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Josephine Hazel “Jo” <I>Armstrong</I> Allen

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Josephine Hazel “Jo” Armstrong Allen

Birth
Byron, Contra Costa County, California, USA
Death
21 Nov 2020 (aged 95)
Antioch, Contra Costa County, California, USA
Burial
Brentwood, Contra Costa County, California, USA Add to Map
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Jo passed peacefully with her loving daughter by her side. Jo was of Irish dissent and a native a Byron. Jo was the daughter of John and Casey Armstrong. She was raised on a dryland ranch near Byron Hot Springs the famous barn with the American flag beside Vasco Road still stands as a landmark to the family homestead.
The baby of the family Jo had four older brothers that adored her.
Joe attended the one room school at Byron Hot Springs through the eighth grade riding her horse snowball to and from school she graduated from liberty Union high school in 1943 Jo met her husband Vernon Allen when he was station at the Byron Hot Springs camp Tracy which held captive higher ranking German and Japanese soldiers during the war. Jo and Vern were married March 11, 1944 they started their family in 1945 and built a home on third Street in Brentwood 1953 Vern was a plumber and volunteer fire fighter.

Husband
Vernon E.

Children
Sharon
James - Jimmy
Jo passed peacefully with her loving daughter by her side. Jo was of Irish dissent and a native a Byron. Jo was the daughter of John and Casey Armstrong. She was raised on a dryland ranch near Byron Hot Springs the famous barn with the American flag beside Vasco Road still stands as a landmark to the family homestead.
The baby of the family Jo had four older brothers that adored her.
Joe attended the one room school at Byron Hot Springs through the eighth grade riding her horse snowball to and from school she graduated from liberty Union high school in 1943 Jo met her husband Vernon Allen when he was station at the Byron Hot Springs camp Tracy which held captive higher ranking German and Japanese soldiers during the war. Jo and Vern were married March 11, 1944 they started their family in 1945 and built a home on third Street in Brentwood 1953 Vern was a plumber and volunteer fire fighter.

Husband
Vernon E.

Children
Sharon
James - Jimmy


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  • Created by: Bob Joe
  • Added: Feb 17, 2021
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223082219/josephine_hazel-allen: accessed ), memorial page for Josephine Hazel “Jo” Armstrong Allen (12 Nov 1925–21 Nov 2020), Find a Grave Memorial ID 223082219, citing Union Cemetery, Brentwood, Contra Costa County, California, USA; Maintained by Bob Joe (contributor 46496779).