Emma Eurana "Rana" Dinkey, was born September 12, 1859, the oldest daughter of Reuben Dinkey and Mary Horn.
Rana met Charles Schwab and they married on May 1, 1883 at the bride's home in Braddock. They honeymooned at Atlantic City. Rana was two years older - she called him "Lad" and he called her "Old Lady."
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Altoona Tribune: Friday, January 13, 1939
WIFE OF STEEL MAGNATE DIES IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Jan. 12 - (AP) - Mrs. Charles M. Schwab, the steel magnate's partner in 54 years of struggle and success, died of heart trouble today at the age of 79.
The former Emma Eurana Dinkey of Braddock, Pa., married Schwab when he was working in one of Andrew Carnegie's mills.
When, decades later, he was offered 50 million dollars for half of the Bethlehem Steel company, he said to her:
"Half of what I have is yours. What shall we do?"
"We wouldn't sell for five times that much," she decided. "What would I do with the money and what would you do without your work?"
And Schwab turned down the offer.
Schwab was with her when she died, along with her sister, who had lived with them for several years, two nieces, and Schwab's brother Edward. The Schwabs had no children.
Until four years ago, when ill health overtook her, Mrs. Schwab had been an active lover of music and the stage, and many great artists had appeared in the salon of the Schwab Riverside Drive mansion, a $3,000,000 reproduction of a French chateau. It was built about 1900 after Schwab became executive president of the Carnegie Steel Corporation.
She also was a great but unostentatious philanthropist. Born a Presbyterian, she built a Catholic Church in Weatherly, Pa.; a Carmelite convent in Loretto, Pa., where she and Schwab were married; a church in Braddock, a memorial to her mother; a public school in Weatherly, which was named after her; and an orphanage in Staten Island, New York.
Mrs. Schwab was born in West Penn, Pa. Her father was Reuben Dinkey, one of the first steel chemists in the country. Her brother Alva became president of the Carnegie Steel corporation and the Midvale Steel corporation. Her brother Charles became general manager of the Carnegie works.
Her father was killed in an auto accident when she was young and her mother moved to Braddock and started a boarding house. It was there she met Schwab. They were married in nearby Loretto in 1883.
Mrs. Schwab's funeral will be Saturday afternoon at the home. The service will be conducted by the Rev. Franklin Remig of the West End Collegiate Dutch Reformed church. She will be buried in Woodlawn cemetery.
Rana met Charles Schwab and they married on May 1, 1883 at the bride's home in Braddock. They honeymooned at Atlantic City. Rana was two years older - she called him "Lad" and he called her "Old Lady."
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Altoona Tribune: Friday, January 13, 1939
WIFE OF STEEL MAGNATE DIES IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Jan. 12 - (AP) - Mrs. Charles M. Schwab, the steel magnate's partner in 54 years of struggle and success, died of heart trouble today at the age of 79.
The former Emma Eurana Dinkey of Braddock, Pa., married Schwab when he was working in one of Andrew Carnegie's mills.
When, decades later, he was offered 50 million dollars for half of the Bethlehem Steel company, he said to her:
"Half of what I have is yours. What shall we do?"
"We wouldn't sell for five times that much," she decided. "What would I do with the money and what would you do without your work?"
And Schwab turned down the offer.
Schwab was with her when she died, along with her sister, who had lived with them for several years, two nieces, and Schwab's brother Edward. The Schwabs had no children.
Until four years ago, when ill health overtook her, Mrs. Schwab had been an active lover of music and the stage, and many great artists had appeared in the salon of the Schwab Riverside Drive mansion, a $3,000,000 reproduction of a French chateau. It was built about 1900 after Schwab became executive president of the Carnegie Steel Corporation.
She also was a great but unostentatious philanthropist. Born a Presbyterian, she built a Catholic Church in Weatherly, Pa.; a Carmelite convent in Loretto, Pa., where she and Schwab were married; a church in Braddock, a memorial to her mother; a public school in Weatherly, which was named after her; and an orphanage in Staten Island, New York.
Mrs. Schwab was born in West Penn, Pa. Her father was Reuben Dinkey, one of the first steel chemists in the country. Her brother Alva became president of the Carnegie Steel corporation and the Midvale Steel corporation. Her brother Charles became general manager of the Carnegie works.
Her father was killed in an auto accident when she was young and her mother moved to Braddock and started a boarding house. It was there she met Schwab. They were married in nearby Loretto in 1883.
Mrs. Schwab's funeral will be Saturday afternoon at the home. The service will be conducted by the Rev. Franklin Remig of the West End Collegiate Dutch Reformed church. She will be buried in Woodlawn cemetery.
