San Diego County
Biographies
Mrs.
Emma R. Saylor is a woman whose deep abiding human sympathy and kindliness have
transcended mere sentiment to express themselves in definite actions, as
attested by the admirable service being accorded by the Fredericka Home for the
Aged, of which she was the founder and of which adequate description is given
in another part of this work.
Mrs. Saylor was born in the city of
St. Louis, Missouri, and is a daughter of the late Henry Sutemeier, who was for
many years a prominent merchant and manufacturer in the Missouri metropolis and
who served gallantly as a soldier of the Union in the Civil war. Mrs. Saylor received the best educational
advantages and has the bearing and intellectuality of the true gentlewoman that
she is. In 1900 was solemnized the
marriage of Miss Sutemeier to Daniel W. Saylor, for many years auditor in the
service of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, and in San Diego they
maintained their home at 1003 West Brooks avenue. Mr. Saylor passed away April 28, 1929. He and his wife manifested much of
philanthropic consecration in the use of their ample financial resources, and
Mrs. Saylor has proved a most able executive in her projection and establishment
of the Fredericka Home for the Aged, of which she has had the managing
direction from the inception of the noble enterprise. While still a resident of her native city she
had shown herself possessed of exceptional business ability and had established
and developed a substantial and successful enterprise as a contractor and
builder, her special province having been the erection of residences and
apartment buildings. The Fredericka Home
is the child of her thought, her ambition and her generous hopes, and
distinction and honor are hers by reason of the great work she has achieved in
founding and developing the institution, her services in connection with which
have been given without the least financial compensation. She has proved herself a splendid exponent of
practical philanthropy, and her most enduring monument will the great
institution which she founded and which shall continue to prove a true home to
many persons as the shadows of their lives begin to lengthen from the golden
west, where “the sunset gates are open wide.”
Mrs. Saylor has demonstrated also
marked literary talent, and is the author of the following published
books: “The Fifth Wheel”, Esther,” and
“The Last Mile Stone,” the last mentioned work having been published by Paul
Elder, of San Francisco, and having met with most favorable reception and high
critical estimate. She has also
contributed numerous short stories to various magazines.
Transcribed by
Mary Ellen Frazier.
Source:
California of the South Vol. V, by John Steven McGroarty,
Pages 765-766, Clarke Publ., Chicago, Los Angeles, Indianapolis. 1933.
© 2013 Mary Ellen Frazier.
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