Dr. Lane, Olympic Star in 1896, Buried Here
Dr. Francis A. Lane, chief professor of opthamology at Rush Medical college, chief occulist for the Illinois Central railroad and the Western Electric Co., and a member of the American team at the first revival of the Olympic games in 1896 at Athens, died yesterday afternoon at Grant Hospital, Chicago. He had been an invalid for some time and last Saturday suffered a collapse from which he did not recover.
The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the home of his wife's father, W.F. Barnes at 814 N. Main st., Rockford, the Rev. Charles Parker Connolly officiating.
Dr. Lane was born at Franklin, O., in 1874 and graduated from Princeton university in 1897. During his third year there he was a member of the American Olympic team that went to Athens to participate in the revival of the great classical games for the first time in centuries. He was an all-around athlete.
After graduating from Princeton, he studied medicine at Washington university and abroad, reaching a high place in his chose profession, opthamology.
He married Mrs. Amy Barnes Peirce, daughter of W.F. Barnes of Rockford, five years ago.
Obituary transcribed by David Pierce, December 1, 2012.
Dr. Francis A. Lane, chief professor of opthamology at Rush Medical college, chief occulist for the Illinois Central railroad and the Western Electric Co., and a member of the American team at the first revival of the Olympic games in 1896 at Athens, died yesterday afternoon at Grant Hospital, Chicago. He had been an invalid for some time and last Saturday suffered a collapse from which he did not recover.
The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the home of his wife's father, W.F. Barnes at 814 N. Main st., Rockford, the Rev. Charles Parker Connolly officiating.
Dr. Lane was born at Franklin, O., in 1874 and graduated from Princeton university in 1897. During his third year there he was a member of the American Olympic team that went to Athens to participate in the revival of the great classical games for the first time in centuries. He was an all-around athlete.
After graduating from Princeton, he studied medicine at Washington university and abroad, reaching a high place in his chose profession, opthamology.
He married Mrs. Amy Barnes Peirce, daughter of W.F. Barnes of Rockford, five years ago.
Obituary transcribed by David Pierce, December 1, 2012.
Dr. Lane, Olympic Star in 1896, Buried Here
Dr. Francis A. Lane, chief professor of opthamology at Rush Medical college, chief occulist for the Illinois Central railroad and the Western Electric Co., and a member of the American team at the first revival of the Olympic games in 1896 at Athens, died yesterday afternoon at Grant Hospital, Chicago. He had been an invalid for some time and last Saturday suffered a collapse from which he did not recover.
The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the home of his wife's father, W.F. Barnes at 814 N. Main st., Rockford, the Rev. Charles Parker Connolly officiating.
Dr. Lane was born at Franklin, O., in 1874 and graduated from Princeton university in 1897. During his third year there he was a member of the American Olympic team that went to Athens to participate in the revival of the great classical games for the first time in centuries. He was an all-around athlete.
After graduating from Princeton, he studied medicine at Washington university and abroad, reaching a high place in his chose profession, opthamology.
He married Mrs. Amy Barnes Peirce, daughter of W.F. Barnes of Rockford, five years ago.
Obituary transcribed by David Pierce, December 1, 2012.
Dr. Francis A. Lane, chief professor of opthamology at Rush Medical college, chief occulist for the Illinois Central railroad and the Western Electric Co., and a member of the American team at the first revival of the Olympic games in 1896 at Athens, died yesterday afternoon at Grant Hospital, Chicago. He had been an invalid for some time and last Saturday suffered a collapse from which he did not recover.
The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the home of his wife's father, W.F. Barnes at 814 N. Main st., Rockford, the Rev. Charles Parker Connolly officiating.
Dr. Lane was born at Franklin, O., in 1874 and graduated from Princeton university in 1897. During his third year there he was a member of the American Olympic team that went to Athens to participate in the revival of the great classical games for the first time in centuries. He was an all-around athlete.
After graduating from Princeton, he studied medicine at Washington university and abroad, reaching a high place in his chose profession, opthamology.
He married Mrs. Amy Barnes Peirce, daughter of W.F. Barnes of Rockford, five years ago.
Obituary transcribed by David Pierce, December 1, 2012.
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