Obit: Allen, Anna L. (1891 - 1971)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Allen, Johnson, Carlson, Swanson, Lahey, Slighter

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 1/06/1972

Allen, Anna L. (13 July 1891 - 15 December 1971)

Word has been received here of the death in Corvallis, Or, December 15 of Anna L. Allen, 80, former Neillsville business woman and a resident of the Neillsville area most of her life. Mrs. Allen was proprietor of Anne’s To Shop, which was located in the present Sears building, shortly after World War II. Until that time, she and her husband, Ed Allen, farmed two miles west of Neillsville on Highway 10 for 32 years.

Private family services were held in Corvallis December 18 from the first Congregational Church, with the Rev. Alfred Slighter in charge. Burial was made in the IOOF Cemetery, where her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Swanson, Oregon pioneers, are buried.

The daughter of Alfred and Elin (Johnson) Carlson, Mrs. Allen was born in Chicago, Il, on July 13, 1891. As a small girl she moved to Neillsville, where she made her home with Mr. and Mrs. John Carlson and received her early education. She later returned to Chicago and attended Business College prior to her marriage on May 26, 1914, to Edwin G. Allen. The couple moved to Neillsville in 1914 and made their home here until 1969, when they moved to Urbana, Il.

In September of 1969 they moved to Corvallis to live with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. James F. (Welcome) Lahey, who reside at 124 NW 14th Street, Corvallis.

Mrs. Allen is survived by her husband and three grandchildren, in addition to her daughter.