Marriage to Charles Paige June 5, 1888
Mrs. C. C. Paige Is Claimed By Death
Known As One Of City's Greatest Benefactors
Painesville and all of Lake County today suffered a shock and a deep sense of loss in the death of Mrs. Caroline Wilcox Paige, 89, widow of C. C. Paige, one of the community's greatest benefactors and a member of one of Painesville's first families.
Mrs. Paid had been ill, suffering with a heart ailment, at her home, 106 E. Washington St., here, since shortly after Christmas. Death came quietly to her about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at her home.
Few residents of Painesville were better known and better liked than was Mrs. Paige, and few have done more to help materially those who really stood in need of assistance.
It never was a part of her character to seek public mention of what she did, and many things were done by her without the recipients themselves knowing from where the money or the comforts came. Extremely interested in helping out where help was needed, her generosity was almost unlimited.
She was a life-long resident of the city, and for many years, since her marriage to the late Charles C. Paige, she had lived in the home where she was claimed by death. Interested in the cultural, social and civic welfare of the community she called home and the people who live here. She was a patron of the arts and sciences, and to this end she supported the Opera movement in Cleveland. She was one of the most ardent supporters of Lake County Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Paige was born Caroline Wilcox, in 1851, the daughter of Aaron and Eliza Jane Morley Wilcox in the old Wilcox home at Liberty and High Streets, which she since has deeded over to Lake Erie College, and which is now used as a faculty residence.
Her parents were among the pioneers in the Lake County area, coming to Ohio from Connecticut. Her father, in company with Judge Hitchcock and Charles Avery, founded Lake Erie Seminary in 1856. The seminary opened in 1859, and in 1860 the first class-two in number-was graduated.
Her father was several times Mayor of Painesville, and for many years he was senior warden of St. James' Episcopal Church, the same church in which Mrs. Paige was active, almost to the very last.
In the church she was a member of the Ladies' Aid Society, of the Daughters of the king, and of the Women's Auxiliary. She was a member of the New Connecticut Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a trustee of Morley Library, and from the very beginning of Lake County Memorial Hospital, she had been interested in that institution. For many years she was a member of the hospital's board of trustees.
Mrs. Paige was a member of the Lake County chapter of the Western Reserve Historical Society, and of the Lake County Garden Club. She also held a membership in the Kirtland Country Club.
Growing up in Painesville, she attended public schools here. After her graduation from Painesville High School, where she studied under Thomas Harvey, the great educator, she matriculated in 1868 at Lake Erie College, the institution of which her father had been a founder.
She was graduated from Lake Erie in the Class of 1871 at the age of 20, and was believed to have been the college's oldest living alumna at the time of her death.
In recent years Mrs. Paige developed a passion for pottery, and at the time of her death she had a large collection of rare and old china and pottery brought from all parts of the world to her home. Recently she conducted a display of her collection as a benefit for her church.
A statement this morning by Miss Vivian B. Small, president of Lake Erie College, is typical of many that could be made of Mrs. Paige and best illustrates the regard and esteem in which the deceased philanthropist is held by the community:
"In the death of Carrie Wilcox Paige, the college suffers the loss not only of a sincere friend and benefactor from among its life-long Painesville neighbors, but of the last surviving member of the class of 1871, and of the family of the late Aaron Wilcox, one of the founders of the college. Her presence at college function, particularly at the celebration of Founders Day where she was always, as the daughter of a founder, a guest of special honor, will be greatly missed.
"The faculty and students today join the host of Mrs. Paige's other friends in tribute to the many-sided usefulness and wide-spread friendliness of her long life."
Mrs. Paige is survived by two nieces, Mrs. Harry S. Alexander, in Hamilton, Ont., and Mrs. T. C. Stewart, of Montreal; and three nephews, Charles M. Doolittle of Hamilton, Charles Morley of Mentor and Charles Hitchcock of Cleveland.
Friends may call at the residence, but services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at St. James' Church by the rector, Rev. Kenneth R. Waldron. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery will be private.
