Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-25
MRS. JULIA NEWMAN RYDER

Mrs Julia tNewmam Ryder. GO widow
of George Henry Ryder, died about II
O'Clock Monday forenoon at her home at
20 South Main street after an Illness of
about 10 days with heart disease. She
mad been in her usual health up to the
time of the heart attack and had felt
50 Wei That she had made plans for a
trip to Europe the coming summer.
Mrs Ryder was born in BUattlrboro
June :, 1910, in the house where she died
and in which she had lived her whole
life with the exception of few wears.
She was one of eight children of George
II. ana Lydia b.ee) Newman. Her father
was treasurer of the Vermont savings
bank from January 1869, until his death
in September, 1872. She attended the
Brattleboro village schools. including the
high school, and Mrs. a. l. Cnase's
private school for young women. which
stood near the corner of Common and
Linden streets where Mrs. Annie c.
Cohb'S house now stands. Then for a
time she taught school in Guilford
In October, 1853, she was married to
Charles G. Boyden of Guilford who died
at the home of her father, George II.
Newman, in Brattleboro Aug. 20, 1864, at
the age of 2S years, leaving one SON.
Walter l.. Boyden. now cashier of the
plymouth national bank, Plymouth, Mass.
On oct -, 1868 she was married to
George II. Ryder of Brattleboro. MIR
Tor 81 years a competent and valued
employee of the Estey Organ company
lie died Dec. is, 1903, following shock
of paralysis.
Mrs. Ryder took an active and prom
inent part In church and social affairs
She Will be missed especially in the
Unitarian church, to whose interests she
gave unsparngly of her time and means
For % years she was president of the
Freme circle, the women'S organization
connected with that church She was
president of the Home Sunshine society,
president of the visiting committee of
the Home for the Aged and Disabled
president of the Canal street book club
and an active member of the Brattle-
boro Woman's club and the Bratteboro
Mutual Aid association. She was thor
oughly devoted to the work of the various
charitable organizations with which she
was connected and her zeal and eXecu-
tive ability combined 10 make the work
effective. Representing as she did one
of the oldest Bra ttleboro families, and
combining with her strong character
and positive convictions gracious spirit
and kindly ways, Mrs. Ryder's death Is
a distinct loss to the better life of the
Besides her son by her first marriage
she leaves a sonsby her second marriage.
John X. Ryder assistant treasurer of the
Brattleboro Trust company. She also
''N'N9 NilSt SlSNeISi MIS, mary n Bryant
of Keene, n. H., Mrs. Laura N. Wig
gin, who has lived with Mrs. Ryder the
past few years, but is now travelling in
Europe, ana Mrs. II. A. Deane of East
Windsor Hin, Conn.
Funeral services were held in the home
Wednesday afternoon at 23O o'clock and
Were largely attended. Rev e O. s.
Osgood, pastor of the Unitarian church.
ofticiated, and solos were rendered by
Edwin H. Miller and Mrs Murray NJ
Tucker. The burial took place in the
family lot in Prospect HIN cemetery. the
bearers being DR., George f. Barber.
George A. Eels, Joel Flagg, jr., of Gull
ford and Edgar b. Smith. Those present
from out of town were Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter L. Boyden and son, Walter NJ
Boyden, of Plymouth Mass, Mrs. H. r..
Beals of Keene, DR. and Mrs H. A.
Deane of East Windsor Hill Conn, ana
their four children, George n. Deane of
Worcester, Miss Dorothy Deane and
Walter Deane of East Windsor Hin and
Harry Deane of Hartford, Conn, and
Miss Eleanor Mayher of Easthampton
Mass