Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph
Mon December 15, 1958
Mrs. Ethel Carlton, Widow of Mining Pioneer, Dies at 80
Mrs. Ethel Carlton, Who Came to Colorado as a young beauty of 18 and became the wife of a multi-millionaire mining pioneer, died Sunday in Colorado Springs at the age of 80.
Grand dame of society and a participant in many business enterprises, her death marks the end of a fabulous are.
Death was attributed to a heart attack suffered Saturday in Glockner-Penrose Hospital, where Mrs. Carlton had been hospitalized with a knee infection.
Her husband, A. E. Carlton, died in 1931. The late Mr. Carlton amassed a fortune in railroads, banks, businesses and a combine which controlled mines in the Cripple Creek area at the turn of the century.
A lifelong Republican, Mrs. Carlton remained active in society, business and politics until recently. She rarely missed attending a Republican gathering in El Paso County.
Her glittering life began almost as soon as Ethel Frizzell arrived from Vermont with her parents in 1896 and settled in Colorado Springs. Her father acquired mining interests in Colorado Springs.
She was introduced to Mr. Carlton at a grand ball in Colorado Springs and they were married in 1901 in Washington D.C., and then returned to a lavish reception in Cripple Creek.
Carlton, with the late Spencer Penrose and other mining leaders, controlled mines in the Cripple Creek district. He founded the Golden Cycle Corp., which is still in existence. The Carlton Mill midway between Cripple Creek and Victor was named in his honor.
He later invested in the Holly Sugar Corp., the Midland Terminal Railroad, banks in Cripple Creek and Canon City and other enterprises.
At the time of her husband’s death in 1931, the Carltons lived on their estate in Pine Valley north of Colorado Springs. A few years ago Mrs. Carlton sold the Pine Valley mansion, which is now included in the site for the Air Force Academy and occupied by the Academy superintendent, Maj. Gen. James Briggs, and moved to the Broadmoor Hotel. Upon the death of her intimate friend, Mrs. Spencer Penrose, Mrs. Carlton took over the Penrose suite at the Broadmoor.
In addition to her business activities, Mrs. Carlton was a patroness of the arts, a supporter of many charitable enterprises, and a social leader of national stature. She was a leading patroness of the Central City Opera and was an active supporter of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, the Colorado Springs Symphony, Glockner-Penrose Hospital and other cultural and charitable organizations. Her army of friends included leaders of society from New York to San Francisco, as well as in England and France, stars of opera, stage and cinema, political and military leaders and many business magnates.
Mrs. and Mrs. Carlton had no children and there are no immediate survivors.
Mrs. Carlton was a member of the Cheyenne Mountain Country Club, Gardens of Gods Club, Broadmoor Golf Club and the Denver Country Club.
Funeral services will be held at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Grace Episcopal Church, the Rev. J. Lindsey Patton officiating. Burial will be in the Carlton Plot at Evergreen Cemetery.
Law Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements.
Active pallbearers will be P. H. House, Byron Totten, E. E. Corbin, V. I. Morris, J. A. Ash, Dennis O’Rourke, Max Bowen and Robert Welch.
Honorary pallbearers will be John Sevier, Wiley Blair, John Evans, Thomas Heath, Robert Menary, Raymond Lewis, Robert Donner, Erle Kistler, Louis Stratta, Crawford Hill, Nathanial Hill, John Currie, Merrill S. Shoup, Charles L. Tutt, V. H. Mann and Frank Kemp.
The offices of both Golden Cycle Corp. and Holly Sugar Co. will be closed from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in respect for Mrs. Carlton.
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Mon December 15, 1958
Mrs. Ethel Carlton, Widow of Mining Pioneer, Dies at 80
Mrs. Ethel Carlton, Who Came to Colorado as a young beauty of 18 and became the wife of a multi-millionaire mining pioneer, died Sunday in Colorado Springs at the age of 80.
Grand dame of society and a participant in many business enterprises, her death marks the end of a fabulous are.
Death was attributed to a heart attack suffered Saturday in Glockner-Penrose Hospital, where Mrs. Carlton had been hospitalized with a knee infection.
Her husband, A. E. Carlton, died in 1931. The late Mr. Carlton amassed a fortune in railroads, banks, businesses and a combine which controlled mines in the Cripple Creek area at the turn of the century.
A lifelong Republican, Mrs. Carlton remained active in society, business and politics until recently. She rarely missed attending a Republican gathering in El Paso County.
Her glittering life began almost as soon as Ethel Frizzell arrived from Vermont with her parents in 1896 and settled in Colorado Springs. Her father acquired mining interests in Colorado Springs.
She was introduced to Mr. Carlton at a grand ball in Colorado Springs and they were married in 1901 in Washington D.C., and then returned to a lavish reception in Cripple Creek.
