The Newtown bee., 1909-02-12
The NcwtoWn Bee Newtown, Friday, February ls, 1909.
Washington.

E Wednesday, February 3, at his coun a try residence, "Glenholme," Washing \ ion, Conn. MT Van SindeTen was borr n November 1, 1856, in Brooklyn, N N r., In the home built by his great \ grandfather. He was descended 1T 7 the sixth generation from the ke, g Ulpianus Van Sinderen, one of the early Dutch ministers of Long Island , His mother was of Virginia parent age, his grandfather of New England ancestry MT Van Sinderen was mar ried on MaT 12, lSS6, to Mary Brins- made, Gaueh'er of James Beebe l}rlns- made of Brooklyn, N. r., at the Church on the Heights in that city. Their sons, Adrian and Henry Brins- made Van Sinderen, formerly Ridge pupils, are now students at Yale Uni
 versity. and his one brother Howard
 Van Sinderen, is lawyer in New
 York. MT Van Sinderen lived all his
 life on Brooklyn Heights, save for
 three years spent in study and travel
 abroad. For nine years he served CT
 the National Guard, a member of the
 23rd Regiment of Brooklyn. All who
 knew him we'll recognized his To ,e of
 country lie was associated with tho
 Hami ton club, the St Nicholas so 'i ety of Nassau Island, the Rembrandt |
 club of Brooklyn and the Holland so- ciety of New York. He was a mem-
 Der of the firm of George A. Stanton
 Co.,, insurance broAers, of New York |
 City, for aoout 15 years, retiring
 from active business on account of i'll
 health about year ago. For the
 past 10 years Washington has been
 Mls summer home and with ever in-
 creasing affection for this community,
 1t was his great happiness during
 these last months to live in the brac-
 ing ar of our loved hllls and more
 than this in the blessing of the at-
 ten:iOn and kindness of his friends.
 From early childhood MT Van Sin deren attended the First Presbyterian
 cnIirch of Brooklyn which he served
 for many years deacon. Ills pastor,
 Dr l.. Mason Clarke, came from
 Brooklyn to officiate with the Rev Robert B. Carter at the funeral serv- ices held in the Congregational church in Washington Green at 1.30 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. The following hymns were sung: "ITp- ward where the Stars are Burning"
 Love Divine, All Love Excelling" and Jerusalem the Golden" His brother-ia-law, pr John Douglas Adam of East Orange, N. J., con- ducted the. simple service ofIprayer at the house. The whole community, ! who had gathered at the church to do honor to the friend who has gone from our midst, walked together to the beautiful hillside Gods acre." c where Dr Clarke, in the glorious sum- shine of winter afternoon pro- bounced the c0mmittal service. The body, surrounded by flowers, was lrawn in an open wagon to its last 'esting place by the grey horses of which the master was so fond, The 'allbearers were his Washington friends, Ellsworth Fenn, S. Ford See- ey, Elnathan Mitchell, Charles c. lord, Powell G, Seeley and Miles pl lspinwall. Assisting at the church F ervice were former Washington ds Hamilton Gibson, Walter of lerritt and Victor McCutcheon. The fo oral offerings from nearand far were specially beautiful with their back round Of hemlock boughs from the 'oods which MT Van Sinderen loved well. One beautiful wreath came y cabled message from a friend in ondon and another from Montreal. Xxi
 The family deeply appreciate the shown them during MT Van , s illness and were especially lel 'uched in hearing that Father cGulnness said mass at the Roman atholic church. By many acts of ndness Mir Van Sinderen had en- cared himseM to the whole con- unity and the loss will be keenly 1t not only by the summer colony of nom he was leading spirit in all 70 'od enterprises, but by the Wash gton residents and all wno served We m. The foIlowing lines written by ice Van Sinderen many years ago, I Ire read by Er Clarke at the service. yre expressive of the faith, which was Bir note in his character, and of lich sustained him in his last ill., low ss, bringing to these days of physi- tim weakness, patience, tranquility. IT anksgiving and joy: soh hen sick at heart from hope so long giv,
 deferred uit doubting fall, is not Gods loving foll
 arm M