Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Allen, Mary Prudence Cook 1931 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/idfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Hanson ihansonb@fmtc.com September 11, 2007, 9:44 pm The Payette Independent 8-27-1931 The Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, August 27, 1931 Obituary Mary Prudence Cook was born April 6, 1856 in Montgomery county Iowa and passed away at her home in Fruitland, Idaho Friday afternoon, August 21st at 1:30. She was 75 years, 4 months and 15 days old at the time of her death. She was married to Sullivan D. Allen, November 21, 1875. They moved to Wheeler County, Nebraska in 1887, then to Boone County, Nebraska in 1890. They came to Fruitland in June 1922, where they since made their home. She was preceded in death by their only child, Bert Wallace Allen, who died in Fruitland, July 10, 1922, and by her husband who died Feb. 28, 1931. She is survived by four grandchildren, Mrs. Roy Horn of Fruitland, Walter, Wallace and Gordon Allen, all of Zillah, Washington, seven grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. P. E. Silkett of Fruitland and one brother, Isaac Cook of Norfork, Nebraska. She also leaves a large circle of friends who will greatly miss her. She was always an asset to the community, and had the love and respect of all who knew her. Funeral services were held from the Baptist church Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Herschel Shan of Beaumont and Rev. Glen Garner. A large number of sorrowing friends gathered to pay their last respects to one so dear. The many and beautiful floral offerings were silent tributes of the respect and esteem in which she was held in the community. Interment was made beside Mr. Allen in Riverside Cemetery in Payette. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/idfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb