OBITUARY: Beverly (Billings) Allison, 1922-2004, Mitchell Co., Iowa

[Adapted from Mitchell County Press-News online - Posted August 25, 2004]



                             Beverly Allison

A memorial service for Beverly Allison, 82, of Duluth  was held Thursday,
August 26 at Edgewood Vista Assisted Living, Hermantown, Minn. with
Pastor Gregory Garmer officiating.  Inurnment in the Osage Cemetery,
Osage, Iowa.

Beverly passed away unexpectedly Sunday, August 22, 2004 at St. Mary's
Medical Center in Duluth, Minn.  She was born Beverly June Billings on
June 1, 1922 in Chickesaw County, Iowa and graduated from Osage High
School in 1940.  On May 31, 1942 she married Gordon Allison.  After
Gordon returned from service in WWII, they lived in Waterloo, Osage
and, finally Mason City, Iowa, where Gordon worked for State Farm
Insurance and Beverly was his secretary.  She was also a Brownie and
Girl Scout leader, was active in PTA, the YWCA, and was a leader in
women's organizations at church.

In 1970 they retired to Mesa, Arizona, and Beverly was a teacher's aide
with the Mesa school system for several years.  She also was a leader
of water aerobics, chair aerobics, did many crafts; and she and Gordon
enjoyed traveling, singing in church choir, playing bridge and ballroom
dancing.  Following Gordon's death in 2001 she moved to Duluth, Minnesota.

She was a resident of Edgewood Vista Assisted Living and a member of
French River Lutheran Church.  

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Gordon.  

She is survived by her daughters, Debrah (Robert) Adams of Duluth,
Minnesota, Dauri (Robert) Furgerson of Mesa, Arizona; grandchildren,
Jason (Tina) Gislason of Okla., Kristin (Derrick) Burbul of Boone,
Iowa, Jennifer (Chris) Buckley of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin;
great-grandchildren, Joshua, Savanna, Katie, Saige, Olivia, and
Solana; sisters, Evelyn (Lawrence) Dieterich of St. Ansgar, Iowa and
Betty (Birney) Gast of Osage, Iowa; and many other relatives and friends.

Dougherty Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.



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