Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Tuesday, December 3, 1940
JULIA OFFICER DIES IN HOSPITAL
Pneumonia Fatal to City Pioneer
Miss Julia Officer, who as a child was held on his knee by Abraham Lincoln and who later became known as a brilliant concert pianist of note, died of pneumonia Monday at the age of eighty-two.
She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Officer, early settlers in Council Bluffs who came here in 1856 by steamboat up the Mississippi with two small children.
When Abraham Lincoln visited Council Bluffs in 1859, he stayed at the home of the Officers at 545 Willow avenue.
Miss Officer, who was born Dec. 17, 1858, in Council Bluffs, was a member of the First Presbyterian church, of which her father was the first elder.
Surviving are her brother, Charles T. Officer of Council Bluffs, and a nephew, Frank W. Officer of Los Angeles.
She will be buried Tuesday in Walnut Hill cemetery after services at 11:30 in Cutler's chapel, with Dr. C. Carson Bransby conducting the services.
JULIA OFFICER DIES IN HOSPITAL
Pneumonia Fatal to City Pioneer
Miss Julia Officer, who as a child was held on his knee by Abraham Lincoln and who later became known as a brilliant concert pianist of note, died of pneumonia Monday at the age of eighty-two.
She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Officer, early settlers in Council Bluffs who came here in 1856 by steamboat up the Mississippi with two small children.
When Abraham Lincoln visited Council Bluffs in 1859, he stayed at the home of the Officers at 545 Willow avenue.
Miss Officer, who was born Dec. 17, 1858, in Council Bluffs, was a member of the First Presbyterian church, of which her father was the first elder.
Surviving are her brother, Charles T. Officer of Council Bluffs, and a nephew, Frank W. Officer of Los Angeles.
She will be buried Tuesday in Walnut Hill cemetery after services at 11:30 in Cutler's chapel, with Dr. C. Carson Bransby conducting the services.
Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Tuesday, December 3, 1940
JULIA OFFICER DIES IN HOSPITAL
Pneumonia Fatal to City Pioneer
Miss Julia Officer, who as a child was held on his knee by Abraham Lincoln and who later became known as a brilliant concert pianist of note, died of pneumonia Monday at the age of eighty-two.
She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Officer, early settlers in Council Bluffs who came here in 1856 by steamboat up the Mississippi with two small children.
When Abraham Lincoln visited Council Bluffs in 1859, he stayed at the home of the Officers at 545 Willow avenue.
Miss Officer, who was born Dec. 17, 1858, in Council Bluffs, was a member of the First Presbyterian church, of which her father was the first elder.
Surviving are her brother, Charles T. Officer of Council Bluffs, and a nephew, Frank W. Officer of Los Angeles.
She will be buried Tuesday in Walnut Hill cemetery after services at 11:30 in Cutler's chapel, with Dr. C. Carson Bransby conducting the services.
JULIA OFFICER DIES IN HOSPITAL
Pneumonia Fatal to City Pioneer
Miss Julia Officer, who as a child was held on his knee by Abraham Lincoln and who later became known as a brilliant concert pianist of note, died of pneumonia Monday at the age of eighty-two.
She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Officer, early settlers in Council Bluffs who came here in 1856 by steamboat up the Mississippi with two small children.
When Abraham Lincoln visited Council Bluffs in 1859, he stayed at the home of the Officers at 545 Willow avenue.
Miss Officer, who was born Dec. 17, 1858, in Council Bluffs, was a member of the First Presbyterian church, of which her father was the first elder.
Surviving are her brother, Charles T. Officer of Council Bluffs, and a nephew, Frank W. Officer of Los Angeles.
She will be buried Tuesday in Walnut Hill cemetery after services at 11:30 in Cutler's chapel, with Dr. C. Carson Bransby conducting the services.
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