NAME(S) ON TILE:                 THEODORE AND ROSE COLTON

DONOR NAME(S):                   TED C. SOENS

Long time residents of Pittsburgh, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore B. Colton lived most of their adult lives at 6917 Standish Street in the older section of the Morningside community.  There they successfully and happily raised seven children: James, Robert, Ruth, Lois, Leah, Bertram, and Grant.  Theodore (born 1873) earned his living as a machinist, daily riding a streetcar to and from the Strip District where he worked as a lathe operator.  He actively participated in his neighborhoods events such as the July 4th celebrations and was one of the founders of the Morningside Methodist Church, which stood on Chislett Street.  Rosa Uffelman (born 1875) - or Rose as she preferred - was raised in a German community on the Northside.  When the Colton fellow from Steubenville, Ohio attracted her eye and after marriage in 1895, she set up housekeeping on Standish Street.  She then fulfilled the important job of mother and home-maker, at which she succeeded beautifully.  She maintained an open door to all of the neighborhood’s children and was a main stay of her church’s dinners and other activities.  Never rich in the material sense, but always wealthy in the areas of love and tenderness, these two people established a close-knit family, the memories of which have reached far into their succeeding generations.  They lived the common life, and made it gold.