Part 9 - Anna is the daughter of Thomas Martin Lucas, Sr. Central City Republican - Central City, Nebraska - October 14, 1926 ANNA SWAN LUCAS LINDLEY A great shock and a sense of an overwhelming loss was felt by the community Monday when word was received in the city of the death of Mrs. J. S. Lindley which occurred in a Lincoln Hospital on that afternoon. Mrs. Lindley had been ill at her home in the city, suffering with a weak heart and had been confined to her bed for several weeks. She had been tenderly cared for by her daughters and the heart condition seemed much improved. However, it was evident that some new complications were wasting her strength. As a result she was taken to Lincoln on last Saturday where three specialists consulted over the case and pronounced it sleeping sickness. The sleeping sickness went into pneumonia which was the ultimate cause of her death. Anna Swan Lucas was born in Rice's Landing, Pa. She was the fifth daughter of Thomas and Lettie Kerr Lucas. At the tender age of four she was left motherless and until she was fifteen, made her home with her father's cousin, Anna Swan for whom she had been named. She was greatly beloved by the members of this household, a favorite always among her sisters, relatives, and friends. In 1885 she came with her father to Nebraska and entered high school in Central City, graduating in 1890. She was married in 1890 to J. S. Lindley who survives her. Seven children, three grandchildren mourn the passing of this faithful mother. The children are: Mrs. Lucile Odell, Central City, Helen and Lulu Lindley, Lincoln, Thomas and Leonard Lindley of Long Beach California, Joe Lindley of Maracaibo, Venezuela, S. A. and Robert Lindley of Central City. The step children are Arthur and Willard Lnidley(sic) and Mrs. Ruth Sattler. Mrs. Lindley passed away Oct. 11th at the age of fifty-six years. She was patient always and kindly sympathetic. Probably the dominant trait in her character was her willingness to live a life of service, which manifested itself in her care of her home and family, and neighbors. Hers was a busy life but full of many acts of kindness that will never be known. No day passed without some thought or act for someone else. No higher tribute can be paid than to say of her, "She has done what she could." She poured the essence of her life upon all with whom she came in contact and did with her might what her hands found to do. She became a member of the Methodist church at Rice's Landing Pa., in her early years. She brought a church letter from that place to Central City which was handed to Rev. Crayne of the M. E. church on the first Sabbath that she spent in Nebraska. Through the years that have followed she has been an ever faithful member of that church. The funeral services will be held on Friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock. Rev. True of the M. E. Church will officiate. The honorary pall bearers will be members of her graduating class of 1890 who will assist in performing the last rites for one of their most beloved members. These are as follows: Miss Katherine Armstrong, Mrs. Mabel Barttell Sullivan, Miss Madge Harris, Mrs. Lou Baird Desch and Mrs. Ada Kambrink Heaton. She was a faithful wife, a devoted mother, a loving and much beloved daughter, an affectionate sister, a loyal friend and a helpful neighbor. When the time came when she must lay aside her work she loved, she manifested her faith in God by repeating the twenty-third psalm and talking of the "still waters" where her shepherd was leading her. There we leave her that that(sic) beautiful spirit according to her creed in life will -- "Through the coming years just be glad." -- Steven W. Hornaday 783 Westfield Ct. Sumter SC, 29154 (803) 494-3027