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Blanche <I>Wood</I> Allen

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Blanche Wood Allen

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Death
22 Aug 1935 (aged 73)
Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio, USA
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Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Mrs. Edgar F. Allen died at
2:40 p. m. today at her home
514 Washington Avenue, following
a heart attack about 11 a. m
today. Mrs. Allen had been ill
since last March.
Mrs. Allen, the wife of Edgar F
Allen, founder and president emeritus
of the International Society
for Crippled Children, has been
active in civic affairs here for
many years.
She was treasurer of the -woman's
auxiliary of the Elyria Memorial
Hospital for a number of
years and a former president of
the auxiliary.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen would have
celebrated their fiftieth wedding
anniversary next year, having
been married on June 23, 1886.
Before her marriage she was Miss
Blanche Wood, of New London.
She is survived by her husband
and by one son, Frank B. Allen,
of Philadelphia. Another son,
Homer, was killed in the Memorial
Day wreck in Elyria in 1907.l
Source: The Chronicle Telegram August 23, 1935
Mrs. Edgar F. Allen died at
2:40 p. m. today at her home
514 Washington Avenue, following
a heart attack about 11 a. m
today. Mrs. Allen had been ill
since last March.
Mrs. Allen, the wife of Edgar F
Allen, founder and president emeritus
of the International Society
for Crippled Children, has been
active in civic affairs here for
many years.
She was treasurer of the -woman's
auxiliary of the Elyria Memorial
Hospital for a number of
years and a former president of
the auxiliary.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen would have
celebrated their fiftieth wedding
anniversary next year, having
been married on June 23, 1886.
Before her marriage she was Miss
Blanche Wood, of New London.
She is survived by her husband
and by one son, Frank B. Allen,
of Philadelphia. Another son,
Homer, was killed in the Memorial
Day wreck in Elyria in 1907.l
Source: The Chronicle Telegram August 23, 1935

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  • Created by: rdhdmomx4
  • Added: May 10, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26724113/blanche-allen: accessed ), memorial page for Blanche Wood Allen (5 Nov 1861–22 Aug 1935), Find a Grave Memorial ID 26724113, citing Ridgelawn Cemetery, Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by rdhdmomx4 (contributor 46990515).