MRS. FANNY ABBOTT FUNERAL PENDING
Mrs. Fanny Abbott, 99, former resident of Nebraska City, Iowa, died early Thursday at Wahoo, Nebraska.
The body was removed to Gude Mortuary.
Mrs. Abbott had been making her home with a daughter, Mrs. Melvin Cohn.
Information found in The Nebraska City News-Press, Thursday, August 10, 1967.

LONGTIME CITIZEN DIES ON THURSDAY
Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 P.M., at Gude Mortuary for Mrs. Fannie Abbott, a resident of Nebraska City, Nebraska, for more than a half century. Mrs. Abbott died Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Melvin (Elsie) Cohn, Colon, Nebraska, which is north of Wahoo.
Mrs. Abbott would have been 100 years old November 5.
Rev. Ralph Dyer will officiate at services. Burial will be in Wyuka Cemetery, Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska.
Mrs. Abbott was born in Pocahontas, Iowa, November 5, 1867, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram (Schmacher) Shoemaker. She married Erastus Ralph Abbott in Imogene, Iowa in 1887. Mr. Abbott died in March 1913.
Mrs. Abbott was a housewife.
Survivors include a son, Albert, Nebraska City, Nebraska, and her daughter, Mrs. Cohn. Three sons, four daughter, four brothers, and a sister preceded her in death.
Another survivor is Robert Lee Abbott, whom Mrs. Abbott raised after his mother, Mary Ann Abbott, died when he was one month old.
Forty-four grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren also survive.
Information found in The Nebraska City Newspaper, August 11, 1967.

FUNERALS
FANNIE M. ABBOTT
Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie M. Abbott were held Saturday afternoon at 2:00 P.M., at the Gude Mortuary. Rev. Ralph Dyer officiated and burial was at Wyuka Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Eugene Abbott, Darrel Abbott, Martin Abbott, Douglas Abbott, Jerry Abbott, and Dwayne Hogencamp.
The Nebraska City News-Press, Nebraska City, Nebraska, Sunday, August 13, 1967.

A BUSY DAY FOR CUPID
JUDGE BISCHOF MARRIED THREE COUPLES YESTERDAY
Yesterday was a busy day for Judge Bischof and his well known marriage department, presided over by Joy Tait, three couples having been married in the usual careful and accurate manner.
Albert F. Smith and Mrs. Fannie M. Abbott of Nebraska City were the first couple married by the court, the ceremony having been witnesses by Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Sutton and G. A. Beason.
The Nebraska City News-Press, Nebraska City, Nebraska, Wednesday, August 2, 1916, page 5

WOULD FREE ECENTRIC HUBBY
MRS. FANNIE ABBOTT-SMITH SEEKS A DIVORCE FROM 'RUNAWAY'
Mrs. Fannie Smith of Greggsport has filed suit for divorce in the district court against Albert F Smith, who has gained more or less notoriety lately by suddenly disappearing from home, as suddenly returning and claiming as a excise for his actions that he suffered a lapse of memory as to his real identity.
In her petition which was filed yesterday, Mrs. Smith says she owns property in Greggsport, in her name vetoer her marriage to Smith; that her husband has been cruel and has failed to provide. She seeks to prevent him from claiming or having any interest in the property and also wants the restoration of her maiden name, Fannie M. Abbott. She has seven children from a former husband.
The Nebraska Daily-Press, Nebraska City, Nebraska, Sunday, February 18, 1917, page 5

DECLARES WIFE LEFT ASKS FOR DIVORCE
Charging desertion, Andrew Esterskow, East 12th Avene, has filed suit for divorce from Fannie M. Esterskow. The petition alleges the couple were married June 19, 1918 and that Mrs. Esterskow, who also lived in Nebraska City, left her husband more than two years ago. The Esterskows have no children.
Before her marriage to Mr. Esterskow, Mrs. Esterskow was Mrs. Fannie Abbott. She lived on the Greggsport Hill, not far from Esterskow, for years before her marriage.
Nebraska Daily News-Press, Nebraska City, Nebraska, Friday, December 2, 1927, page 2