New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-06
OBITUARY
Mrs. Richard Morris Hunt.

tinguished architect, died Of pneumonia at Luxor
in Egypt. February 10. Her body was brought
home yesterday the Deutschland by her son.
Richard H. Hunt. The funeral services will be
held in Grace Church tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock. and the interment will be at Newport,
where her husband is buried. on Monday morning
Catherine Rowland Hunt was the daughter OF
Samuel Shaw Rowland and Joanna Hone Rowland
She born on November Is, 1874 in the house
erected by her father at the northeast corner Of
Fifth avenue and Washington Square. Much OF
her early life spent in travel with her parents
in search of health for Mrs Rowland, who died
when her daughter six years old. On April
2. 1861, she married Richard Morris Hunt. and al
most Immediately they went TO Paris, where the
young couple found themselves in the full tide OF
the intellectual and artistic life Of the French
capital At this period, indeed, all her life long
Mrs. Hunt exercised the widest sympathy, not
only throwing herself into her husbands profess
sionaI interests but developing many activities OF
her own. She was woman of practical gifts al
ways ready render substantial service in phian-
thropic and other public undertakings She Iabored
earnestly the executive committee of the great
Sanitary Fair. Being the youngest member OF that
representative body, she selected to write the
check for 100000 which the committee turned
over to the government The voucher was after
ward returned to her a memento. Mrs. Hunt
of the founders of the Lincoln Memorial
Hospital in this city, and also largely in
strumental in the establishment Of the Society OF
Decorative Art AS choir mother Of the Grace
church choristers, she maintained deep interest
in all that concerned their work. but latterly i'll
health had compelled her to abandon many of her
more exacting occupations in the church She was
one of the moving spirits in the building up Of the
literary and artistic colony OF residents at
Onteora, and her loss will be keeny felt there. not
only by her intimates but by those less fortunate
jewellers in the mountains whom she was wont to
befriend
Early in the present year Mrs. Hunt accompanied
her son Richard and his wife a tour abroad,
LING ha11f ,,
at the time, she much benefited by the voyage,
and in Egypt she revisited old scenes with the
ivehest zest- But on reaching Luxor. in the course
of her trip UP the Nile. she took bad cold, which
rapidly developed into pneumonia, and in the
weakened condition of her heart, she was unable
10 Withstand the attack. Her death will be widely
incurred. Mrs. Hunt a woman of intellectual
powers and of very lovable personality. host
OF friends delighted in her society, and the list is
long Of those who benefited by her delicate
charity. Full OF kindness and sympathy interest
ing in her talk. one of her most attractive traits
was her eager interest in that artistic world in
which her husband played brilliant part. She
was passionately devoted TO him and 10 his work
the constant sharer in all that he did. great
deal of her time in the closing years of her life
was given TO the preparation of memoir of
Richard Morris Hunt work which it is to be
hoped may ultimately be put into print
The news Of Mrs Hunts death has profoundly
9ected her friends in this city, and their tributes
TO her memory show how deep was the impression
that she made. One Of them is that of Mrs George
A Custer, who said yesterday
The passing away of Mrs. Hunt brings home a
walks OF lie. She gave herself to varied inter
to IFS MS keeay awe 70 me worlds progress
ne oetterlng Of humanity. How, with her crowded
so retentively was ever q mystery. She travelled
much. With an exceptional enthusiasm. and an alert
of the world wee A bronsbf me to d beI pats
h.
BANGS profession that he always avaiied himself
shared too, with her husband his love for his
iGIk ana us artistic GeE -lopni nj
The philanthroples and charities OF Mrs. Hunts
Of eighteen admired ana cSrfcd in socjs+ She
did not wait until life had lost its and until
eraI nublic societies where her aTsrIitfye ebiI,,
her and heart made her a yaIuabia mem
Der Of any board Of managers. Then came such
As soon she could rally she began. without
saying anything 20 her nearest friends about II.
In trouble or sorrow who needed her Day by day.
sage or some token Of Remembrance did not seem
10 suffice FOR the need this brave woman-often In
the sfiiicted Lame since an Illness IN early mar
ried life with one arm and hand disabled her
weak heart beating 10 suffoCation even when
cendng her own easy stairs she climbed laborious-
IS TO some tiny hat or the barren room Of some
heayy laden creature carving comfort or oner-
hospital or sending an invalid To the Adirundacks.
II only chance that her intimate friends
knew Of these daily visits Of charity
She tolerant with failure. patient with
weakness that her own library, whore all classes
went to her, became a veritable confessional to
many and a shrine 10 all To women who had
expectedly been thrust out into the world from
sheltered homes by bereavement or sudden poverty
was indescrlhabv tender in her understanding OF
the new and trying conditions I'm their changed lives.
II thirty-three years ago, in the Society Of
ers that she taught Of these inexperienced be-
ginners not only how 10 work. but how endure,
walking the new path opening before them.
r. Hopklnson Smith, the artist and author was
for many years intimate friend OF Mr.. and
Mrs Hunt He said yesterday:
II is impossible to let the death Of Mrs Richard
citation. The beauty and loyalty OF those Stimuat
ing friendships with which she enriched the lives
TO other pens. That which am impelled to record
IS her farreaching influence on all that has made
for the improvement Of art among US; With every
progressive movement she was closely associated
The of embroidery design construction--stiu
in their embryonic state when she began-haVe been
fostered By her. Though oiten silent worker she
was really the most potent factor in their success
More Than that the assistance she gave her dis
tIre11jsbed husband one OF which he himself In
his great hearted, generous way was always ready
to acknowledge when speaking Of her to his init
males His work is too well known to need COM
ment here. but in that work Mrs. Hunt was his
heIpmeet In the truest sense. Without possessing
his technical knowledge she was endowed by nature
with a taste that. cultivated by wide range OF
experience and observation, matched his at every
etCr He turned her and consulted her. depend
ing upon her judgments and being Influenced by her
tIis Individual work will witness to his emf
neHce long as our country endufeS, 10 IleI ul
our irrepar1ble loss TO pay my humble and sincere
tribute
MRS. FRANCES cox,