Lucy Ann Rote, daughter of George and Catherine Rote, was born in Mason county, Ill., October 16, 1850, and died at her home in Soldier, Kans., April 15, 1921, at the age of 70 years, 6 months and 1 day. She was one of a family of six children, one sister and one brother dying in infancy, and George W. Rote of Perry, Iowa, proceeding her in death ten years. She was married to Percy Allard, March 15, 1870, to which union three children were born C. B., of Soldier; Winifred, of Faith, S. Dak.; Mrs. Kitty Ellis, of Havensville. She leaves to mourn besides her husband and children, nine grandchildren, Lenore, Roscoe, Russel, Ruth, Glenn and Jean Ellis, and Francis, Wayne and Max Allard - Francis was living with her at the time of her death - two sisters, Mrs. E. C. Kittle, of Perry, Iowa, and Mrs. E. D. Knowlton, of Redondo Brach, Calif. … At the age of 16 she converted to the Christian faith under the preaching of G. W. Errett, brother of editor Isaac Errett, editor of the Christian Standard, Cincinnati, Ohio. Her early life including the first four years after marriage was spent near Kewanee, Ill.; moving in 1875 to Iowa, and again in 1879 to Kansas, spending her remaining years near and in Soldier. To her neighbors and many friends she was “Aunt Lou” and “Grandma Allard” … the body was laid away in the Soldier cemetery.
The Soldier Clipper, April 20, 1921.
Lucy Ann Rote, daughter of George and Catherine Rote, was born in Mason county, Ill., October 16, 1850, and died at her home in Soldier, Kans., April 15, 1921, at the age of 70 years, 6 months and 1 day. She was one of a family of six children, one sister and one brother dying in infancy, and George W. Rote of Perry, Iowa, proceeding her in death ten years. She was married to Percy Allard, March 15, 1870, to which union three children were born C. B., of Soldier; Winifred, of Faith, S. Dak.; Mrs. Kitty Ellis, of Havensville. She leaves to mourn besides her husband and children, nine grandchildren, Lenore, Roscoe, Russel, Ruth, Glenn and Jean Ellis, and Francis, Wayne and Max Allard - Francis was living with her at the time of her death - two sisters, Mrs. E. C. Kittle, of Perry, Iowa, and Mrs. E. D. Knowlton, of Redondo Brach, Calif. … At the age of 16 she converted to the Christian faith under the preaching of G. W. Errett, brother of editor Isaac Errett, editor of the Christian Standard, Cincinnati, Ohio. Her early life including the first four years after marriage was spent near Kewanee, Ill.; moving in 1875 to Iowa, and again in 1879 to Kansas, spending her remaining years near and in Soldier. To her neighbors and many friends she was “Aunt Lou” and “Grandma Allard” … the body was laid away in the Soldier cemetery.
The Soldier Clipper, April 20, 1921.
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