Allene Louise (Bechtoldt) Garland was born the second child of Walter and Cornelia (Strawbinger) Bechtoldt in Belleville, IL. All were full German ancestry. She had one sibling, Leroy, her older brother. She attended Zion Lutheran Church and School, and Belleville Township High School.
She met and married Vernon Garland in Belleville, IL - they married on 2 Sep 1944.
They have three daughters in birth order are Lois Jean, Judith Lee, and Linda Louise.
She worked as a Switch Board Operator at Holiday Inn in Madison, Wisconsin and Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville, IL.
She was a member and Past President of the American Legion Women's Auxiliary in Belleville, IL. A member of Zion Lutheran Church. Allene and Vernon bowled together and on separate leagues - often winning the high score trophies. They also played cards Bridge or Pinochle - sometimes with friends and sometimes in a league. She enjoyed entertaining/serving friends in their home.
She loved to play Bingo - she was very superstitious and had to have the number 13 on all her cards. (In those days you picked out your cards before the games began).
She had a green thumb for African Violets - and she loved working and canning the produce from their vegetable garden.
She enjoyed TRAVELING, quilting and crocheting. She mostly enjoyed her family - especially when the grandchildren came to visit. Being a military family two of her daughters had married military and lived a long distance from home.
In 1987 She traveled to Saudi Arabia to visit with Lois, and they took a trip back to Germany to visit old friends.
After winning $100 at Bingo 13 November 1987 she suffered an asthma attack - She died 16 November 1987 at Scott AFB, IL hospital and was buried in Valhalla Gardens of Memory cemetery in Belleville, IL
She met and married Vernon Garland in Belleville, IL - they married on 2 Sep 1944.
They have three daughters in birth order are Lois Jean, Judith Lee, and Linda Louise.
She worked as a Switch Board Operator at Holiday Inn in Madison, Wisconsin and Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville, IL.
She was a member and Past President of the American Legion Women's Auxiliary in Belleville, IL. A member of Zion Lutheran Church. Allene and Vernon bowled together and on separate leagues - often winning the high score trophies. They also played cards Bridge or Pinochle - sometimes with friends and sometimes in a league. She enjoyed entertaining/serving friends in their home.
She loved to play Bingo - she was very superstitious and had to have the number 13 on all her cards. (In those days you picked out your cards before the games began).
She had a green thumb for African Violets - and she loved working and canning the produce from their vegetable garden.
She enjoyed TRAVELING, quilting and crocheting. She mostly enjoyed her family - especially when the grandchildren came to visit. Being a military family two of her daughters had married military and lived a long distance from home.
In 1987 She traveled to Saudi Arabia to visit with Lois, and they took a trip back to Germany to visit old friends.
After winning $100 at Bingo 13 November 1987 she suffered an asthma attack - She died 16 November 1987 at Scott AFB, IL hospital and was buried in Valhalla Gardens of Memory cemetery in Belleville, IL
Allene Louise (Bechtoldt) Garland was born the second child of Walter and Cornelia (Strawbinger) Bechtoldt in Belleville, IL. All were full German ancestry. She had one sibling, Leroy, her older brother. She attended Zion Lutheran Church and School, and Belleville Township High School.
She met and married Vernon Garland in Belleville, IL - they married on 2 Sep 1944.
They have three daughters in birth order are Lois Jean, Judith Lee, and Linda Louise.
She worked as a Switch Board Operator at Holiday Inn in Madison, Wisconsin and Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville, IL.
She was a member and Past President of the American Legion Women's Auxiliary in Belleville, IL. A member of Zion Lutheran Church. Allene and Vernon bowled together and on separate leagues - often winning the high score trophies. They also played cards Bridge or Pinochle - sometimes with friends and sometimes in a league. She enjoyed entertaining/serving friends in their home.
She loved to play Bingo - she was very superstitious and had to have the number 13 on all her cards. (In those days you picked out your cards before the games began).
She had a green thumb for African Violets - and she loved working and canning the produce from their vegetable garden.
She enjoyed TRAVELING, quilting and crocheting. She mostly enjoyed her family - especially when the grandchildren came to visit. Being a military family two of her daughters had married military and lived a long distance from home.
In 1987 She traveled to Saudi Arabia to visit with Lois, and they took a trip back to Germany to visit old friends.
After winning $100 at Bingo 13 November 1987 she suffered an asthma attack - She died 16 November 1987 at Scott AFB, IL hospital and was buried in Valhalla Gardens of Memory cemetery in Belleville, IL
She met and married Vernon Garland in Belleville, IL - they married on 2 Sep 1944.
They have three daughters in birth order are Lois Jean, Judith Lee, and Linda Louise.
She worked as a Switch Board Operator at Holiday Inn in Madison, Wisconsin and Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville, IL.
She was a member and Past President of the American Legion Women's Auxiliary in Belleville, IL. A member of Zion Lutheran Church. Allene and Vernon bowled together and on separate leagues - often winning the high score trophies. They also played cards Bridge or Pinochle - sometimes with friends and sometimes in a league. She enjoyed entertaining/serving friends in their home.
She loved to play Bingo - she was very superstitious and had to have the number 13 on all her cards. (In those days you picked out your cards before the games began).
She had a green thumb for African Violets - and she loved working and canning the produce from their vegetable garden.
She enjoyed TRAVELING, quilting and crocheting. She mostly enjoyed her family - especially when the grandchildren came to visit. Being a military family two of her daughters had married military and lived a long distance from home.
In 1987 She traveled to Saudi Arabia to visit with Lois, and they took a trip back to Germany to visit old friends.
After winning $100 at Bingo 13 November 1987 she suffered an asthma attack - She died 16 November 1987 at Scott AFB, IL hospital and was buried in Valhalla Gardens of Memory cemetery in Belleville, IL
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