The David window is located in the Chancel.
This window was given in memory of Florence Krag Reynolds.
The David window was designed by Cummings Studio, San Francisco and cost $394. Is is 30” x 60”.
Some people live quieter lives, but the records that do exist give clues about how they lived that life. Florence Krag Reynolds was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in September of 1870, Her father was a wholesale grocer. By 1891, Florence and her family were living in Omaha, where she was known as “one of the leaders of the young set.” (Omaha Daily Bee). Charles Maxwell Reynolds was a young businessman from Dayton, Ohio. The two met and married in Chicago in May of 1891. The ceremony was held at the Krag home and was officiated by Rev. Charles Bixby of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. It was noted that the bride wore “a quaint eighteenth century gown of heavy white satin such as our grandmother used to wear.” (Omaha Daily Bee)
By 1895, Florence’s father had gone into business with Charles Reynolds. In the 1900 Census, Charles and Florence had moved to California, were living in San Rafael and were doing well (they had both a live-in baby nurse and a “Chinese cook”). Charles founded a company called Creative Coast Ltd., which was involved in procurement and shipping. The family was living in San Rafael during the earthquake and fire of 1906. Around the time of World War I, Florence and Charles and family (two children, her mother, and an Irish nurse), moved to Palo Alto for the first time (US Census Records). They next moved to San Francisco (U.S. Census Records), and then back to Palo Alto in 1933 to settle on Seale Avenue.
Charles Reynolds died in 1943, and so was not ever a member of St. Mark’s.
After her husband’s death, Florence moved in with her daughter, Martha Reynolds Ponds. The two lived at the Casa Real apartments and Mrs. Pond was the owner of a store on Ramona Street in downtown Palo Alto called Stamps Ltd. (which we are guessing sold stamps to collectors!) (Palo Alto Times). After her daughter died, Florence moved to live with her son, Charles, in Whittier, California.
A memorial service was held for Florence at St. Mark’s on Tuesday, November 8th 1955 at 4 pm. (Palo Alto Times)
We haven’t found a picture of Florence, but we know from her passport application that she was 5′ 4″ tall and had brown hair and brown eyes (US Passport). She didn’t leave much of a trace in the church records, but her obituary says that “Mrs. Reynolds was an active member of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church and took an interest in the projects of the Stanford Convalescent Home”. (Palo Alto Tiimes) Her life spanned the invention of cars and airplanes, a historic earthquake, the Great Depression, and two world wars. She lived in many different places and traveled overseas. St. Mark’s was important enough to her that her family remembered her life by dedicating the David window to her memory.
