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(Abstract from Canadian Newspaper.) 



THE citizens of New Westminster, B.C., Canada, were 

 shocked this morning (February i6th, 1897) to learn 

 the sad news of the death of Mrs. Bodington, the wife 

 of Dr. G. F. Bodington, the Medical Superintendent of the 

 Provincial Asylum for the Insane, which occurred on the 15th 

 inst. Even the comparatively few who were aware of Mrs. Boding- 

 ton's illness, from Pneumonia, had no idea of there being any 

 immediate danger. In fact, her illness was very brief, scarcely five 

 days, and no dangerous symptoms were developed until Sunday. 

 All that loving care and medical skill could do was unavailing, and 

 on Monday death released a noble soul from its bodily sufferings. 



Mrs. Bodington, who was a native of Suffolk, England, and 

 the daughter of the late Francis Capper Brooke, of Ufford, Suffolk, 

 came to this province with her husband about ten years ago, and, 

 after a short residence in Vancouver, B.C., they removed to Hatzic, 

 where the doctor engaged in farming, in connection with a country 

 practice. About two years ago, on receiving his appointment to 

 the asylum. Dr. Bodington removed to this city, with his family. 



In a comparatively short time, Mrs. Bodington made many 

 friends in New Westminster, and helped on many a good cause. 

 Besides being an energetic worker in Church of England circles, 

 she was instrumental in forming a local branch of the Botanical 

 Society of Canada, and was a warm friend of the Public Library 

 and of the Art and Scientific Society, before which she read able 

 papers on more than one occasion. 



For many years Mrs. Bodington had been well known in the 

 world of letters. Widely read, and a profound thinker, she wielded 

 a strong pen, which was always ready to defend those principles of 

 which she was so able an advocate. Among other works, Mrs. 

 Bodington was the author of Studies in Evolution and Biologv. She 

 was also a regular contributor to such standard magazines as The 

 Afiierican Naturalist^ The Popular Science Review ^ and the Inter- 

 natiofial Journal of Microscopy and Natural Science^ and we believe 



