This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sgs14 Surnames: Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.king/3694.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Seattle Daily Times Sunday, July 19, 1914 Mrs. Mary Booth Dies At Home In Seattle Mrs. Mary Booth, 81 years old and for the last forty-one years a resident of Seattle, died at her home at 537 Seventeenth Avenue, Saturday morning after a brief illness. Mrs. Booth was one of the pioneers of Seattle. She was the mother of Laurence S. Booth, Vice President of the Washington Title Insurance Company and is also survived by a son, Manville S. Booth of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and two daughters, Mrs. M.F. Thompson and Mrs. J.E. Fairbairn of Seattle. Funeral services will be held from the Church of the Immaculate Conception on Monday morning at 9 o'clock and interment will be made in the family plot in Calvary Cemetery. ***** The Seattle Daily Times Sunday, April 5, 1953 L.S. Booth's Death Another Adieu to Past (C.T. Conover, who wrote the following obituary of Laurence S. Booth, 92, Seattle pioneer and former title insurance executive, is himself a pioneer and a member of the generation that saw Seattle grow from a wilderness settlement to a thriving city.) The death Friday of Laurence S. Booth removed almost the last of the generation that saw Seattle through its period of adversity and struggle for existence. He was born at Battle Creek, Michigan, March 27, 1861 and came to the Northwest with his parents at the age of 2. Here he lived for 90 years. He was a rare soul, endeared to us of all races and creeds by his sterling character, his tolerance and understanding and his natural gift of friendship. No man exceeded him in his devotion to the city and to all the worthy things in life. Mr. Booth was poised, quiet, unassuming and utterly selfless in his loyalty to the advancement and well-being of his world. He was the most even tempered man I ever knew and one of the most lovable, with a sunny nature, a sense of humor and a rare gift of common sense. He never engaged in strife, but won through by reason and compromise and a natural gift of diplomacy. His passing is virtually the final phase of an historic era in Seattle's life and his going leaves a vacancy in the ranks of his friends that can never be filled. Attended State University Mr. Booth attended the University of Washington. At the age of 26 he became a partner in the pioneer abstract firm of Booth & Briscoe, which in the course of the years became successively the Booth & Hanford Abstract Co., the Booth Whitlesey Hanford Abstract Co. and finally the Washington Title Insurance Co., with statewide subsidiary companies. He had been Chairman of the Board of the latter company. Mr. Booth was a trustee of the Seattle Community Fund from its inception, Deputy Auditor of King County from 1880 to 1887, a member of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, the Seattle Real Estate Board, the Northwest Real Estate Board, the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and the Municipal League, a former President of the National Association of Title Men and a former Chairman of the State Taxation Committee of the National Association of Real Estate Boards. Athlete and Guardsman He was a member of the first amateur baseball organization in Seattle, the first athletic association and the first association for protection of game, the old Volunteer Fire Department and the National Guard, in which he was a Commander of Company B of the 1st Regiment. Mr. Booth was a past President of the Pioneer Association of Washington State and a member of the Knights of Columbus. He also was active in scouting. To no man are we more indebted for the $40 million tax limitation than to Mr. Booth. He was one of the two or three men who first purposed the measure and through the years, carried it through and maintained it against all opposition. Wife of Pioneer Family He is survived by his wife, who was Nell M. Crawford of the pioneer Crawford family and by two sons and two daughters: Edwin S. Booth of 1943 14th North; Mrs. Elmer T. Foss, wife of Colonel Foss, United States Army (Retired), at whose home in Los Altos, California, Mr. Booth died; Mrs. Harry A. Buckley of Urbana, Illinois, wife of Colonel Buckley, Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the University of Illinois and Laurence S. Booth Jr. of 728 North Broadway. Rosary for Mr. Booth will be said at 8 o'clock Wednesday night at the Bonney Watson Chapel. Requiem Mass will be said at 10 o'clock Thursday forenoon at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Calvary. ***** The Seattle Daily Times Wednesday, April 8, 1953 Booth, Laurence S. April 3. Husband of Nelle M. Booth, father of Elizabeth B. Buckley, Mrs. Elmer T. Foss, Edwin S. and Laurence S. Booth Jr. Also survived by fifteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Rosary at Bonney Watson Co. this evening, Wednesday, 8PM. Requiem Mass at St. Patrick's Church, Harvard North and East Lynn, Thursday, 10AM. Interment Calvary. Relatives request please omit flowers. ***** The Seattle Daily News Wednesday, April 8, 1953 Laurence