Marriage Notice:
Van Deusen-Brown


The following article appeared in the St. Johnsonville Enterprise and News, July 12, 1933 and was submitted by Karen Dutton.

Van Deusen-Brown. Oneonta, July 10 - The marriage of Miss Ruth Sarah Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Brown of Deposit, to Robert Eldon Van Deusen, oldest son of Rev. and Mrs. R. J. Van Deusen of 10 Grove Street, Oneonta, was performed at 11 o'clock on Saturday morning in St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Brooklyn by the the groom's father. He was assisted by Rev. Stephen M. Paulson, D.D., dean of Hartwick Lutheran Theological Seminary in Brooklyn.

In the bridal party were Mrs. Raymond L. Taylor of New York, sister of the bride; Miss Leila Van Deusen, Clayton Van Deusen and Dayton Van Deusen, sister and brothers of the groom, all of Oneonta.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Van Deusen are graduates of Hartwick College, class of 1932. Mrs. Van Deusen has accepted a position as church secretary and director of religious education at the Bedford Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, where she will begin work in September.

Mr. Van Deusen is a student at Hartwick Theological Seminary. During the summer he is supplying the pulpit of the Lutheran Church of the Holy Comforter in New York, of which Rev. E. J. Flanders is pastor.

Both the bride and groom are well known in Oneonta and have the good wishes of many friends. They will make their home in Brooklyn after September 1.



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