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Dora Cordelia Leach Rosenblatt Walker (b. 1883 – d. 1959), known as “Delia,” was born April 19, 1883 in North Park, Jackson County , Colorado and died November 5, 1959 in Prescott, Arizona.  She was the daughter of James Irving and Dora Cordelia (Morton) Leach. Her mother left her father and married a coal miner, William C. Russell. He brought his wife and step children to the Arizona Territory in 1903.

Delia married Paul Peter “Pete” Gerhardt Rosenblatt (b. 1870 – d. 1930) on June 1, 1904 in Providence, Yavapai County, Arizona Territory. They had five daughters and one son, all born in Prescott.  Following the death of Pete (August 15, 1930), the management of their business, Prescott Metal Products, was carried on by Delia.

On December 27, 1931, Delia married Andrew C. “Bud” Walker who took over the metal business. Delia was very active in civic philanthropic organizations. She was president of Rebekah Lodge and of the Prescott Zonta Club. She belonged to the Methodist Church and the Republican Women of Prescott.

Delia died November 5, 1959 and was buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Prescott. 

She is commemorated in the Sharlot Hall Territorial Women’s Memorial Rose Garden, as are her mother, Dora Leach Russell, and four of her daughters: Dora (Rosenblatt) Heap, Prescott; Pauline (Rosenblatt) Tovrea, Seattle, Washington; Louise (Rosenblatt) Lynch, Phoenix, Arizona; and Bertha (Rosenblatt) Scholey Boone, Medford, Oregon. A fifth daughter is Mrs. John R. Bell, Jr. of Omaha, Nebraska. All five of her daughters were alive at the time of her death, as was her son, P.G. Rosenblatt of Prescott.

Sources: Sharlot Hall Territorial Women’s Memorial Rose Garden biography, Prescott Courier obituary, November 5, 1959