Carlton, with the late Spencer Penrose and other mining leaders, controlled mines in the Cripple Creek district. He founded the Golden Cycle Corp., which is still in existence. The Carlton Mill midway between Cripple Creek and Victor was named in his honor.
He later invested in the Holly Sugar Corp., the Midland Terminal Railroad, banks in Cripple Creek and Canon City and other enterprises.
At the time of her husband’s death in 1931, the Carltons lived on their estate in Pine Valley north of Colorado Springs. A few years ago Mrs. Carlton sold the Pine Valley mansion, which is now included in the site for the Air Force Academy and occupied by the Academy superintendent, Maj. Gen. James Briggs, and moved to the Broadmoor Hotel. Upon the death of her intimate friend, Mrs. Spencer Penrose, Mrs. Carlton took over the Penrose suite at the Broadmoor.
In addition to her business activities, Mrs. Carlton was a patroness of the arts, a supporter of many charitable enterprises, and a social leader of national stature. She was a leading patroness of the Central City Opera and was an active supporter of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, the Colorado Springs Symphony, Glockner-Penrose Hospital and other cultural and charitable organizations. Her army of friends included leaders of society from New York to San Francisco, as well as in England and France, stars of opera, stage and cinema, political and military leaders and many business magnates.
Mrs. and Mrs. Carlton had no children and there are no immediate survivors.
Mrs. Carlton was a member of the Cheyenne Mountain Country Club, Gardens of Gods Club, Broadmoor Golf Club and the Denver Country Club.
Funeral services will be held at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Grace Episcopal Church, the Rev. J. Lindsey Patton officiating. Burial will be in the Carlton Plot at Evergreen Cemetery.
Law Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements.
Active pallbearers will be P. H. House, Byron Totten, E. E. Corbin, V. I. Morris, J. A. Ash, Dennis O’Rourke, Max Bowen and Robert Welch.
Honorary pallbearers will be John Sevier, Wiley Blair, John Evans, Thomas Heath, Robert Menary, Raymond Lewis, Robert Donner, Erle Kistler, Louis Stratta, Crawford Hill, Nathanial Hill, John Currie, Merrill S. Shoup, Charles L. Tutt, V. H. Mann and Frank Kemp.
The offices of both Golden Cycle Corp. and Holly Sugar Co. will be closed from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in respect for Mrs. Carlton.
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Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph
Mon December 15, 1958
Mrs. Ethel Carlton, Widow of Mining Pioneer, Dies at 80
Mrs. Ethel Carlton, Who Came to Colorado as a young beauty of 18 and became the wife of a multi-millionaire mining pioneer, died Sunday in Colorado Springs at the age of 80.
Grand dame of society and a participant in many business enterprises, her death marks the end of a fabulous are.
Death was attributed to a heart attack suffered Saturday in Glockner-Penrose Hospital, where Mrs. Carlton had been hospitalized with a knee infection.
Her husband, A. E. Carlton, died in 1931. The late Mr. Carlton amassed a fortune in railroads, banks, businesses and a combine which controlled mines in the Cripple Creek area at the turn of the century.
A lifelong Republican, Mrs. Carlton remained active in society, business and politics until recently. She rarely missed attending a Republican gathering in El Paso County.
Her glittering life began almost as soon as Ethel Frizzell arrived from Vermont with her parents in 1896 and settled in Colorado Springs. Her father acquired mining interests in Colorado Springs.
She was introduced to Mr. Carlton at a grand ball in Colorado Springs and they were married in 1901 in Washington D.C., and then returned to a lavish reception in Cripple Creek.
Carlton, with the late Spencer Penrose and other mining leaders, controlled mines in the Cripple Creek district. He founded the Golden Cycle Corp., which is still in existence. The Carlton Mill midway between Cripple Creek and Victor was named in his honor.
He later invested in the Holly Sugar Corp., the Midland Terminal Railroad, banks in Cripple Creek and Canon City and other enterprises.
At the time of her husband’s death in 1931, the Carltons lived on their estate in Pine Valley north of Colorado Springs. A few years ago Mrs. Carlton sold the Pine Valley mansion, which is now included in the site for the Air Force Academy and occupied by the Academy superintendent, Maj. Gen. James Briggs, and moved to the Broadmoor Hotel. Upon the death of her intimate friend, Mrs. Spencer Penrose, Mrs. Carlton took over the Penrose suite at the Broadmoor.
In addition to her business activities, Mrs. Carlton was a patroness of the arts, a supporter of many charitable enterprises, and a social leader of national stature. She was a leading patroness of the Central City Opera and was an active supporter of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, the Colorado Springs Symphony, Glockner-Penrose Hospital and other cultural and charitable organizations. Her army of friends included leaders of society from New York to San Francisco, as well as in England and France, stars of opera, stage and cinema, political and military leaders and many business magnates.
Mrs. and Mrs. Carlton had no children and there are no immediate survivors.
Mrs. Carlton was a member of the Cheyenne Mountain Country Club, Gardens of Gods Club, Broadmoor Golf Club and the Denver Country Club.
Funeral services will be held at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Grace Episcopal Church, the Rev. J. Lindsey Patton officiating. Burial will be in the Carlton Plot at Evergreen Cemetery.
Law Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements.
Active pallbearers will be P. H. House, Byron Totten, E. E. Corbin, V. I. Morris, J. A. Ash, Dennis O’Rourke, Max Bowen and Robert Welch.
Honorary pallbearers will be John Sevier, Wiley Blair, John Evans, Thomas Heath, Robert Menary, Raymond Lewis, Robert Donner, Erle Kistler, Louis Stratta, Crawford Hill, Nathanial Hill, John Currie, Merrill S. Shoup, Charles L. Tutt, V. H. Mann and Frank Kemp.
The offices of both Golden Cycle Corp. and Holly Sugar Co. will be closed from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in respect for Mrs. Carlton.
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Mon December 15, 1958
Mrs. Ethel Carlton, Widow of Mining Pioneer, Dies at 80
Mrs. Ethel Carlton, Who Came to Colorado as a young beauty of 18 and became the wife of a multi-millionaire mining pioneer, died Sunday in Colorado Springs at the age of 80.
Grand dame of society and a participant in many business enterprises, her death marks the end of a fabulous are.
Death was attributed to a heart attack suffered Saturday in Glockner-Penrose Hospital, where Mrs. Carlton had been hospitalized with a knee infection.
Her husband, A. E. Carlton, died in 1931. The late Mr. Carlton amassed a fortune in railroads, banks, businesses and a combine which controlled mines in the Cripple Creek area at the turn of the century.
A lifelong Republican, Mrs. Carlton remained active in society, business and politics until recently. She rarely missed attending a Republican gathering in El Paso County.
Her glittering life began almost as soon as Ethel Frizzell arrived from Vermont with her parents in 1896 and settled in Colorado Springs. Her father acquired mining interests in Colorado Springs.
She was introduced to Mr. Carlton at a grand ball in Colorado Springs and they were married in 1901 in Washington D.C., and then returned to a lavish reception in Cripple Creek.
Carlton, with the late Spencer Penrose and other mining leaders, controlled mines in the Cripple Creek district. He founded the Golden Cycle Corp., which is still in existence. The Carlton Mill midway between Cripple Creek and Victor was named in his honor.
He later invested in the Holly Sugar Corp., the Midland Terminal Railroad, banks in Cripple Creek and Canon City and other enterprises.
At the time of her husband’s death in 1931, the Carltons lived on their estate in Pine Valley north of Colorado Springs. A few years ago Mrs. Carlton sold the Pine Valley mansion, which is now included in the site for the Air Force Academy and occupied by the Academy superintendent, Maj. Gen. James Briggs, and moved to the Broadmoor Hotel. Upon the death of her intimate friend, Mrs. Spencer Penrose, Mrs. Carlton took over the Penrose suite at the Broadmoor.
In addition to her business activities, Mrs. Carlton was a patroness of the arts, a supporter of many charitable enterprises, and a social leader of national stature. She was a leading patroness of the Central City Opera and was an active supporter of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, the Colorado Springs Symphony, Glockner-Penrose Hospital and other cultural and charitable organizations. Her army of friends included leaders of society from New York to San Francisco, as well as in England and France, stars of opera, stage and cinema, political and military leaders and many business magnates.
Mrs. and Mrs. Carlton had no children and there are no immediate survivors.
Mrs. Carlton was a member of the Cheyenne Mountain Country Club, Gardens of Gods Club, Broadmoor Golf Club and the Denver Country Club.
Funeral services will be held at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Grace Episcopal Church, the Rev. J. Lindsey Patton officiating. Burial will be in the Carlton Plot at Evergreen Cemetery.
Law Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements.
Active pallbearers will be P. H. House, Byron Totten, E. E. Corbin, V. I. Morris, J. A. Ash, Dennis O’Rourke, Max Bowen and Robert Welch.
Honorary pallbearers will be John Sevier, Wiley Blair, John Evans, Thomas Heath, Robert Menary, Raymond Lewis, Robert Donner, Erle Kistler, Louis Stratta, Crawford Hill, Nathanial Hill, John Currie, Merrill S. Shoup, Charles L. Tutt, V. H. Mann and Frank Kemp.
The offices of both Golden Cycle Corp. and Holly Sugar Co. will be closed from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in respect for Mrs. Carlton.
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Gravesite Details
Buried: 12/16/1958, Be-buried in the Carlton Mausoleum 7/26/1960 Source: City of Colo Spgs online cem data 3/2/09
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