Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brooke, Mary Goode November 18, 1926
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Norfolk Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark November 19, 1926

                   MRS. MARY G. BROOKE DIES IN BALTIMORE

Baltimore, Nov. 18--(AP)-- Following an illness of several months, Mrs. W.T. 
Brooke, of Norfolk, died at a local hospital today.  She was 70 years old.
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Mrs. Mary Goode Brooke, of 324 Pembroke Avenue, who died in Baltimore yesterday 
morning, was the widow of William T. Brooke, city engineer of Norfolk for many 
years, and a sister of Judge James U. Goode, of Norfolk City Court.  She was the 
daughter of John Goode, president of the Constitutional Convention of 1902-3 and 
a member of Congress. She was 70 years old.
Surviving her are a son, James V. Brooke, of this city, and three daughters, 
Mrs. James M. Grant, of Denver, Colo.; Mrs. William Coleman, of Baltimore and 
Mrs. E.S. Ruffin, Jr., of this city.
The body will arrive on the Baltimore boat this morning.
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              FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD FOR MRS. BROOKE TODAY

     Was Founder of City's First Kindergarten and Active In Charity and Music

Mrs. Mary Goode Brooke, who died in a Baltimore hospital Thursday, was one of 
the best known residents of Norfolk.  She was 70 years old and had been a 
resident of this city for 60 years.
Besides being a woman of remarkable ability she devoted a good portion of her 
life to others.  She was particularly interested in children and with several 
other women, founded the first kindergarten in Norfolk in 1901.
She not only helped to establish the first kindergarten but she also gave 
considerable time to teaching the little boys and girls who were enrolled as 
pupils.
Mrs. Brooke was the organizer of the St. Cecilia Musical Society, which 
organization was responsible for bringing to Norfolk some of the greatest vocal 
and instrumental artists of that day.  She was a gifted musician herself and was 
well known in musical circles in Norfolk, Baltimore and Washington.  She 
possessed a sweet soprano voice.

                             Sought By Society

As a young woman she was much sought by society in Washington and Norfolk and 
took part in a number of social entertainments in this city and the national 
capital.
Despite the fact that she was a woman of the old school, she kept abreast of the 
times and always was doing something to advance the cause of science, music and 
the higher things of life.
She was a daughter of the late John Goode, the grand old man of Virginia who was 
president of the State Constitutional Convention of 1902-3 and a member of 
Congress.  Her birthplace was Isle of Wight County but she came to Norfolk when 
she was 10 years old and made this city her home from that time on.
She was the widow of William Throckmorton Brooke, who for years was city 
engineer of Norfolk.
Mrs. Brooke is survived by three daughters and one son, Mrs. James B. Grant, 
Jr., of Denver; Mrs. William C. Coleman and Mrs. Edwin S. Ruffin, Jr., of 
Norfolk and  James V. Brooke, of Norfolk, and a brother, Judge James U. Goode, 
of this city.
The body arrived here yesterday morning from Baltimore and the funeral services 
will be held at St. Luke's Church this afternoon at 3 o'clock.  The services 
will be conducted by Bishop Beverly D. Tucker assisted by Dr. D.W. Howard, 
rector of St. Luke's and Dr. Herbert Tucker.  Burial will be in Elmwood 
Cemetery.

Norfolk Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark November 20, 1926


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