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- Newspaper Obituary - Wednesday, March 6, 1901 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Estella Walworth Maltby - Mrs. Estella Walworth Maltby was born in South Richland, now Fernwood, August 16, 1847, and lived there during her girlhood, attending the Pulaski school and afterwards teaching. June 7, 1867 she was united in marriage to Mr. Albert A. Maltby, with three daughters, Mrs. Richard Hankin, of New York Mrs. Thomas R. Burton, of Batavia, Illinois, and Julia R. Maltby, of Pulaski, survive her. In early life she was a member of the Baptist church, but later united with the First Congregational church of Pulaski, of which church her husband had long been a member, giving to it through all the remaining years of her life, faithful and conscientious support. She early became identified with the temperance reform especially with that branch of it represented by the W. C. T. U. and was a constant source of strength and inspiration to all who were so fortunate as to be associated with her. Her department work was largely along "Press" lines, and the amount of good she accomplished in this direction alone only the final reckoning will show. As treasurer, secretary, vice president and president of the Pulaski local union she discharged her duties with such ability and devotion that her value to the organization was early recognized that she was made president of the Oswego County Union, which office she filled with exceptional success until failing health made her resignation imperative. For several years she was County Superintendent of work among the soldiers and sailors. In all these varied lines of work her singularly good judgment and find sense of the fitness of things gave her opinions weight and value with her associates and with her absolute loyalty to whatever she believed to be right made her a power for good which it is impossible to estimate. She was also a member of J. B. Butler Woman's Relief Corps, filling the office of Chaplain for two years. For the past year or more health seem to he giving away but changes would come which had in them a ray of hope. Early in the winter she went to Rome to stay with Mr. Maltby whose business is there and a few weeks ago she was taken down never to rally again, and death came Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Maltby was a most lovable woman. She possessed so many characteristics which are necessary to the useful life that she readily drew people to her and all who knew her loved and esteemed her. She was brought to the home in this village, Wednesday evening, and the funeral was held from the Congregational church, Saturday at three o'clock. The beautiful light casket was draped with pink roses and white carnations tied with pink and white ribbon. The funeral ceremony was conducted by Rev. J. B. Felt. The hymns so much loved by Mrs. Maltby were rendered by a quartet composed of Mrs. W. C. Miller, Miss L. Grace Henderson, Mr. N. G. Ehle and Mr. Jay S. Castor. Mrs. Charles Tollner organist. The selections were "My Jesus as Thou Wilt;" "Abide with Me;" and "Rock of Ages." Friends present from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. U. Z. Maltby, Oswego; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hankin, New York; Mr. Arthur Alexander, Belleville; Mrs. Thomas H. Barton, Batavia, Illinois. The W. C. T. U. and Relief Corps attended in bodies.
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1847 - 1901 (53 years)