Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Allen, Mattie Lou (Wheeler) December 29, 1971 ************************************************ 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: Pat Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net March 26, 2020, 9:39 am Ionia Sentinel Standard - Thurs. Dec. 30, 1971 MATTIE LOU ALLEN Mrs. Mattie Lou Allen, 72, of 29 North King died Wednesday evening at Ionia County Memorial hospital. Born in North Carolina August 8, 1899, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Columbus Wheeler. She was married September 31, 1926, in North Carolina to Jennings J. Allen. They moved to Lansing in 1929 where they resided 32 years before moving to Ionia. Her husband worked in the offices of 11 governors in Lansing. She was a member of First Baptist church of Lansing. Surviving are her husband, Jennings of Ionia: son, Bryan Allen of Lansing: two daughters, Mrs. Velma Fitzgerald of Ionia and Mrs. Lenora Crandall of Indianapolis, Ind.; seven grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren; four brothers, Powell Wheeler of San Francisco, Calif., Raymond of Bakersfield, Calif., Warren of Portland, Ore., Dean of Tucson, Ariz.; sister, Mrs. Doris Minor of San Francisco, Calif. Funeral services will be Monday at 3 p.m. at Myers-Roetman funeral home. Rev. Gilbert Kohler will officiate and interment will be at Balcom cemetery. Family will be at the funeral home Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Additional Comments: Balcom Cem. Lot # 3 Add-SI-61 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/a/allen34897nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb