MRS. E.G. AMES PASSES AWAY IN SEATTLE HOME - Wife of Puget Mill Company Official and Daughter of Founder Dies After Short Illness - Mrs. Maud Walker Ames, wife of Edwin G. Ames, business manager of the Puget Mill Company, and a member of one of the oldest and wealthiest families in the Pacific Northwest, died yesterday at her home, 808 36th Ave. N., after an illness of three months. She was 62 years old. Funeral services will be held privately tomorrow at the home. The hour of the service is not being given out by the widower, and no invitations have been issued. Mrs. Ames was the daughter of the late William Walker and niece of the late Cyrus Walker of Port Gamble and Seattle, founders of the Puget Mill Company and early Seattle builders. Both her father and her uncle pioneered in the Puget Sound country before lumbering became a leading industry, and the Puget Mill Company is now one of the largest organizations of its kind in the world. Mrs. Ames married Mr. Ames on October 17, 1888. Besides the widower there are no surviving relatives. Mr. Ames is a widely known business man and prominently identified with the lumber industry throughout the Pacific Northwest. (The Seattle Times, May 15, 1931).
MRS. E.G. AMES PASSES AWAY IN SEATTLE HOME - Wife of Puget Mill Company Official and Daughter of Founder Dies After Short Illness - Mrs. Maud Walker Ames, wife of Edwin G. Ames, business manager of the Puget Mill Company, and a member of one of the oldest and wealthiest families in the Pacific Northwest, died yesterday at her home, 808 36th Ave. N., after an illness of three months. She was 62 years old. Funeral services will be held privately tomorrow at the home. The hour of the service is not being given out by the widower, and no invitations have been issued. Mrs. Ames was the daughter of the late William Walker and niece of the late Cyrus Walker of Port Gamble and Seattle, founders of the Puget Mill Company and early Seattle builders. Both her father and her uncle pioneered in the Puget Sound country before lumbering became a leading industry, and the Puget Mill Company is now one of the largest organizations of its kind in the world. Mrs. Ames married Mr. Ames on October 17, 1888. Besides the widower there are no surviving relatives. Mr. Ames is a widely known business man and prominently identified with the lumber industry throughout the Pacific Northwest. (The Seattle Times, May 15, 1931).
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Born at Skowhegan, ME.; daughter of William and Emma (Williams) Walker; wife of Edwin Ames. Her father was an important stockholder in the Puget Mill Co. and was the master mechanic for the mill. He pioneered in Puget Sound country.
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