Elizabeth Colcord Pickett Allen
01 October 1876 ~ 20 January 1969
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Mrs. Elizabeth Allen
GALENA, Kan. — Services for Mrs. Elizabeth Allen, 92 years old, Topeka, and formerly of Galena, who died Monday morning in a Topeka nursing home, will be at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Galena Methodist church.
The Rev. Julius Early will officiate.
Burial will be in Hillcrest cemetery under direction of Wall-Diffenderter funeral home of Topeka.
Mrs. Allen was born in Oronogo, Mo. October 1, 1876 and had lived in Galena most of her life, moving to Topeka in 1916. She was the widow of John M. Allen, who died in 1932.
She had been associated with the White and Allen Wholesale Fruit Company of Joplin.
She was a charter member of the Galena Methodist church, and was active in the woman's auxiliary in Topeka.
Mrs. Allen is survived by three sons, J. Franklin Allen of Pineville, Mo.; G. Mitchell Allen of Wichita, and Bartlett V. Allen of Chatanooga, Tenn.; a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Heinze of Topeka; a brother, Frank J. Pickett, 528 Sergeant avenue, Joplin, eight grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Joplin Globe,
Tuesday, January 21, 1969, Pg. 3B.
Marriage:
Pickett-Allen.
John Allen and Miss Bessie Pickett were united in marriage at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Pickett, Wednesday evening, Oct. 15, 1902, before a small company of their closest friends and relatives. The groom is a member of the White Flour Wholesale Co., of this place, and is an enterprising young business man, in every way worthy of the estimable lady he has chosen as a helpmeet through lite. The bride needs no words of praise from us. She is too well known for her lovable ways and devout christian work. Her friends number her acquaintances. After a short trip to Chicago they will be at home to their friends after Nov. 8th.
Galena Weekly Republican, Galena, Kansas
23 October 1902, Thursday, Page 1
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01 October 1876 ~ 20 January 1969
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Mrs. Elizabeth Allen
GALENA, Kan. — Services for Mrs. Elizabeth Allen, 92 years old, Topeka, and formerly of Galena, who died Monday morning in a Topeka nursing home, will be at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Galena Methodist church.
The Rev. Julius Early will officiate.
Burial will be in Hillcrest cemetery under direction of Wall-Diffenderter funeral home of Topeka.
Mrs. Allen was born in Oronogo, Mo. October 1, 1876 and had lived in Galena most of her life, moving to Topeka in 1916. She was the widow of John M. Allen, who died in 1932.
She had been associated with the White and Allen Wholesale Fruit Company of Joplin.
She was a charter member of the Galena Methodist church, and was active in the woman's auxiliary in Topeka.
Mrs. Allen is survived by three sons, J. Franklin Allen of Pineville, Mo.; G. Mitchell Allen of Wichita, and Bartlett V. Allen of Chatanooga, Tenn.; a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Heinze of Topeka; a brother, Frank J. Pickett, 528 Sergeant avenue, Joplin, eight grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Joplin Globe,
Tuesday, January 21, 1969, Pg. 3B.
Marriage:
Pickett-Allen.
John Allen and Miss Bessie Pickett were united in marriage at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Pickett, Wednesday evening, Oct. 15, 1902, before a small company of their closest friends and relatives. The groom is a member of the White Flour Wholesale Co., of this place, and is an enterprising young business man, in every way worthy of the estimable lady he has chosen as a helpmeet through lite. The bride needs no words of praise from us. She is too well known for her lovable ways and devout christian work. Her friends number her acquaintances. After a short trip to Chicago they will be at home to their friends after Nov. 8th.
Galena Weekly Republican, Galena, Kansas
23 October 1902, Thursday, Page 1
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Elizabeth Colcord Pickett Allen
01 October 1876 ~ 20 January 1969
~*~
Mrs. Elizabeth Allen
GALENA, Kan. — Services for Mrs. Elizabeth Allen, 92 years old, Topeka, and formerly of Galena, who died Monday morning in a Topeka nursing home, will be at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Galena Methodist church.
The Rev. Julius Early will officiate.
Burial will be in Hillcrest cemetery under direction of Wall-Diffenderter funeral home of Topeka.
Mrs. Allen was born in Oronogo, Mo. October 1, 1876 and had lived in Galena most of her life, moving to Topeka in 1916. She was the widow of John M. Allen, who died in 1932.
She had been associated with the White and Allen Wholesale Fruit Company of Joplin.
She was a charter member of the Galena Methodist church, and was active in the woman's auxiliary in Topeka.
Mrs. Allen is survived by three sons, J. Franklin Allen of Pineville, Mo.; G. Mitchell Allen of Wichita, and Bartlett V. Allen of Chatanooga, Tenn.; a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Heinze of Topeka; a brother, Frank J. Pickett, 528 Sergeant avenue, Joplin, eight grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Joplin Globe,
Tuesday, January 21, 1969, Pg. 3B.
Marriage:
Pickett-Allen.
John Allen and Miss Bessie Pickett were united in marriage at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Pickett, Wednesday evening, Oct. 15, 1902, before a small company of their closest friends and relatives. The groom is a member of the White Flour Wholesale Co., of this place, and is an enterprising young business man, in every way worthy of the estimable lady he has chosen as a helpmeet through lite. The bride needs no words of praise from us. She is too well known for her lovable ways and devout christian work. Her friends number her acquaintances. After a short trip to Chicago they will be at home to their friends after Nov. 8th.
Galena Weekly Republican, Galena, Kansas
23 October 1902, Thursday, Page 1
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01 October 1876 ~ 20 January 1969
~*~
Mrs. Elizabeth Allen
GALENA, Kan. — Services for Mrs. Elizabeth Allen, 92 years old, Topeka, and formerly of Galena, who died Monday morning in a Topeka nursing home, will be at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Galena Methodist church.
The Rev. Julius Early will officiate.
Burial will be in Hillcrest cemetery under direction of Wall-Diffenderter funeral home of Topeka.
Mrs. Allen was born in Oronogo, Mo. October 1, 1876 and had lived in Galena most of her life, moving to Topeka in 1916. She was the widow of John M. Allen, who died in 1932.
She had been associated with the White and Allen Wholesale Fruit Company of Joplin.
She was a charter member of the Galena Methodist church, and was active in the woman's auxiliary in Topeka.
Mrs. Allen is survived by three sons, J. Franklin Allen of Pineville, Mo.; G. Mitchell Allen of Wichita, and Bartlett V. Allen of Chatanooga, Tenn.; a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Heinze of Topeka; a brother, Frank J. Pickett, 528 Sergeant avenue, Joplin, eight grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Joplin Globe,
Tuesday, January 21, 1969, Pg. 3B.
Marriage:
Pickett-Allen.
John Allen and Miss Bessie Pickett were united in marriage at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Pickett, Wednesday evening, Oct. 15, 1902, before a small company of their closest friends and relatives. The groom is a member of the White Flour Wholesale Co., of this place, and is an enterprising young business man, in every way worthy of the estimable lady he has chosen as a helpmeet through lite. The bride needs no words of praise from us. She is too well known for her lovable ways and devout christian work. Her friends number her acquaintances. After a short trip to Chicago they will be at home to their friends after Nov. 8th.
Galena Weekly Republican, Galena, Kansas
23 October 1902, Thursday, Page 1
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