Why does Aunt Della's nickname has to be included in the title of her memorial?
Aunt Della is my great grand aunt. In our Carson Family Bible, Aunt Della's name is written as Mary Dell Carson. The family and friends called her "Della" as a nickname.
Mary Dell Carson Criswell Allen-born Dec 12, 1860 Hamilton County, IN Died 1-8- 1951 Indianapolis, Indiana. Aunt Della first married Matthew Criswell on May 20, 1888 in Hamilton County, Indiana. Aunt Della married second, James Allen on Feb. 12, 1893.
IN RITES WEDNESDAY FOR DELLA ALLEN
Della Allen, 90, passed away in Indianapolis Monday in the homeof a niece, Mrs. Ora Newman.Funeral services will be conducted in the Cusick Funeral Home,Cicero, and Wednesday at 2 p.m . with the Rev. Jesse Byrd officiating.
Burial will be in Scherer Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home anytime.Survivors are a sister, Mrs. Charles Stockmaster, Terre Haute, a brother, Sam W. Carson, Havard, Ill, and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Allen, oldest daughter of James and Lorinda (Orrenda)Carson, was born in Cicero. She prepared for the teaching profession and was graduated from the Indiana State Normal inTerre Haute in 1884. She taught three terms in Jackson Township and then taught in Texas and Oklahoma for ten years. She was married to James Allen and they were a part of the Cherokee Land Rights in the Oklahoma Territory. They later established a furniture and hardware store in Norman, Oklahoma, when that town was first laid down in lots.
When her husband died in 1916, Mrs. Allen returned to Cicero,where she has been active in church, lodge, and club work. She was a teacher of a Sunday school class in the Cicero Methodist Church, a Past Worthy Matron of the Cicero Chapter O.E.S., and a past president of the Cicero Womans club.
Mrs. Allen was the last of the Civil War Widows.
Aunt Della is my great grand aunt. In our Carson Family Bible, Aunt Della's name is written as Mary Dell Carson. The family and friends called her "Della" as a nickname.
Mary Dell Carson Criswell Allen-born Dec 12, 1860 Hamilton County, IN Died 1-8- 1951 Indianapolis, Indiana. Aunt Della first married Matthew Criswell on May 20, 1888 in Hamilton County, Indiana. Aunt Della married second, James Allen on Feb. 12, 1893.
IN RITES WEDNESDAY FOR DELLA ALLEN
Della Allen, 90, passed away in Indianapolis Monday in the homeof a niece, Mrs. Ora Newman.Funeral services will be conducted in the Cusick Funeral Home,Cicero, and Wednesday at 2 p.m . with the Rev. Jesse Byrd officiating.
Burial will be in Scherer Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home anytime.Survivors are a sister, Mrs. Charles Stockmaster, Terre Haute, a brother, Sam W. Carson, Havard, Ill, and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Allen, oldest daughter of James and Lorinda (Orrenda)Carson, was born in Cicero. She prepared for the teaching profession and was graduated from the Indiana State Normal inTerre Haute in 1884. She taught three terms in Jackson Township and then taught in Texas and Oklahoma for ten years. She was married to James Allen and they were a part of the Cherokee Land Rights in the Oklahoma Territory. They later established a furniture and hardware store in Norman, Oklahoma, when that town was first laid down in lots.
When her husband died in 1916, Mrs. Allen returned to Cicero,where she has been active in church, lodge, and club work. She was a teacher of a Sunday school class in the Cicero Methodist Church, a Past Worthy Matron of the Cicero Chapter O.E.S., and a past president of the Cicero Womans club.
Mrs. Allen was the last of the Civil War Widows.
Why does Aunt Della's nickname has to be included in the title of her memorial?
Aunt Della is my great grand aunt. In our Carson Family Bible, Aunt Della's name is written as Mary Dell Carson. The family and friends called her "Della" as a nickname.
Mary Dell Carson Criswell Allen-born Dec 12, 1860 Hamilton County, IN Died 1-8- 1951 Indianapolis, Indiana. Aunt Della first married Matthew Criswell on May 20, 1888 in Hamilton County, Indiana. Aunt Della married second, James Allen on Feb. 12, 1893.
IN RITES WEDNESDAY FOR DELLA ALLEN
Della Allen, 90, passed away in Indianapolis Monday in the homeof a niece, Mrs. Ora Newman.Funeral services will be conducted in the Cusick Funeral Home,Cicero, and Wednesday at 2 p.m . with the Rev. Jesse Byrd officiating.
Burial will be in Scherer Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home anytime.Survivors are a sister, Mrs. Charles Stockmaster, Terre Haute, a brother, Sam W. Carson, Havard, Ill, and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Allen, oldest daughter of James and Lorinda (Orrenda)Carson, was born in Cicero. She prepared for the teaching profession and was graduated from the Indiana State Normal inTerre Haute in 1884. She taught three terms in Jackson Township and then taught in Texas and Oklahoma for ten years. She was married to James Allen and they were a part of the Cherokee Land Rights in the Oklahoma Territory. They later established a furniture and hardware store in Norman, Oklahoma, when that town was first laid down in lots.
When her husband died in 1916, Mrs. Allen returned to Cicero,where she has been active in church, lodge, and club work. She was a teacher of a Sunday school class in the Cicero Methodist Church, a Past Worthy Matron of the Cicero Chapter O.E.S., and a past president of the Cicero Womans club.
Mrs. Allen was the last of the Civil War Widows.
Aunt Della is my great grand aunt. In our Carson Family Bible, Aunt Della's name is written as Mary Dell Carson. The family and friends called her "Della" as a nickname.
Mary Dell Carson Criswell Allen-born Dec 12, 1860 Hamilton County, IN Died 1-8- 1951 Indianapolis, Indiana. Aunt Della first married Matthew Criswell on May 20, 1888 in Hamilton County, Indiana. Aunt Della married second, James Allen on Feb. 12, 1893.
IN RITES WEDNESDAY FOR DELLA ALLEN
Della Allen, 90, passed away in Indianapolis Monday in the homeof a niece, Mrs. Ora Newman.Funeral services will be conducted in the Cusick Funeral Home,Cicero, and Wednesday at 2 p.m . with the Rev. Jesse Byrd officiating.
Burial will be in Scherer Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home anytime.Survivors are a sister, Mrs. Charles Stockmaster, Terre Haute, a brother, Sam W. Carson, Havard, Ill, and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Allen, oldest daughter of James and Lorinda (Orrenda)Carson, was born in Cicero. She prepared for the teaching profession and was graduated from the Indiana State Normal inTerre Haute in 1884. She taught three terms in Jackson Township and then taught in Texas and Oklahoma for ten years. She was married to James Allen and they were a part of the Cherokee Land Rights in the Oklahoma Territory. They later established a furniture and hardware store in Norman, Oklahoma, when that town was first laid down in lots.
When her husband died in 1916, Mrs. Allen returned to Cicero,where she has been active in church, lodge, and club work. She was a teacher of a Sunday school class in the Cicero Methodist Church, a Past Worthy Matron of the Cicero Chapter O.E.S., and a past president of the Cicero Womans club.
Mrs. Allen was the last of the Civil War Widows.
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