Mrs. C. C. Paige Is Claimed By Death
Known As One Of City's Greatest Benefactors
Painesville and all of Lake County today suffered a shock and a deep sense of loss in the death of Mrs. Caroline Wilcox Paige, 89, widow of C. C. Paige, one of the community's greatest benefactors and a member of one of Painesville's first families.
Mrs. Paid had been ill, suffering with a heart ailment, at her home, 106 E. Washington St., here, since shortly after Christmas. Death came quietly to her about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at her home.
Few residents of Painesville were better known and better liked than was Mrs. Paige, and few have done more to help materially those who really stood in need of assistance.
It never was a part of her character to seek public mention of what she did, and many things were done by her without the recipients themselves knowing from where the money or the comforts came. Extremely interested in helping out where help was needed, her generosity was almost unlimited.
She was a life-long resident of the city, and for many years, since her marriage to the late Charles C. Paige, she had lived in the home where she was claimed by death. Interested in the cultural, social and civic welfare of the community she called home and the people who live here. She was a patron of the arts and sciences, and to this end she supported the Opera movement in Cleveland. She was one of the most ardent supporters of Lake County Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Paige was born Caroline Wilcox, in 1851, the daughter of Aaron and Eliza Jane Morley Wilcox in the old Wilcox home at Liberty and High Streets, which she since has deeded over to Lake Erie College, and which is now used as a faculty residence.
Her parents were among the pioneers in the Lake County area, coming to Ohio from Connecticut. Her father, in company with Judge Hitchcock and Charles Avery, founded Lake Erie Seminary in 1856. The seminary opened in 1859, and in 1860 the first class-two in number-was graduated.
Her father was several times Mayor of Painesville, and for many years he was senior warden of St. James' Episcopal Church, the same church in which Mrs. Paige was active, almost to the very last.
In the church she was a member of the Ladies' Aid Society, of the Daughters of the king, and of the Women's Auxiliary. She was a member of the New Connecticut Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a trustee of Morley Library, and from the very beginning of Lake County Memorial Hospital, she had been interested in that institution. For many years she was a member of the hospital's board of trustees.
Mrs. Paige was a member of the Lake County chapter of the Western Reserve Historical Society, and of the Lake County Garden Club. She also held a membership in the Kirtland Country Club.
Growing up in Painesville, she attended public schools here. After her graduation from Painesville High School, where she studied under Thomas Harvey, the great educator, she matriculated in 1868 at Lake Erie College, the institution of which her father had been a founder.
She was graduated from Lake Erie in the Class of 1871 at the age of 20, and was believed to have been the college's oldest living alumna at the time of her death.
In recent years Mrs. Paige developed a passion for pottery, and at the time of her death she had a large collection of rare and old china and pottery brought from all parts of the world to her home. Recently she conducted a display of her collection as a benefit for her church.
A statement this morning by Miss Vivian B. Small, president of Lake Erie College, is typical of many that could be made of Mrs. Paige and best illustrates the regard and esteem in which the deceased philanthropist is held by the community:
"In the death of Carrie Wilcox Paige, the college suffers the loss not only of a sincere friend and benefactor from among its life-long Painesville neighbors, but of the last surviving member of the class of 1871, and of the family of the late Aaron Wilcox, one of the founders of the college. Her presence at college function, particularly at the celebration of Founders Day where she was always, as the daughter of a founder, a guest of special honor, will be greatly missed.
"The faculty and students today join the host of Mrs. Paige's other friends in tribute to the many-sided usefulness and wide-spread friendliness of her long life."
Mrs. Paige is survived by two nieces, Mrs. Harry S. Alexander, in Hamilton, Ont., and Mrs. T. C. Stewart, of Montreal; and three nephews, Charles M. Doolittle of Hamilton, Charles Morley of Mentor and Charles Hitchcock of Cleveland.
Friends may call at the residence, but services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at St. James' Church by the rector, Rev. Kenneth R. Waldron. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery will be private.