S. Booth Funeral Requiem Mass for Laurence S. Booth, 92, Chairman of the Board of the Washington Title Insurance Co., will be said at 10 o'clock tomorrow in St. Patrick's Church. Burial will be in Calvary. Mr. Booth died Friday in Los Altos, California. He was a pioneer of this area. Active pallbearers will be Dr. Crawford Warren, Herbert B. Shannon, John S. Kelly, Robert M. Hurlbut, Paul D. Clyde and Norton Clapp. Honorary pallbearers will be Frank R. Arkins, Cebert Baillardgeon, C.T. Conover, Guy B. Falconer, T.J. Ivers, Charles Kinnear, Frank C. Jackson, C.K. Poe, Elmer G. Sill and J.W. Wheeler. ***** The Seattle Daily Times Friday, December 16, 1949 M.S. Booth, Resident Here Since 1872, Dies Manville Stephen Booth, a Seattle resident since 1872, died last night at his home, 7548 Sunnyside Avenue, afer a brief illness. He was 78 years old. Mr. Booth was born in Port Townsend when Washingon was still a territory. His father, the late Manville S. Booth, had come to the Puget Sound area in 1861 and his wife had followed him out here in 1863. Once King County Auditor In 1872 the family moved to Seattle and three years later Mr. Booth Sr. was elected to the office of King County Auditor. He held this position until 1880. The younger Mr. Booth attended the old South School and later entered the dry goods business. He went to Edmonton, Alberta, about 1914 to spend two or three years as manager of a Hudson's Bay Company store there. After his return to Seattle he was employed by two dry goods firms and later became an adjuster for the Bon Marche. He was a salesman for the Washington State Liquor Board before his retirement last April. Wife, 4 Children Survive. Mr. Booth was a member of St. Benedict's Church. He was the brother of Laurence Booth, retired Chairman of the Washington Title Insurance Company. Also surviving are his wife, Lillian; two sons, Manville S. Booth Jr. and Louis Both, both of Seattle; two daughters, Mrs. William Kirschner, Langley, Whidbey Island and Mrs. Edgar Metz, Seattle and a sister, Mrs. Linna Thompson, Santa Barbara, California. Funeral services are being arranged by the Bonney Watson Mortuary. ***** The Seattle Daily Times Friday, December 16, 1949 Booth, Manville Stephen, December 15, husband of Lillian Booth, father of Manville S. Booth Jr., Louis James Booth, Mrs. E.J. Metz, Seattle and Mrs. William A. Kirschner, Langley, Washington; brother of Lawrence S. Booth, Seattle and Linna Thompson, Santa Barbara, California. Also survived by two grandchildren. Member Building Service Employees International Union Local No. 6. Deceased at Bonney Watson Co. ***** The Seattle Daily Times Tuesday, June 10, 1941 Mrs. James E. Fairbairn Requiem Mass for Mrs. Bertha L. Fairbairn, 77 years old, a native of Washington, who died Sunday night after a four month illness, will be said at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow in the Church of the Immaculate, 18th Avenue and Marion Street. Burial will be in Calvary. A rosary service will be said at 8 o'clock tonight in the church. Mrs. Fairbairn was born at Port Discovery Bay, near Port Townsend, July 14, 1864. Her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Manville S. Booth, settled there the year before. She had lived in Seattle sixty years. Her home was at 537 17th Avenue. She was a member of St. Vincent's Auxiliary, Catholic women's charity organization Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. John S. Kelly and Miss Alice M. Fairbairn, Seattle; a sister, Mrs. Millard F. Thompson, La Jolla, California; two brothers, Laurence S. and Manville S. Booth, Seattle and three grandchildren. Mrs. Fairbairn was the widow of James Edward Fairbairn. Funeral arrangements are being made at the Bonney Watson Funeral Home. ***** The Seattle Daily Times Tuesday, July 3, 1951 Mrs. Thompson, Northwest Pioneer, Taken by Death Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Linna Maria Thompson, 92, who came to the Puget Sound area in 1863, will be held at 10:30 o'clock Thursday forenoon in Calvary, with burial following. Mrs. Thompson, who lived in Santa Barbara, California, for the past few years, died there Friday. Funeral services were held in Santa Barbara. The Bonney Watson Co. is in charge of the graveside services here. Mrs. Thompson is a member of the Booth family, early Washington State pioneers. Her brother, Laurence S. Booth, who retired as Chairman of the Washington Title Insurance Co. in 1949, has had a prominent part in civic activities and community improvements. Mrs. Thompson, who was a member of the Washington State Pioneers, came to this state when she was 4 years old. Her parents took her to Port Townsend, Jefferson County, by way of the Isthmus of Panama from her birthplace in Michigan. She moved to Seattle in 1872. Surviving, besides her brother are her son, James H. Young, Oakland, California; two daughters, Mrs. Jesse F. Ives, Seattle and Mrs. Lina Maria Thomas, New York; a sister, Mrs. Bertha Fairbairn, Seattle; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Mrs. Thompson's husband, Millard, died about 1935. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. 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