Mrs. ANNA PIERCE DIED AT THE HOME OF HER DAUGHTER, Mrs. Nellye Nelson, Saturday, August 24, aged 89 years, one month and 21 days.

Funeral services were held Monday from her late home. Rev. Sloan officiating.

Mrs. Pierce was born at Terre Haute, Indiana, July 3, 1840. She came with her parents to Iowa and settled in the eastern part of the state. When she was ten years old her parents moved to Pottawattamie County, coming here in a covered wagon, drawn by an ox team. The family settled on a farm near Avoca. At that time there were but few settlers in this section of Iowa. Kanesville, now Council Bluffs, was their nearest trading point. The family lived in a log house for several years, which was heated by a huge fireplace. They cooked in a brick oven, and the home was lighted by tallow candles manufactured at home.

Mrs. Pierce was one of the real pioneer women of Iowa who lived to see marvelous changes take place, from traveling from the tedious ox team to horses, then by train on down to the present day of luxurious auto and airplanes, from candle light to the oil lamps and later electric lights; to watch the spot where Avoca now stands change from a treeless prairie land, to a small trading post, with no railroad, on to a modern little city with its paved streets, electric lights and all modern improvements.

Mrs. Pierce was a lady loved and esteemed by all who knew her, a lover of her home and children. Since the death of her husband she has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Nellye Nelson, who has seen to it that her mother had every care and attention during her declining years.

She leaves her six children: Mrs. Dave Nichols of Oakland; Mrs. J.A. Buckingham of Omaha; Mrs. Lillie Carter of San Francisco; Frank Pierce of Denver, Colorado; Fred Pierce of Moorcroft, Wyoming, and Mrs. Nellye Nelson of Avoca, also 19 grandchildren and about 25 great grandchildren.