Dec 2, 1953
Mrs. Florence Duckworth Allyn, 89, widow
of Otis Allyn and a member of a pioneer
Mrs. Allyn, the husband, died in Mt.
Vernon, a number of years ago. Mrs. Allyn had
resided with her daughter in California for about the last 12 years.
She was a native of Posey county, a
daughter of Felix Duckworth and Elizabeth Ridenour Duckworth, representatives
of prominent, early local families.
The body will be brought to Posey county.
Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant cemetery at Bufkin.
Accompanied by Mrs. Tennison, the body will
leave Fontana, Thursday. Definite local funeral and burial arrangements
are yet to be made.
Nearest surviving relatives in addition to the daughter, Mrs. Tennison, are a daughter, Mrs. Herbert Kreeie,
La Junta, Colo, and a son, Malcolm, Flint, Mich.
A son, Vernon was fatally injured in france in an auto accident during World War II.
He was serving in the Merchant Marine at the time.
Mrs. Marshall H. Alldredge, Mrs. Charles
Slygh, Mrs. Henry B. Knight, Louis Thompson and
Kenneth, Raymond and Ralph Blackburn, of
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Originally submitted by Betty Sellers