Vera Bloodgood Scribner, a horsewoman and the wife of the late publisher Charles Scribner, died of heart failure at Overlook Hospital in Summit, N.J. She and lived in Far Hills, N.J.
The Scribners married in 1916, and he was the president and chairman of the board of his family's publishing house, Charles Scribner's Sons, from 1932 until his death in 1952. Mrs. Scribner was hostess to numerous Scribner authors, including Thomas Wolfe, at Dew Hollow, the family's Colonial residence in Far Hills, and elsewhere.
A skillful sidesaddle rider, she was master of the Essex Fox Hounds in Far Hills for 24 years, until 1961.
Mrs. Scribner grew up in New York City and attended the Chapin School.
She is survived by a son, Charles Scribner Jr. of Manhattan (now deceased), chairman of the Scribner Book Companies; seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
The Scribners married in 1916, and he was the president and chairman of the board of his family's publishing house, Charles Scribner's Sons, from 1932 until his death in 1952. Mrs. Scribner was hostess to numerous Scribner authors, including Thomas Wolfe, at Dew Hollow, the family's Colonial residence in Far Hills, and elsewhere.
A skillful sidesaddle rider, she was master of the Essex Fox Hounds in Far Hills for 24 years, until 1961.
Mrs. Scribner grew up in New York City and attended the Chapin School.
She is survived by a son, Charles Scribner Jr. of Manhattan (now deceased), chairman of the Scribner Book Companies; seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Vera Bloodgood Scribner, a horsewoman and the wife of the late publisher Charles Scribner, died of heart failure at Overlook Hospital in Summit, N.J. She and lived in Far Hills, N.J.
The Scribners married in 1916, and he was the president and chairman of the board of his family's publishing house, Charles Scribner's Sons, from 1932 until his death in 1952. Mrs. Scribner was hostess to numerous Scribner authors, including Thomas Wolfe, at Dew Hollow, the family's Colonial residence in Far Hills, and elsewhere.
A skillful sidesaddle rider, she was master of the Essex Fox Hounds in Far Hills for 24 years, until 1961.
Mrs. Scribner grew up in New York City and attended the Chapin School.
She is survived by a son, Charles Scribner Jr. of Manhattan (now deceased), chairman of the Scribner Book Companies; seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
The Scribners married in 1916, and he was the president and chairman of the board of his family's publishing house, Charles Scribner's Sons, from 1932 until his death in 1952. Mrs. Scribner was hostess to numerous Scribner authors, including Thomas Wolfe, at Dew Hollow, the family's Colonial residence in Far Hills, and elsewhere.
A skillful sidesaddle rider, she was master of the Essex Fox Hounds in Far Hills for 24 years, until 1961.
Mrs. Scribner grew up in New York City and attended the Chapin School.
She is survived by a son, Charles Scribner Jr. of Manhattan (now deceased), chairman of the Scribner Book Companies; seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
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