Marriage to Charles Paige June 5, 1888
Mrs. C. C. Paige Is Claimed By Death
Known As One Of City's Greatest Benefactors
Painesville and all of Lake County today suffered a shock and a deep sense of loss in the death of Mrs. Caroline Wilcox Paige, 89, widow of C. C. Paige, one of the community's greatest benefactors and a member of one of Painesville's first families.
Mrs. Paid had been ill, suffering with a heart ailment, at her home, 106 E. Washington St., here, since shortly after Christmas. Death came quietly to her about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at her home.
Few residents of Painesville were better known and better liked than was Mrs. Paige, and few have done more to help materially those who really stood in need of assistance.
It never was a part of her character to seek public mention of what she did, and many things were done by her without the recipients themselves knowing from where the money or the comforts came. Extremely interested in helping out where help was needed, her generosity was almost unlimited.
She was a life-long resident of the city, and for many years, since her marriage to the late Charles C. Paige, she had lived in the home where she was claimed by death. Interested in the cultural, social and civic welfare of the community she called home and the people who live here. She was a patron of the arts and sciences, and to this end she supported the Opera movement in Cleveland. She was one of the most ardent supporters of Lake County Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Paige was born Caroline Wilcox, in 1851, the daughter of Aaron and Eliza Jane Morley Wilcox in the old Wilcox home at Liberty and High Streets, which she since has deeded over to Lake Erie College, and which is now used as a faculty residence.
Her parents were among the pioneers in the Lake County area, coming to Ohio from Connecticut. Her father, in company with Judge Hitchcock and Charles Avery, founded Lake Erie Seminary in 1856. The seminary opened in 1859, and in 1860 the first class-two in number-was graduated.
Her father was several times Mayor of Painesville, and for many years he was senior warden of St. James' Episcopal Church, the same church in which Mrs. Paige was active, almost to the very last.
In the church she was a member of the Ladies' Aid Society, of the Daughters of the king, and of the Women's Auxiliary. She was a member of the New Connecticut Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a trustee of Morley Library, and from the very beginning of Lake County Memorial Hospital, she had been interested in that institution. For many years she was a member of the hospital's board of trustees.
Mrs. Paige was a member of the Lake County chapter of the Western Reserve Historical Society, and of the Lake County Garden Club. She also held a membership in the Kirtland Country Club.
Growing up in Painesville, she attended public schools here. After her graduation from Painesville High School, where she studied under Thomas Harvey, the great educator, she matriculated in 1868 at Lake Erie College, the institution of which her father had been a founder.
She was graduated from Lake Erie in the Class of 1871 at the age of 20, and was believed to have been the college's oldest living alumna at the time of her death.
In recent years Mrs. Paige developed a passion for pottery, and at the time of her death she had a large collection of rare and old china and pottery brought from all parts of the world to her home. Recently she conducted a display of her collection as a benefit for her church.
A statement this morning by Miss Vivian B. Small, president of Lake Erie College, is typical of many that could be made of Mrs. Paige and best illustrates the regard and esteem in which the deceased philanthropist is held by the community:
"In the death of Carrie Wilcox Paige, the college suffers the loss not only of a sincere friend and benefactor from among its life-long Painesville neighbors, but of the last surviving member of the class of 1871, and of the family of the late Aaron Wilcox, one of the founders of the college. Her presence at college function, particularly at the celebration of Founders Day where she was always, as the daughter of a founder, a guest of special honor, will be greatly missed.
"The faculty and students today join the host of Mrs. Paige's other friends in tribute to the many-sided usefulness and wide-spread friendliness of her long life."
Mrs. Paige is survived by two nieces, Mrs. Harry S. Alexander, in Hamilton, Ont., and Mrs. T. C. Stewart, of Montreal; and three nephews, Charles M. Doolittle of Hamilton, Charles Morley of Mentor and Charles Hitchcock of Cleveland.
Friends may call at the residence, but services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at St. James' Church by the rector, Rev. Kenneth R. Waldron. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery will be private.
Mrs. C. C. Paige Is Claimed By Death
Known As One Of City's Greatest Benefactors
Painesville and all of Lake County today suffered a shock and a deep sense of loss in the death of Mrs. Caroline Wilcox Paige, 89, widow of C. C. Paige, one of the community's greatest benefactors and a member of one of Painesville's first families.
