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Birth	:	9 Oct 1875 Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	15 Feb 1966 Detroit Lakes, Becker County, Minnesota, USA
Burial	:	Summit Hill Cemetery, Pocahontas, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.7315000, -94.6595000
Description	:	Ref: Funeral Services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Congregational Church in Detroit Lakes, MN for Mrs. Grace Gilchrist Allen, 90, a resident of the Detroit Lakes community for more than 25 years who died Friday following a long illness. Burial will be later at Pocahontas. Mrs. Allen, a sister of the late Fred C. Gilchrist of Laurens, was born in Mason City and resided in Iowa until 1940. