Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph, Thursday, August 7, 1958
Mrs. Olivia Ady, Early Day Leader, Dies in Denver
Mrs. Olivia Parker Ady, 79, well known in Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek circles since 1901 died Wednesday in Denver following a heart attack. She was the mother-in-law of Denver Mayor Will F. Nicholson.
She had resided in Colorado Springs for more than half a century but had lived at the Nicholson home in Denver since 1953.
Mrs. Ady was born April 5, 1879, at St. Louis, Mo., and it was there in 1900 she married James F. Burns, one of the men who discovered the famous Portland Mine north of Victor. The Chief Theatre in Colorado Springs was formerly known as the Burns Theatre in honor of the late Mr. Burns.
A year after their marriage in St, Louis, they came to Colorado Springs. Mr. Burns died in 1917. She married Joseph W. Ady, Colorado Springs mining engineer, in 1920.
Following the death of Mr. Ady in 1953, Mrs. Ady moved to Denver to be with her daughter and family.
In addition to Mrs. Nicholson, the former Gladys Burns, Mrs. Ady is survived by two sons, James F. Burns, Jr., New York City; and Wilson P. Burns, Cleveland, Ohio. Seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren also survive.
Mrs. Ady was a member of the Grace Church in Colorado Springs.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in St. Stephens Chapel, Grace Church. Dr. Lindsay Patton officiating. Entombment at Evergreen Cemetery will be private.
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Mrs. Olivia Ady, Early Day Leader, Dies in Denver
Mrs. Olivia Parker Ady, 79, well known in Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek circles since 1901 died Wednesday in Denver following a heart attack. She was the mother-in-law of Denver Mayor Will F. Nicholson.
She had resided in Colorado Springs for more than half a century but had lived at the Nicholson home in Denver since 1953.
Mrs. Ady was born April 5, 1879, at St. Louis, Mo., and it was there in 1900 she married James F. Burns, one of the men who discovered the famous Portland Mine north of Victor. The Chief Theatre in Colorado Springs was formerly known as the Burns Theatre in honor of the late Mr. Burns.
A year after their marriage in St, Louis, they came to Colorado Springs. Mr. Burns died in 1917. She married Joseph W. Ady, Colorado Springs mining engineer, in 1920.
Following the death of Mr. Ady in 1953, Mrs. Ady moved to Denver to be with her daughter and family.
In addition to Mrs. Nicholson, the former Gladys Burns, Mrs. Ady is survived by two sons, James F. Burns, Jr., New York City; and Wilson P. Burns, Cleveland, Ohio. Seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren also survive.
Mrs. Ady was a member of the Grace Church in Colorado Springs.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in St. Stephens Chapel, Grace Church. Dr. Lindsay Patton officiating. Entombment at Evergreen Cemetery will be private.
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Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph, Thursday, August 7, 1958
Mrs. Olivia Ady, Early Day Leader, Dies in Denver
Mrs. Olivia Parker Ady, 79, well known in Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek circles since 1901 died Wednesday in Denver following a heart attack. She was the mother-in-law of Denver Mayor Will F. Nicholson.
She had resided in Colorado Springs for more than half a century but had lived at the Nicholson home in Denver since 1953.
Mrs. Ady was born April 5, 1879, at St. Louis, Mo., and it was there in 1900 she married James F. Burns, one of the men who discovered the famous Portland Mine north of Victor. The Chief Theatre in Colorado Springs was formerly known as the Burns Theatre in honor of the late Mr. Burns.
A year after their marriage in St, Louis, they came to Colorado Springs. Mr. Burns died in 1917. She married Joseph W. Ady, Colorado Springs mining engineer, in 1920.
Following the death of Mr. Ady in 1953, Mrs. Ady moved to Denver to be with her daughter and family.
In addition to Mrs. Nicholson, the former Gladys Burns, Mrs. Ady is survived by two sons, James F. Burns, Jr., New York City; and Wilson P. Burns, Cleveland, Ohio. Seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren also survive.
Mrs. Ady was a member of the Grace Church in Colorado Springs.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in St. Stephens Chapel, Grace Church. Dr. Lindsay Patton officiating. Entombment at Evergreen Cemetery will be private.
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Mrs. Olivia Ady, Early Day Leader, Dies in Denver
Mrs. Olivia Parker Ady, 79, well known in Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek circles since 1901 died Wednesday in Denver following a heart attack. She was the mother-in-law of Denver Mayor Will F. Nicholson.
She had resided in Colorado Springs for more than half a century but had lived at the Nicholson home in Denver since 1953.
Mrs. Ady was born April 5, 1879, at St. Louis, Mo., and it was there in 1900 she married James F. Burns, one of the men who discovered the famous Portland Mine north of Victor. The Chief Theatre in Colorado Springs was formerly known as the Burns Theatre in honor of the late Mr. Burns.
A year after their marriage in St, Louis, they came to Colorado Springs. Mr. Burns died in 1917. She married Joseph W. Ady, Colorado Springs mining engineer, in 1920.
Following the death of Mr. Ady in 1953, Mrs. Ady moved to Denver to be with her daughter and family.
In addition to Mrs. Nicholson, the former Gladys Burns, Mrs. Ady is survived by two sons, James F. Burns, Jr., New York City; and Wilson P. Burns, Cleveland, Ohio. Seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren also survive.
Mrs. Ady was a member of the Grace Church in Colorado Springs.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in St. Stephens Chapel, Grace Church. Dr. Lindsay Patton officiating. Entombment at Evergreen Cemetery will be private.
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