COLORADO SPRINGS - Mrs. Nettie Snurr, mother of 12 children, died of a heart attack Monday, 6 May 1957.
Her 12 children will attend funeral services at 2 p.m. Thursday here. Pallbearers will be chosen from the 35 grandchildren.
The children are Taylor Allison, Chicago; Mrs. Jessie Fitzgerald and Mrs. Grace Pringle, Ogden, Utah; Mrs. Lola Bettis, Colorado Springs; Mrs. Pearl Foreman, Golden: Mrr. Olive Sallada, Rifle; Mrs. Gwendolyn Russell, Eagle; Earnest Allison, Leadville; Mrs. Ruth Waddril, Twin Falls, Idaho; Mrs. Dora Cottrell, Colorado Springs; Earl Allison of Chicago, and Mrs. Lillian Porter, Pueblo.
Mrs. Porter was adopted by another family as a child and spent 32 years searching for her mother, locating her in 1952 in Colorado Springs.
Children (with Millard Moses Allison):
1- Thomas Arthur Allison (1897-1918).
2- William Taylor Allison (1898- ).
3- Millard Earnest Allison (1900-1971).
4- Lola Marie Allison Bettis (1901-1966).
5- Jessie Mary Allison Fitzgerald (1903-1993).
6- Grace B. Allison Pringle (1905-1971).
7- Olive Myrtle Allison Salladay (1908-1988).
8- Pearl Blanche Allison Foreman (1910- ).
9- Martha Ruth Allison Waddell Cummings (1912- ).
10- Willa Gwendolyn Allison Russell Hrabal (1914-1983).
11- Lillian Pearl Allison Porter (1916- ).
12- Earl Allison (1917-1968).
Children (with George W. Snurr)
1- Dora May Snurr Young Tyler Cottrell.
References:
• 1948 History of the Allison Family, page 3: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/sm01/s01_420a.jpg .
• 8 May 1957 Greeley Tribune, Greeley, Colorado, page 7 obituary: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/25096755/ .
• 2022 FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M7WN-Y9C .
• 2022 Bird/Allison descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BirdAllisonDescendants.txt .
COLORADO SPRINGS - Mrs. Nettie Snurr, mother of 12 children, died of a heart attack Monday, 6 May 1957.
Her 12 children will attend funeral services at 2 p.m. Thursday here. Pallbearers will be chosen from the 35 grandchildren.
The children are Taylor Allison, Chicago; Mrs. Jessie Fitzgerald and Mrs. Grace Pringle, Ogden, Utah; Mrs. Lola Bettis, Colorado Springs; Mrs. Pearl Foreman, Golden: Mrr. Olive Sallada, Rifle; Mrs. Gwendolyn Russell, Eagle; Earnest Allison, Leadville; Mrs. Ruth Waddril, Twin Falls, Idaho; Mrs. Dora Cottrell, Colorado Springs; Earl Allison of Chicago, and Mrs. Lillian Porter, Pueblo.
Mrs. Porter was adopted by another family as a child and spent 32 years searching for her mother, locating her in 1952 in Colorado Springs.
Children (with Millard Moses Allison):
1- Thomas Arthur Allison (1897-1918).
2- William Taylor Allison (1898- ).
3- Millard Earnest Allison (1900-1971).
4- Lola Marie Allison Bettis (1901-1966).
5- Jessie Mary Allison Fitzgerald (1903-1993).
6- Grace B. Allison Pringle (1905-1971).
7- Olive Myrtle Allison Salladay (1908-1988).
8- Pearl Blanche Allison Foreman (1910- ).
9- Martha Ruth Allison Waddell Cummings (1912- ).
10- Willa Gwendolyn Allison Russell Hrabal (1914-1983).
11- Lillian Pearl Allison Porter (1916- ).
12- Earl Allison (1917-1968).
Children (with George W. Snurr)
1- Dora May Snurr Young Tyler Cottrell.
References:
• 1948 History of the Allison Family, page 3: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/sm01/s01_420a.jpg .
• 8 May 1957 Greeley Tribune, Greeley, Colorado, page 7 obituary: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/25096755/ .
• 2022 FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M7WN-Y9C .
• 2022 Bird/Allison descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BirdAllisonDescendants.txt .
Gravesite Details
Buried: 9 May 1957, Source: City of Colorado Springs cemetery data 20 Mar 2009
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