Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 1 p.m. in the Vineyard ward chapel for Mrs. Lydia J. Taylor Allen, 78, widow of John K. Allen and prominent Utah county resident, who died Monday of causes incident to age. Interment will be in the Provo City Burial park.
Death occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles A. Jensen, Provo.
A faithful L D S church member, Mrs. Allen served as a counselor of the Vineyard Primary Association and as a Relief Society teacher. For many years she was a member of the ward choir.
A lifelong resident of Utah county, she was born in Provo, Sept. 13, 1867, a daughter of William Joseph and Mary Bowring Taylor. She attended the old Brigham Young academy under Dr. Karl G. Maeser.
On Jan. 5, 1887, she was married to Mr. Allen in the Logan LDS Temple, and they made their home in Vineyard until Mr. Allen's death Feb. 6, 1941. She has since lived in Pleasant Grove, and was visiting at the home of her daughter in Provo when taken ill.
Surviving are six sons and four daughters: Kirby Allen and Taylor Allen of Vineyard; Leo Allen and Mrs. Charles A. (Priscilla) Jensen of Provo; Elwood Allen, Tom Allen, Mrs. Edna Robinson and Mrs. Samuel (Lydia) Hilton of Pleasant Grove; Mrs. W.D. (Mary) Brinkerhoff of Bicknell; and Roy Allen of San Jose, California; 46 grand children and 22 great-grand children; a brother and a sister, Emer H. Taylor of Yost, and Mrs. Rebecca Tracey of Burley, Idaho. Sixteen grandsons are in the service and one was killed in action.
Friends may call at the home of Taylor Allen in Vineyard, Friday prior to the services.
Pleasant Grove Review | Pleasant Grove, Utah | Friday, November 9, 1945
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Preceded in death by two sons, John Taylor Allen and Wilford Allen.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 1 p.m. in the Vineyard ward chapel for Mrs. Lydia J. Taylor Allen, 78, widow of John K. Allen and prominent Utah county resident, who died Monday of causes incident to age. Interment will be in the Provo City Burial park.
Death occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles A. Jensen, Provo.
A faithful L D S church member, Mrs. Allen served as a counselor of the Vineyard Primary Association and as a Relief Society teacher. For many years she was a member of the ward choir.
A lifelong resident of Utah county, she was born in Provo, Sept. 13, 1867, a daughter of William Joseph and Mary Bowring Taylor. She attended the old Brigham Young academy under Dr. Karl G. Maeser.
On Jan. 5, 1887, she was married to Mr. Allen in the Logan LDS Temple, and they made their home in Vineyard until Mr. Allen's death Feb. 6, 1941. She has since lived in Pleasant Grove, and was visiting at the home of her daughter in Provo when taken ill.
Surviving are six sons and four daughters: Kirby Allen and Taylor Allen of Vineyard; Leo Allen and Mrs. Charles A. (Priscilla) Jensen of Provo; Elwood Allen, Tom Allen, Mrs. Edna Robinson and Mrs. Samuel (Lydia) Hilton of Pleasant Grove; Mrs. W.D. (Mary) Brinkerhoff of Bicknell; and Roy Allen of San Jose, California; 46 grand children and 22 great-grand children; a brother and a sister, Emer H. Taylor of Yost, and Mrs. Rebecca Tracey of Burley, Idaho. Sixteen grandsons are in the service and one was killed in action.
Friends may call at the home of Taylor Allen in Vineyard, Friday prior to the services.
Pleasant Grove Review | Pleasant Grove, Utah | Friday, November 9, 1945
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Preceded in death by two sons, John Taylor Allen and Wilford Allen.
Family Members
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John Taylor Allen
1888–1888
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William Kirby Allen
1889–1962
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Thomas Allen
1891–1968
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Mary Allen Brinkerhoff
1893–1958
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Edna Allen Robinson
1895–1969
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Lydia Allen Hilton
1897–1985
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Priscilla Allen Jensen
1899–1978
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Wilford Allen
1901–1931
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Joseph Taylor Allen
1903–1982
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Roy Allen
1905–1994
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Leo Allen
1907–1992
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Elwood Allen
1910–1998
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