Obituary
Peterborough, N.H. - Elizabeth Hummer Allen, 99, of Peterborough NH died August 4, 2009 at Harborside Healthcare Pheasantwood.
Born in 1910 in Greenfield, Iowa, she was the daughter of Dr. Warren Lee and Jessie McClaran Hummer. After she was orphaned at age 14, she supported herself and her brother by playing the piano for YMCA dance classes and accompanying silent movies. She graduated from Boise High School, Boise, Idaho, where she was women's tennis champion, Queen of the May, and the first female student body president. She attended the University of Idaho where she met her husband of over 60 years, Rev. James K. Allen of Dorchester, Massachusetts, who predeceased her
.
She was the mother of 7 Children, 24 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren; she was a past Massachusetts Mother of the Year.
She was a volunteer music teacher at the Mather School, Dorchester, MA, and inspired her children's interest in music as well as countless members of the community where she lived. For her 41 years of dedicated service to her community, she was named Dorchester Citizen of the Year in 1995. She retired at age 90 as organist and music director of the First Parish Church in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Music remained her joy until the very end of her life.∼Daughter of Dr. Warren Lee Hummer and Jessie Gertrude McClaran.
Granddaughter of:
Isaac Moody Hummer and Mary Ellen Harper
Arthemas McClaran and Wealthy Eliza Reynolds
Great Granddaughter of:
John W. Hummer and Mary
Daniel Wesley Harper and Hannah Knowlton
Samuel McClaran and Mary Cline Sutton
Gillum Reynolds and Winnie Nancy Beaman
Wife of James Kenneth Allen. They got married on Aug. 22, 1929 in Boise, Idaho.
Elizabeth and James had 7 children.
Peterborough, N.H. - Elizabeth Hummer Allen, 99, of Peterborough NH died August 4, 2009 at Harborside Healthcare Pheasantwood.
Born in 1910 in Greenfield, Iowa, she was the daughter of Dr. Warren Lee and Jessie McClaran Hummer. After she was orphaned at age 14, she supported herself and her brother by playing the piano for YMCA dance classes and accompanying silent movies. She graduated from Boise High School, Boise, Idaho, where she was women's tennis champion, Queen of the May, and the first female student body president. She attended the University of Idaho where she met her husband of over 60 years, Rev. James K. Allen of Dorchester, Massachusetts, who predeceased her
.
She was the mother of 7 Children, 24 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren; she was a past Massachusetts Mother of the Year.
She was a volunteer music teacher at the Mather School, Dorchester, MA, and inspired her children's interest in music as well as countless members of the community where she lived. For her 41 years of dedicated service to her community, she was named Dorchester Citizen of the Year in 1995. She retired at age 90 as organist and music director of the First Parish Church in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Music remained her joy until the very end of her life.∼Daughter of Dr. Warren Lee Hummer and Jessie Gertrude McClaran.
Granddaughter of:
Isaac Moody Hummer and Mary Ellen Harper
Arthemas McClaran and Wealthy Eliza Reynolds
Great Granddaughter of:
John W. Hummer and Mary
Daniel Wesley Harper and Hannah Knowlton
Samuel McClaran and Mary Cline Sutton
Gillum Reynolds and Winnie Nancy Beaman
Wife of James Kenneth Allen. They got married on Aug. 22, 1929 in Boise, Idaho.
Elizabeth and James had 7 children.
Obituary
Peterborough, N.H. - Elizabeth Hummer Allen, 99, of Peterborough NH died August 4, 2009 at Harborside Healthcare Pheasantwood.
Born in 1910 in Greenfield, Iowa, she was the daughter of Dr. Warren Lee and Jessie McClaran Hummer. After she was orphaned at age 14, she supported herself and her brother by playing the piano for YMCA dance classes and accompanying silent movies. She graduated from Boise High School, Boise, Idaho, where she was women's tennis champion, Queen of the May, and the first female student body president. She attended the University of Idaho where she met her husband of over 60 years, Rev. James K. Allen of Dorchester, Massachusetts, who predeceased her
.
She was the mother of 7 Children, 24 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren; she was a past Massachusetts Mother of the Year.
She was a volunteer music teacher at the Mather School, Dorchester, MA, and inspired her children's interest in music as well as countless members of the community where she lived. For her 41 years of dedicated service to her community, she was named Dorchester Citizen of the Year in 1995. She retired at age 90 as organist and music director of the First Parish Church in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Music remained her joy until the very end of her life.∼Daughter of Dr. Warren Lee Hummer and Jessie Gertrude McClaran.
Granddaughter of:
Isaac Moody Hummer and Mary Ellen Harper
Arthemas McClaran and Wealthy Eliza Reynolds
Great Granddaughter of:
John W. Hummer and Mary
Daniel Wesley Harper and Hannah Knowlton
Samuel McClaran and Mary Cline Sutton
Gillum Reynolds and Winnie Nancy Beaman
Wife of James Kenneth Allen. They got married on Aug. 22, 1929 in Boise, Idaho.
Elizabeth and James had 7 children.
Peterborough, N.H. - Elizabeth Hummer Allen, 99, of Peterborough NH died August 4, 2009 at Harborside Healthcare Pheasantwood.
Born in 1910 in Greenfield, Iowa, she was the daughter of Dr. Warren Lee and Jessie McClaran Hummer. After she was orphaned at age 14, she supported herself and her brother by playing the piano for YMCA dance classes and accompanying silent movies. She graduated from Boise High School, Boise, Idaho, where she was women's tennis champion, Queen of the May, and the first female student body president. She attended the University of Idaho where she met her husband of over 60 years, Rev. James K. Allen of Dorchester, Massachusetts, who predeceased her
.
She was the mother of 7 Children, 24 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren; she was a past Massachusetts Mother of the Year.
She was a volunteer music teacher at the Mather School, Dorchester, MA, and inspired her children's interest in music as well as countless members of the community where she lived. For her 41 years of dedicated service to her community, she was named Dorchester Citizen of the Year in 1995. She retired at age 90 as organist and music director of the First Parish Church in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Music remained her joy until the very end of her life.∼Daughter of Dr. Warren Lee Hummer and Jessie Gertrude McClaran.
Granddaughter of:
Isaac Moody Hummer and Mary Ellen Harper
Arthemas McClaran and Wealthy Eliza Reynolds
Great Granddaughter of:
John W. Hummer and Mary
Daniel Wesley Harper and Hannah Knowlton
Samuel McClaran and Mary Cline Sutton
Gillum Reynolds and Winnie Nancy Beaman
Wife of James Kenneth Allen. They got married on Aug. 22, 1929 in Boise, Idaho.
Elizabeth and James had 7 children.
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