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Show Isaac Morely Allen, 94, Dies At His Home Here Sunday, Mar. 5th Isaac Morely Allen, 94, died at his home in St. George at 5 p. m., Sunday, Mar. 5th, of ailments incident in-cident to age. He had been bedfast bed-fast for several months, and in poor health for the past five years. Born in Salt Lake City Mar. 28, 1849, he was a son of Joseph Stuart and Lucy Dianthe Morley Allen. He has been an active frontiersman all of his life, helping help-ing to settle many new sections of Utah and Idaho, his last location loca-tion being Vernal, where he lived until five years ago when he moved to St. George. 1 At the age of 16 he was enlisted en-listed as a soldier in the Black Hawk war and was cited for bravery. brav-ery. Since that time he has had many contacts with the Indians, both in war and peace. Married In Manti, 1873 On Mar. 28, 1873, he married Harriet Amelia Squires at Manti, Utah. She bore him four children child-ren and did Dec. 4, 1881. In 1885 he was married in the St. George Temple to Caroline Matilda Ma-tilda Norwood, who became the mother of ten children, dying Dec. 8, 1921. And on Nov. 12, 1928, he married Isadora Lossee, in the Manti Temple. Surviving besides his widow, are ten of his 14 children, including in-cluding Mrs. Elnora Vernon and Mrs. Ada Vernon, both of Vernal; Orson Allen, now on an L. D. S. mission in Mohave, Calif.; Isaac Lloyd Allen, of San Francisco; Charles Allen, address unknown; Leon Allen, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Sarah Mae Chaff in, Los Angeles; Mrs. Ardella Hackford, and Mrs. Hazel Adeline Ross, both of La-point, La-point, Utah; and Harold Edwin Allen, of Goodsprings, Nev. There is also one brother, Frank Allen, of Leeds; 83 living grandchildren, more than 100 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Funeral Services Bishop Wilford Schmutz, of the East ward conducted the funeral (Continued on page five) Isaac M. Allen Funeral (Continued from first page) services held in the stake Tabernacle Taber-nacle Wednesday, Mar. 8th, for Mr. Allen, with Mrs. Bud Seegmiller Seeg-miller presiding at the organ, and accompanying the music numbers which included, vocal duet, "In the Garden", by Mr. and , Mrs. Pratt Miles; vocal solo, "That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine", by Murray Webb; and two quartets, "Sometime, We'll Understand" and "Beautiful Home", by the East ward mixed quartets, with Israel Wade, Mr. and Mrs. George P. Lytle and Mrs. Clair S. Terry. First speaker was Jesse Workman, Work-man, who told intimately of the deceased and read a historical sketch of his life, telling of his many activities in pioneering, of his dealings with the Indians, his agricultural and religious services. Henry Baker, a close neighbor for the past five years, gave a Scriptural sermon on the eternity of life and told of the good and faithful life of the deceased. Neighbor Speaks Joel Roundy, also a neighbor, told of the kindness and patience of Mrs. Allen in caring for her husband during his long illness and spoke of the justice and mercy of the plan of life and sal-vaation, sal-vaation, and the values to be gained through righteous living. Concluding remarks were made by Bishop Schmutz, who thanked all who have contributed in any way during the sickness and death of Mr. Allen. Prayers were by F. Johnson and Asa Judd, the grave in the St. George city cemetery being dedicated by Myron H. Holgate. Many relatives and friends from out of town were in attendance at the services. |
