Charlevoix County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Allen, Bessie Brown ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn King msmarly@yahoo.com August 12, 2015, 2:30 pm Cemetery: Brookside Cemetery Name: Bessie Brown Allen Date Of Photograph: July 9, 2009 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/charlevoix/photos/tombstones/brookside/allen183330gph.jpg Image file size: 108.2 Kb Bessie Brown Allen 1911-1932 Obituary Courtesy Charlevoix Library Charlevoix Courier YOUNG MOTHER IS TAKEN BY DEATH Funeral Friday for Mrs. Gale Allen, Who Died in Lansing Funeral services were held last Friday afternoon from the Ironton Congregational church for Mrs. Gale Allen, whose untimely death occurred Wednesday, September 28th, at her home in Lansing. Rev. G. R. Parker, pastor of the Charlevoix and Ironton Congregational churches, conducted the service, and burial was at Brookside cemetery. Bessie Bell Brown was bom at Charlevoix on July 21, 1911. She lived at Ironton with her parents from the time she was an infant until 1929, when she went to Lansing. On December 19, 1931, she was united in marriage to Gale Allen. Surviving besides the husband are two infant sons, Donald Gale and Ronald Dale; also her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Brown of Ironton; three sisters, Mrs. Eva Peterson, Ellsworth, Mrs. Margery Solomon, Traverse City, and Agnes at home; three brothers, Forest of Pontiac, Wilbur of Petoskey, and Percy of Ironton. Mrs. Allen was a life-long member of the Ironton Congregational church and an active worker. She was also active in the Ironton grange. While in Lansing she became a worker in the Methodist Protestant church. She was loved and respected by all who knew her. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/charlevoix/photos/tombstones/brookside/allen183330gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb