Mrs. Viola Allen

HOLMES, ALLEN, BROGMUS, RYAN, KNIGHT, CROCKER, PERRY

Posted By: Sue Rezek (email)
Date: 9/13/2008 at 18:07:26

The remains of Mrs. Viola Allen, mother of Mrs. R. C. Brogmus of Fonda, who passed away at the home of her daughter here last week Wednesday, were taken to Manchester, Iowa, on Friday morning for burial.

Funeral services took place from the home of the deceased's sister, Mrs. D. W. Ryan, and the body laid to rest In Oakland cemetery, where other deceased members of her family are buried. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Brogmus and family, accompanied the remains to Manchester and attended the services.

Mrs. Allen's death was caused by a cerebral hoemorhage [sic]. Viola Adel, eldest daughter of Theodore and Melinda Holmes, pioneer residents of Deleware [sic] county, Iowa, was born August 25, 1863. She received her early education in the old Red School House, six miles north of Manchester. Later, she attended the academy in Manchester.

Following her school days she taught school for two years, when she was married to Willis R. Knight, Dec. 18, 1884. To this marriage was born Maud E., wife of R. C. Brogmus, of Fonda, Iowa; Melvin, of Omaha [NE] and Merl of Webster City, Iowa. March 16, 1896, Mr. Knight was taken in death.

On Dec. 23, 1899 she was united in marriage to Henry S. Allen. They continued their residence in Delaware county until 1906, when they moved to Alta, Iowa, where they lived until Mr. Allen's death, in 1923. The following year, due to ill health, she made her home with her daughter, which she continued to do until the time of her death.

Besides her children, she is survived by one sister, Mrs. H. M. Crocker, Lake Crystal, Minn., one foster sister, Mrs. Belle Perry, of Albuquerque, N. M., and eight grandchildren.

Mrs. Allen was a member of the Rebecca and Star Lodges, and a faithful attendant of the Methodist church, but in early girlhood was taken into the Christian church, of Greely, Iowa, of which church she was still a member.