Emma Eurana "Rana" Dinkey, was born September 12, 1859, the oldest daughter of Reuben Dinkey and Mary Horn.
Rana met Charles Schwab and they married on May 1, 1883 at the bride's home in Braddock. They honeymooned at Atlantic City. Rana was two years older - she called him "Lad" and he called her "Old Lady."
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Altoona Tribune: Friday, January 13, 1939
WIFE OF STEEL MAGNATE DIES IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Jan. 12 - (AP) - Mrs. Charles M. Schwab, the steel magnate's partner in 54 years of struggle and success, died of heart trouble today at the age of 79.
The former Emma Eurana Dinkey of Braddock, Pa., married Schwab when he was working in one of Andrew Carnegie's mills.
When, decades later, he was offered 50 million dollars for half of the Bethlehem Steel company, he said to her:
"Half of what I have is yours. What shall we do?"
"We wouldn't sell for five times that much," she decided. "What would I do with the money and what would you do without your work?"
And Schwab turned down the offer.
Schwab was with her when she died, along with her sister, who had lived with them for several years, two nieces, and Schwab's brother Edward. The Schwabs had no children.
Until four years ago, when ill health overtook her, Mrs. Schwab had been an active lover of music and the stage, and many great artists had appeared in the salon of the Schwab Riverside Drive mansion, a $3,000,000 reproduction of a French chateau. It was built about 1900 after Schwab became executive president of the Carnegie Steel Corporation.
She also was a great but unostentatious philanthropist. Born a Presbyterian, she built a Catholic Church in Weatherly, Pa.; a Carmelite convent in Loretto, Pa., where she and Schwab were married; a church in Braddock, a memorial to her mother; a public school in Weatherly, which was named after her; and an orphanage in Staten Island, New York.
Mrs. Schwab was born in West Penn, Pa. Her father was Reuben Dinkey, one of the first steel chemists in the country. Her brother Alva became president of the Carnegie Steel corporation and the Midvale Steel corporation. Her brother Charles became general manager of the Carnegie works.
Her father was killed in an auto accident when she was young and her mother moved to Braddock and started a boarding house. It was there she met Schwab. They were married in nearby Loretto in 1883.
Mrs. Schwab's funeral will be Saturday afternoon at the home. The service will be conducted by the Rev. Franklin Remig of the West End Collegiate Dutch Reformed church. She will be buried in Woodlawn cemetery.
Rana met Charles Schwab and they married on May 1, 1883 at the bride's home in Braddock. They honeymooned at Atlantic City. Rana was two years older - she called him "Lad" and he called her "Old Lady."
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Altoona Tribune: Friday, January 13, 1939
WIFE OF STEEL MAGNATE DIES IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Jan. 12 - (AP) - Mrs. Charles M. Schwab, the steel magnate's partner in 54 years of struggle and success, died of heart trouble today at the age of 79.
The former Emma Eurana Dinkey of Braddock, Pa., married Schwab when he was working in one of Andrew Carnegie's mills.
When, decades later, he was offered 50 million dollars for half of the Bethlehem Steel company, he said to her:
"Half of what I have is yours. What shall we do?"
"We wouldn't sell for five times that much," she decided. "What would I do with the money and what would you do without your work?"
And Schwab turned down the offer.
Schwab was with her when she died, along with her sister, who had lived with them for several years, two nieces, and Schwab's brother Edward. The Schwabs had no children.
Until four years ago, when ill health overtook her, Mrs. Schwab had been an active lover of music and the stage, and many great artists had appeared in the salon of the Schwab Riverside Drive mansion, a $3,000,000 reproduction of a French chateau. It was built about 1900 after Schwab became executive president of the Carnegie Steel Corporation.
She also was a great but unostentatious philanthropist. Born a Presbyterian, she built a Catholic Church in Weatherly, Pa.; a Carmelite convent in Loretto, Pa., where she and Schwab were married; a church in Braddock, a memorial to her mother; a public school in Weatherly, which was named after her; and an orphanage in Staten Island, New York.
Mrs. Schwab was born in West Penn, Pa. Her father was Reuben Dinkey, one of the first steel chemists in the country. Her brother Alva became president of the Carnegie Steel corporation and the Midvale Steel corporation. Her brother Charles became general manager of the Carnegie works.
Her father was killed in an auto accident when she was young and her mother moved to Braddock and started a boarding house. It was there she met Schwab. They were married in nearby Loretto in 1883.
Mrs. Schwab's funeral will be Saturday afternoon at the home. The service will be conducted by the Rev. Franklin Remig of the West End Collegiate Dutch Reformed church. She will be buried in Woodlawn cemetery.
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