Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Truxtun, Mary Calvert Walke October 10, 1928
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Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark October 11, 1928
DEATH CLAIMS WELL KNOWN LADY, MRS. MARY C.W. TRUXTUN
Widow Of Commodore Truxtun and Mother Of City Manager Dies At Age Of 84
FUNERAL SERVICES AT NOON TOMORROW

Mrs. Mary Calvert Walke Truxtun, widow of Commodore William Talbot Truxtun, 
U.S.N. and mother of City Manager I. Walke Truxtun, died yesterday morning at 
5:10 o'clock at the residence, Albemarle Court Apartments, Stockley gardens, 
after an illness of 10 days.  She was 84 years of age.
Funeral services will be conducted at Christ Episcopal Church tomorrow at 12 
o'clock noon, by the Very Rev. H. Dobson Peacock, rector, and the Rev. John E. 
Wales.  Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.  The family requests friends to omit 
flowers.
Mrs. Truxtun was a native of Norfolk and one of its oldest and best known 
residents.  She was born January 14, 1845 and had lived here all her life with 
the exception of short intervals later in life when she accompanied her husband 
to duty in various naval posts.
She was the daughter of Richard Walke and Mary Diana Talbot Walke, both of whom 
were members of distinguished families in this section.  She was educated in 
schools in this vicinity and spent her girlhood in the old family home.
                                Weds Naval Officer
In September, 1875, she was married to Commodore William Talbot Truxtun, an 
officer in the United States Navy.  It was when he went to service in various 
naval posts outside of this locality that she spent the only part of her life 
away from Norfolk.  Commodore Truxtun at one time was commandant of the Norfolk 
Navy Yard.  He died here February 25, 1887.
Mrs. Truxtun is survived by four children, I. Walke Truxtun, City Manager of 
Norfolk; William Talbot Truxtun, Waterbury, Conn.; Mrs. Frank Hardeman Brumby, 
wife of Rear Admiral Brumby, U.S.N., now stationed in New London, Conn, and Miss 
Cornelia Truxtun, of Norfolk.
Mrs. Truxtun's family had been large landowners in the vicinity of Norfolk.  The 
family at one time owned that portion of the present city which is Edgewater and 
owned, as well, much of that territory which is now occupied by the city water 
supply system in Princess Anne County.
For many years, Mrs. Truxtun had lived at the home in Stockley gardens in which 
she spent the last days of her life.  She had been in failing health for three 
years, having suffered from heart trouble.  A rather remarkable stamina had 
enabled her to battle successfully through many serious attacks of this malady.
                           More Interested In Home
Mrs. Truxtun had given less attention to participation in social life than to 
the conduct of her home.  During the tour of duty of Commodore Truxtun at the 
Navy Yard, however, her home had been the center of the social life of the naval 
colony and many notable social affairs were held there.  In the main, however, 
she gave her attention to her own home and to her church and the church affairs.  
She was widely known throughout this section, where her family for many 
generations has been prominent in social and business affairs.  She was a life 
long member of the Episcopal Church.
Gen. Willoughby Walke, U.S. Army, a brother; Mrs. Thomas Pinckney, of 
Morristown, N.Y., a sister, and seven grandchildren, are the only members of her 
immediate family surviving, with the exception of her children.

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Elmwood

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