Obit: Allen, Edwin G.
(1887 - 1975)
Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail:
dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Allen, Carlson, Lahey, Forsburg, Aranson, Persson
----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 7/31/1975
Allen, Edwin G. (10 October 1887 – 16 July 1975)
Graveside services for Edwin G. Allen, 87, of Corvallis, Or., and formerly
of Neillsville, were held July 17 in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Corvallis. Mr.
Allen died July 16 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. James Lahey.
The son of Gustav and Marie Allen, he was born October 10, 1887, at
Vesterjotland, Sweden, and came to the United States at the age of 21,
settling in Chicago. His marriage to the former Anna Carlson took place in
May of 1914 in Chicago.
The couple moved to the Neillsville area where Mr. Allen farmed from 1914
until 1946. In 1947 they bought the building on Hewett St. where Mrs. Allen
operated the Tog Shop for a number of years. Mr. Allen was employed part of
the time at the B&F Machine Shop. They sold the building to Bob Lulloff in
1968 and moved to Urbana, Il., to live near their daughter and son-in-law,
the Laheys. In 1971 they moved with the Laheys to Corvallis. Mrs. Allen
preceded her husband in death in December 1971.
Besides Mrs. Lahey, the former Welcome Allen, Mr. Allen is survived by three
brothers, Carl of Neillsville and David, and Gunnor of Finnerodja, Sweden;
three sisters, Anna Forsburg of Williams Bay and Ester Aranson and Edla
Persson of Orebro, Sweden; and by three grandchildren.
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