LOUIS FRANCIS MURPHY, 76 years old, died Tuesday morning at 4:30 o'clock at his residence, 356 Sherman Avenue, after a few days' illness.

Mr. Murphy served on the city election board and contracted a cold, which developed into pneumonia. He has been a resident of Council Bluffs 57 years. Mr. Murphy was an expert accountant and for a number of years was connected with the Officer & Pusey Bank.

He was a member of the Broadway M.E. Church, also of Bluffs City Lodge No. 71, A.F. and A.M.

He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Caroline, at home; two sons, Charles O. of Council Bluffs and Fred N. of Omaha; two sisters, Mrs. Mary J. Crosswait of Tacoma, Washington, and Mrs. John Spaulding of Paris, France.