retired officer of the U. S. army. Colonel Woolworth, who was staff judge advocate of the first service command of the judge advocate general's department, Boston, Mass., when he retired from army service Feb. 17, 1944 in the Letterman Hospital, presidio of San Francisco, Calif., a the age of 72.
Smith T. Woolworth was a native of the town of Pinckney, Lewis county, where the Woolworth were among the earliest settlers. In 1865 he located in Watertown, where he was the cashier of the old Jefferson County National bank from 1871 until his death Aug. 15, 1907.
Mrs. Smith T. Woolworth, born in Washington, D. C., was the former Anna Wilhelmina Clark. She was long prominent there in church activities and charitable enterpreses, was once president of the board of directors of the Children's Home of Jefferson county, a charter member and one of the first officers of the auxiliary of the House of the Good Samaritan and one of the leaders in the development of the cottage system of the Children's home. She died Aug. 20, 1936 at the Winthrop street home at the age of 87 years.
Mrs. Knapp was graduated from the Watertown High school in 1901 and subsequently as graduated from the Maryland College and School of Music with a bachelor of music degree.
She prepared for a career in music by extensive study. She studied sight reading under Mme. de Revere, Watertown; piano for seven years under Julia Ely, Watertown , three years under Helene Bartlett, the Utica Conservatory of Music, a year under J. Arthur Claverie, Baltimore, a year under Luther T. F. Conradi, Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore; theory, for two years under Conradi at Maryland and one year under Mrs. Schildbach, Watertown; pipe organ, for two years under Joseph Hopley, Watertown, and four years under Charles M. Courboin, Syracuse. She was also tutored by the late Gerald F. Stewart of Watertown and other teachers.
Mrs. Knapp began her career here after completing her studies adn through the years she was prominent in numerous recitals and entertainments. She was active not only in piano and organ work, but also in choir and vocal work. She had served as adjudicator of choral contests for the state federation of music clubs and had bee a member of the local examining board for regents in music i nthe public schools.
She as married to Frederick E. Knapp on Aug. 9, 1919 in the All Souls Universalist church here by Rev. Dr. Reed. Mr. and Mrs. Knapp lived for a time in Montreal and Toronto and later were in the habit of dividing their time between the Winthrop street home here and the Knapp home near Prescott overlooking the St. Lawrence river. During thetime she was in Prescott, Mrs. Knapp as organist of St. John's Episcopal church of that place.
Mr. and Mrs. Knapp formerly resided at 913 Myrtle avenue, purchasing the former residence of the late Miss Emily A Tolles on Winthrop street in 1927, when they began occupying it.
Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, N. Y.
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MRS. F. E. KNAPP EXPIRES, AGED 73
Long Active in Loal Musial Circles--Funeral To Be Saturday.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Woolworth Knapp, 73, of 147 Winthrop street, one-time organist and director of music of the All Souls Universalist church an long one of the most active figures in Watertown musial ircles, died at 11:35 Wednesday evening in the House of the Good Samaritan, where she had been a patient since Oct. 19.
The funeral will be at 3 Saturday afternoon at the Wilox & MCallen funeral home, Rev. Robert J. Sudlow, rector of St. Paul's Episopal church, will officiate. Burial will be in Brookside cemetery.
She was the widow of Frederick Eustace Knapp of 147 Winthrop street and of The Manor, the ancestral Knapp home near Prescott, Ont., who dropped dead of a heart attack at the Prescott home May 24, 1950, at the age of 73 years.
Surviving Mrs. Knapp are a sister, Miss Elizabeth S. Woolworth, 147 Winthrop street, and two nieces, Miss Anne C. Woolworth, Carmel, Calif., and Mrs. Bernard (Elizabeth Woolworth) Szold, Victoria, Tex.
Mrs. Knapp had been paralyzed and unconsious as a result of the cerebral hemorrhage with which she was stricken Oct. 19. Until then, she had been in her usual health and was active as organist, pianist and other musical ativities.
She had suffered a severe heart attack last January, but had reovered at the time of the illness which ended in her death.
Mrs. Knapp served as organist, choir director and director of music at All Souls church for about 30 ears until 1939 when she retired and was succeeded by Mrs. Elliott E. Vorce. She served the church during the pastorate fo the late Rev. Dr. Harry Westbrook Reed.
She was a one-time organist also of the Olympic theater and had served as organist and choir director in other Water-
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town churches during her long career in music.
