ALLISON, Monroe 1909-1999

ALLISON

Posted By: K. Kittleson
Date: 2/3/2011 at 16:55:53

Dr. Monroe 'M.P.' Allison

NORTHWOOD, IOWA — Dr. Monroe "M.P." Allison, 89, of Northwood, died Thursday (Feb. 4, 1999) at the North Iowa Mercy Health Center East, Mason City.

According to his wishes, his body was cremated with memorial services at a later date. Inurnment will also be at a later date in the Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, in Des Moines.

The family of Dr. Monroe "M.P." Allison has requested that memorial contributions be made to the Northwood Swimming Pool Fund, Maple Court Apartments in Northwood, or to the First Lutheran Church in Northwood, in his memory.

Conner Colonial Chapel, 99-11th Street S., Northwood, is in charge of arrangements.

Dr. Monroe "M.P." Allison was born on Feb. 9, 1909, in State Center, the son of James and Mae (Sherman) Allison. He attended and received his education in the State Center School System, graduating from State Center High School. He also graduated from Grinnell College and the University of Iowa Medical School in Iowa City. He interned and had a year of residency at Broadlawns General Hospital, in Des Moines.

He was united in marriage to Sue Rockafellow on June 3, 1933, in Cambridge, Ill. In May of 1937, he started practicing medicine in Northwood and continued to practice in Northwood until limiting his practice in the early 1980s, and retired from his practice in 1987, when they moved to Wabasha, Minn. Dr. Allison and his wife, Sue, had been living at the Maple Court Apartments in Northwood since 1997.

He was a member of First Lutheran Church, in Northwood, American Medical Association, State Medical Society, Worth County Medical Society, former City Health Officer in Northwood, Worth County Coroner, and the Northwood County Club.

Left to cherish his memory is his wife of 65 years, Sue Allison, of Northwood; one daughter, Mary Foss and her husband, Larry, of West Des Moines; one son, James Allison, of Lincoln, Neb.; two granddaughters, Nikki Kier, of Denver, Colo., and Elizabeth Foss, of Belmond; several nieces and nephews in the Marshalltown area; as well as other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, James Sherman Allison and Archibald Fredric Allison.

Colonial Chapels (515) 324-1543.

Globe Gazette, Feb. 6, 1999