Another Pioner Gone. We are again called upon to chronicle the death of another Shasta pioneer. Last Saturday evening Mrs. Slome Bruning, while conversing pleasently with a neighbor, was suddenly stricken with paralysis and fell to the ground in the yard at her residence on Main St., (Shasta City.) She was carried into the house where she lay speechless and seemingly unconcious, breathing heavily, until Tuesday morning when death came.

Mrs. Bruning was a native of Alsace and aged 68 years, 2 months and 4 days. She came to New York when in her teens and was married to Jacob Bicking at Chicago. Her husband came to California and soon afterwards she joined him in Shasta, leaving New York by steamship, February 28, 1852, and coming by the Panama route to San Francisco.

Her first husband died a number of years ago and she afterwards married Henry Bruning who also died some years ago. She was the mother of eight children, seven by her first husband and one by the second. Of these two sons survive her, George J. Bicking and Edward Bruning.

Mrs. Bruning was a woman of much force of character of generous disposition and many excellent quallites which secured for her a large circle of warm friends. her tastes were domestic, and the home circle and its wants, always received her careful and kindest attention and supervision.

The funeral which took place Tuesday evening, was largely atted and showed the respect and esteem in which the departed was held. The remains were laid to rest in the family plot in the pioneer cemetery, Judge Bush, of Redding, making feeling remarks appropriate to the sad occasion, C.H. Behrens reading the burial service.

The surviving sons, bereft of an affectionate mother, have the sympathy of the community in the affliction that has taken from them the best friend they can ever know.

Contributed by Jeremy M. Tuggle
Transcribed from the Shasta Courier, Saturday, August 15, 1896. Obituary of Mrs. Salome (Bicking-Bruning).