She served as president of the Watertown Morning Musicales, Inc., on two different occasions, first in 1908, the year after the organization was founded, and again from 1930 to 1932. She was a charter member of the Musicales and had been conspicuously identified with it from its inception 50 years ago. She held various offices in the organization, becoming president for the second time March 31, 1930, when she was elected to succeed Mrs. John B. Rogers at the annual meeting.
Among other important offices she held in the Musicales was that of chairman of the concert committee. Another was membership on the committee which annually planned the local Music Week celebration sponsored by the Morning Musicales.
Mrs. Knapp established the Northern New York Entertainment Bureau in 1932 and for year was its head. The organization was formed to serve as a local agency for the bookings of lecture, musical and or other programs. Mrs. Knapp was also a former director of the chorus of the Harmony club, having become the director in 1936.
Active also politicaly, Mrs. Knapp had served a number of consecutive terms as president of the Women's Democratic club of Jefferson county. A staunch Democrat, she had served as one of the women chairmen in political campaigns on behalf of her party.
She was also actively identified with the Jefferson County League of Women voters and was a former member of its board of directors.
She was a colleague of the St. Lawrence river chapter of the American Guild of Organists; a member of St. Pual's Episcopal church and the Jefferson County Music Teachers' association and had been active in the work of the Jefferson County Chapter of the American Red Cross.
Mrs. Knapp was born in Watertown Oct. 10, 1884, one of six children of the late Smith Thaddeus and Anna Wilhelmina Clark Woolworth. A brother, William Charles Woolworth, was drowned when a small boy. Another brother, Noel Clark Woolworth died in 1884. A sister, Amy S. Woolworth, died in 1914. Her other brother was the late Col. Gilbert S. Woolworth, a retired officer of the U. S. army. Colonel Woolworth, who was staff judge advocate of the first service command of the judge advocate general's department, Boston, Mass., when he retired from army service Feb. 17, 1944 in the Letterman Hospital, presidio of San Francisco, Calif., a the age of 72.
Smith T. Woolworth was a native of the town of Pinckney, Lewis county, where the Woolworth were among the earliest settlers. In 1865 he located in Watertown, where he was the cashier of the old Jefferson County National bank from 1871 until his death Aug. 15, 1907.
Mrs. Smith T. Woolworth, born in Washington, D. C., was the former Anna Wilhelmina Clark. She was long prominent there in church activities and charitable enterpreses, was once president of the board of directors of the Children's Home of Jefferson county, a charter member and one of the first officers of the auxiliary of the House of the Good Samaritan and one of the leaders in the development of the cottage system of the Children's home. She died Aug. 20, 1936 at the Winthrop street home at the age of 87 years.
Mrs. Knapp was graduated from the Watertown High school in 1901 and subsequently as graduated from the Maryland College and School of Music with a bachelor of music degree.
She prepared for a career in music by extensive study. She studied sight reading under Mme. de Revere, Watertown; piano for seven years under Julia Ely, Watertown , three years under Helene Bartlett, the Utica Conservatory of Music, a year under J. Arthur Claverie, Baltimore, a year under Luther T. F. Conradi, Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore; theory, for two years under Conradi at Maryland and one year under Mrs. Schildbach, Watertown; pipe organ, for two years under Joseph Hopley, Watertown, and four years under Charles M. Courboin, Syracuse. She was also tutored by the late Gerald F. Stewart of Watertown and other teachers.
Mrs. Knapp began her career here after completing her studies adn through the years she was prominent in numerous recitals and entertainments. She was active not only in piano and organ work, but also in choir and vocal work. She had served as adjudicator of choral contests for the state federation of music clubs and had bee a member of the local examining board for regents in music i nthe public schools.
She as married to Frederick E. Knapp on Aug. 9, 1919 in the All Souls Universalist church here by Rev. Dr. Reed. Mr. and Mrs. Knapp lived for a time in Montreal and Toronto and later were in the habit of dividing their time between the Winthrop street home here and the Knapp home near Prescott overlooking the St. Lawrence river. During thetime she was in Prescott, Mrs. Knapp as organist of St. John's Episcopal church of that place.
Mr. and Mrs. Knapp formerly resided at 913 Myrtle avenue, purchasing the former residence of the late Miss Emily A Tolles on Winthrop street in 1927, when they began occupying it.
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