| Show I I r I l DEATH OF YOUNG BRIDE J I I I 1 f J II I lI1JJ I I t Van I I r I Mrs Florence Stevenson I I t 11 I Il i j iii I Brunt Passes Away i l f i Jh t j Hil I V II I I I l I 1 I t t I I ILLNESS I OF A YEAR 1 II t I 1 I II I I Iji I I t Charming Girl Who Had Great 1 + IIi i I Many Friends I I-Ii I tl II I 1 11 r L iWns a Member of The Tribune Staff II I f I rff ff vThen Illness Caused Her to I f Give Up Her Work H I I I I IIi i C + is i Ii t I I II + I I After an illness of n year death yesterday t i 1 yes-terday called Mrs John Vnn Brunt r t formerly Miss Florence Stevenson of I I I lid I ti this city and upon the comIng of the j I r I I i i i1 day which marked exactly two months Hj i h I since her wedding she peacefully I s i entered upon that sleep which knows t Ij L I no awakening until the resurrection i I i if r f j The end had been expected by those i t r S loved ones who had watched by 1 I I I her bedside but for all that the deaths death-s yesterday morning nt 0 I oclock was to I Ii I I I j II II I l i a certain extent unexpected and the I I rJ shock to the family was none the less l I severe J severeCONTINUED ILLNESS J f 11 j CONTINUED h 1 I m It was about a year ago that she first I 1 showed symptoms of the dread disease t earl had to leave her work for some i weeks This sickness evidently brought i I + J on typhoid fever and she had to go to I I h r St Marks hospital for some weeks i I r 11 where for a I long tlmo she was seriously Ii ill Returning to her home the former I i I j r j J trouble came when she was barely convalescent t I I I con-valescent and she had to return to i the hospital where an operation was It I 1 necessary In February she was again I I taken to her horne but the severe 11 LI ro I double strain she had undergone was I 1 too great and she niade but little pro f J dress toward recovery All vthat r r medical skill and loving attention could do to relieve her had been thought of r 1 but to no avail and she little dreaming II I J i Ii + dream-ing ofthe state of her health continued I 1 Ii I JO I to be happy and patient and was continually I 11 1 con-tinually making plans for the future I I fi The funeral will take place from St J I I f ntlnrkK cathedral tomorrow at 4 t oclock J It 1 and the Interment will be in Mt Olivet I j1 I f 11 cemetery I I i f ENDOWED WITH MANY CHARMS i fl i i 1 Mrs Van Brunt was 21 years of age I I f r and had lived in this city for some I i 1 I 1 S years with her parents Mr and Mrs i II I I f < f Charles H Stevenson and a younger r brother Paul Stevenson Among her t I S girl companions she was a great fat fa-t d T vorlte and in her home she was Its life I Ii and hope Fair of face pure of heart I endowed with the happiest disposition I r she carried sunshine wherever she I fiI fi ill 1 i I went and a warm welcome was always i II l It I i accorded her II I s II In 1001 she Joined The Tribune staff i + J r I as reporter of society news and kindred I 1 i I n wprk and she not only took an Interest I d t f l I I t Inter-est In her work but at all times did I I exceedingly well in newspaper work 11 II I I r for which she seemed gifted Her Illness i s 1 Ill-ness and death have proved a source of + I I keen regret to all the staff among t whom she had come like a ray of bright 1 I i 1 p I I Ii n IghtPLANNED I I II I I j PLANNED IIER MARRIAGE Ii t 1 Among her happiest plans for the I I future up to the time of her illness had I I been the arrangements for her wedding I I t and It was pathetic in the extreme how these plans were frustrated When she II 4 Il i I i appeared to be getting a little better III I I I early In the spring Mr Van Brunts t I I I business plans were changed l and he II I I 1 had to go to New York so It was decided r I I i i I I de-cided to have a quiet little home wedding 11 I ill i l wed-ding It was arranged that she should I I 11 join her husband In the home they Intended I I In-tended to make In the far East The I I d I J i wedding was on March ISth last but I I it F9 she has never been well enough to j make the journey and so all the plans J ik 1 I I 1 i were changed Mr Van Brunt postponed I j J r j post-poned his removal to the East and remained I J II t I I re-mained with his young wife to the end I I 1 j Gi I I STRANGE COINCIDENCE r Ii J 1 j i J A strange fatality Is noticed In they o u I J lmiJarit the-y of the last year of the life ijl I I I i r of this young girl and Mrs Virginia t I I I Breeden Berry her most Intimate s i i I J friend whose sad death a few weeks t 1 after her wedding but a short time ago J I t i 1 r I IS well remembered by all friends And I J I f but a little over a year ago both were II Ii c I I II t it among the happiest young girls In the 1 t I I 1 city with no thought of the dark y I t k shadows hovering over them Mr Van I 1 I Brunt and Lieut Berry have been 4 1 l I IjI friends from boyhood and are now z t i similarly bereaved within a cart I car-t r j I ii Mrs Van Brunt was popular among 7 j 1 i all l who knew her She was an ardent m I t I member oC St Marks I r parish and in all i J I I I I 1 the places where she was best known 1 t phc will be the most missed The heartfelt y t jl II ff heart-felt sympathy of all the friends of the t Jt family are extended them In their bereavement o 1 I be-reavement Jl fI I J j I Mrs Van Brunt was born in Michigan I 1 t I Michi-gan City Ind but at an early age she > a was taken to St Paul with her family I IljJ z Here she received the greater part oC 0 f her education and left many friends i I t uti 11 I r I j ti fi t when Salt Lake tho family came west to live In |
