Death of Pioneer Resident of Old Rock Bluffs

Alonzo Lacy Dies Saturday at Home in Omaha-- Was Schoolmate of Many Old Residents Here

Alonzo Lacy, well known to many early residents of this part of Cass County, passed away Saturday at his home in Omaha, at the age of 79 years. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2:30 p.m., and interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Omaha.
Lon, as he was familiarly known, was a son of George W. Lacy, one of the pioneer settlers in the town of Rock Bluffs, and it was there that he was a pupil of the late Joseph D. Patterson in "Naomi Institute" in 1871, and later was a pupil of the late Judge B. S. Ramsey and a schoolmate of the younger Jones and Pattersons. He was married to Miss Ellen O. Graves of the pioneer families of Rock Bluffs, and later they located in Omaha where the wife passed away November 14, 1896.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Bessie Nichols, Mrs. James Watson and Mrs. O. H. Shelly,and one son, Maurice A. Lacy, all residing in Omaha.