Mrs. Paid had been ill, suffering with a heart ailment, at her home, 106 E. Washington St., here, since shortly after Christmas. Death came quietly to her about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at her home.
Few residents of Painesville were better known and better liked than was Mrs. Paige, and few have done more to help materially those who really stood in need of assistance.
It never was a part of her character to seek public mention of what she did, and many things were done by her without the recipients themselves knowing from where the money or the comforts came. Extremely interested in helping out where help was needed, her generosity was almost unlimited.
She was a life-long resident of the city, and for many years, since her marriage to the late Charles C. Paige, she had lived in the home where she was claimed by death. Interested in the cultural, social and civic welfare of the community she called home and the people who live here. She was a patron of the arts and sciences, and to this end she supported the Opera movement in Cleveland. She was one of the most ardent supporters of Lake County Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Paige was born Caroline Wilcox, in 1851, the daughter of Aaron and Eliza Jane Morley Wilcox in the old Wilcox home at Liberty and High Streets, which she since has deeded over to Lake Erie College, and which is now used as a faculty residence.
Her parents were among the pioneers in the Lake County area, coming to Ohio from Connecticut. Her father, in company with Judge Hitchcock and Charles Avery, founded Lake Erie Seminary in 1856. The seminary opened in 1859, and in 1860 the first class-two in number-was graduated.
Her father was several times Mayor of Painesville, and for many years he was senior warden of St. James' Episcopal Church, the same church in which Mrs. Paige was active, almost to the very last.
In the church she was a member of the Ladies' Aid Society, of the Daughters of the king, and of the Women's Auxiliary. She was a member of the New Connecticut Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a trustee of Morley Library, and from the very beginning of Lake County Memorial Hospital, she had been interested in that institution. For many years she was a member of the hospital's board of trustees.
Mrs. Paige was a member of the Lake County chapter of the Western Reserve Historical Society, and of the Lake County Garden Club. She also held a membership in the Kirtland Country Club.
Growing up in Painesville, she attended public schools here. After her graduation from Painesville High School, where she studied under Thomas Harvey, the great educator, she matriculated in 1868 at Lake Erie College, the institution of which her father had been a founder.
She was graduated from Lake Erie in the Class of 1871 at the age of 20, and was believed to have been the college's oldest living alumna at the time of her death.
In recent years Mrs. Paige developed a passion for pottery, and at the time of her death she had a large collection of rare and old china and pottery brought from all parts of the world to her home. Recently she conducted a display of her collection as a benefit for her church.
A statement this morning by Miss Vivian B. Small, president of Lake Erie College, is typical of many that could be made of Mrs. Paige and best illustrates the regard and esteem in which the deceased philanthropist is held by the community:
"In the death of Carrie Wilcox Paige, the college suffers the loss not only of a sincere friend and benefactor from among its life-long Painesville neighbors, but of the last surviving member of the class of 1871, and of the family of the late Aaron Wilcox, one of the founders of the college. Her presence at college function, particularly at the celebration of Founders Day where she was always, as the daughter of a founder, a guest of special honor, will be greatly missed.
"The faculty and students today join the host of Mrs. Paige's other friends in tribute to the many-sided usefulness and wide-spread friendliness of her long life."
Mrs. Paige is survived by two nieces, Mrs. Harry S. Alexander, in Hamilton, Ont., and Mrs. T. C. Stewart, of Montreal; and three nephews, Charles M. Doolittle of Hamilton, Charles Morley of Mentor and Charles Hitchcock of Cleveland.
Friends may call at the residence, but services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at St. James' Church by the rector, Rev. Kenneth R. Waldron. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery will be private.
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Caroline Wilcox Paige/wife of/Charles C. Paige/December 26, 1851-June 4, 1940 + (S)AW/I heard a voice from heaven,/Wilcox/(E)saying unto me, Write from (N)henceforth:blessed are the(W)dead who die in the Lord
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