MISS EMMA LANSING , LONG CIVIC LEADER , DIES AT AGE OF 84

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000400440028-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 17, 1998
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: December 11, 1956
• Content Type: NSPR

WATE O4,DAI'Y TIMES
CPYRGHT anitizea- Approved
S. Janng,
of a,
clstinguished
Watert9. vn
jfam:ily, died
at tale ale of
84 years late
Monday,
night a.tjhe
jansiIig
residence,
143' Clinton
street,
where she
had lived all
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ko Scat obert an-, Foster Dulles, a nephew of Miss
iw -- served ever. Lansing's sister-in-law, the late
rs. Robert Lansing.
"a5i11 ~9i"14O h funeral for Miss Lansing
1Vliss Emma $,Y Lansing, 84, ev. 1 erbert $. Schr"oeder, pas
ember of one of Watertown's tor of the church, will officiate
di , Est prominent families and Burial 'will be in Brooksid
g known for her participation
the field of civic servile here,,
ied at 11:30 Monday revening at i
0. esider ce, 141 Clinton street,
e:r a fang illness.
iss Lansing, egb~rr
aster, the late TOii~y e
en:Eyck Lansing, was twice
ecorated by the French govern
Friends may call-at the Wil
Cox & McCallen funeral hom
Wednesday afternoon and eve
iatl
been made that flowers b
omitted and that in, lieu of flow
Lion at a oar o irec ors
nrleeting?held at the Willmott
home in observance of the 80th;
anniversary of the association.
She-and Mrs. Willmott, now 81,;
years old, were cited as the old-'
est members of the organization,
both in point of age and years of
service.
Miss Lansing, president of the;
association from 1914 to 1917
when he left for war service,
and Mrs. Willmott, who suc-
ceeded her as president and)
served for 29 years, were award-'
ed service pins by the association
Monday, but Miss Lansing wasp
too ill to be aware of the honor.;
Had she lived, Miss Lansing.
would have been reelected to
tbe :$oard of direct" s-of
x tang nurse assocta on or an-
other three-year term at the. an-r
-nual meeting next month.
At her death, Miss Lansing,
ng a leading figure in Demo-'
cratic politics, was still treasurer,
of the Jefferson County Women's
Democratic club, having held the
office continuously since the club.
was formed many years ago,
and was also the vice chairman
of the Jefferson County Demo-1,
cratic committee. She held the;
latter office for the last 26 years.,
She was 84 years old last Fri-I
day, but' was too ill to notice:
the shower of birthday cardsi
.and the numerous flowers sent
to her home in her honor.
` Her closest survivors are first
cousins, Mrs. Katharine Dodge
Gill, who has been residing at
The Lansing home the past year,
'and, Mrs. Gertrude bodge Alex-,
ander, Bronxville, N.Y. She was!
the last of her family.
Miss Lansing's death was at-'
tributed by her physician . to
I
gsIth Thzdj
'
CPYRGHT
CPYRGHT
he past mout she had been
ailing rapidly. She had'been in {
critical c ridltlop .the past two
eeks.
Member Qf a family which
or generations gave notable
er ce t+e the nation and state
is well as community, Miss
ansing Was lontidentified with
he civic life of Watertown. She
ained prominence chiefly for;
er charitable achievements, i
h she as also long ac-
11
V r iigiowus and pplitieal.
sOining the past few I ircle and other fields of en-
een d
earQ caw . fo. a heart condi- a vo ,,
iota *it~,which , she' was af- `Qrer war service, she, to-
'listed, t3gether With infirmi- eEer with her sister, was re-
ies of old age. atedly cited in army orders
L55t_ Fvla. If, she suffered a for-meritorious service and
lo acture of the left hip when- twice decorated by the French
e arsidgrrta caught, her foot: ovgrnment.
the core '4t a #ig r' lamp' in lien a over a long period;
r living rf2w6r, andfell. She of years has been actively as- f
iv t i>#tg of the ,rood 5ocigter, ith- the 11ed `Cro s,'
amaritan _ three weeks. the Visiting Nurse association
ever, s4e made a satis-, 11je C '4on County Girl
factory retovcry f- m the injury). pout t3s)i, the Jefferson
nsi YYi Ii-. t or ten weeks uberculosis & Public
fable t{o~ about henr~home, ESLth_ g~ t o _ a}nd the;
s a~ hb`!f'a~l enOLSiltihL 't~`EheFirst
Ikl4I1 s, g.. ,.. .
t' er home for the past. sev- terian church, Faith
e months, she left her home Ghaiael and church societies; the: