Burial Records

EDITH VAN VLEET DIES

PORTLAND TEACHER SUCCUMBS TO ILLNESS.

 Death of Efficient and Active Instructor, Daughter of Pioneers, Shocks Many.

 Miss Edith Van Vleet of 344 Gresham Avenue, for many years a teacher in the Portland and St. Johns public schools, died Wednesday morning at St. Vincent’s hospital following an operation for acute pancreatitis.

 Miss Van Vleet was a daughter of Lewis and Elizabeth Van Vleet pioneers of Oregon, and her sudden death came as a shock to her large circle of friends and acquaintances in Portland, where she had made her home for the last 37 years.

 She was born March 14, 1865, at the old homestead of her parents, Oak Grove Farm, Camas, Clark County, Washington, and was 47 years old.

Miss Van Vleet was educated in the Portland public schools.  Her parents came here when she was 10 years old.  She graduated from the Portland High School in 1885 and began teaching in the Couch school.  She afterward taught in the Williams –avenue and Holladay schools.

 In 1898 she was granted a state life diploma from the State Board of Education of Oregon, and for the last few years had taught in the St. Johns schools.

Miss Van Vleet was an active worker in church and fraternal circles and was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, serving as secretary and worthy matron of Camelia Chapter. She was a member Central Methodist Episcopal Church of Albina and had been active in Sunday school work in that church.

 The funeral services will be held in the family cemetery at Fern Prairie, Clark County, Washington, Sunday August 11, at 11 a.m.

 Oregonian, The (Portland, OR)                      09 Aug 1912                         Page 11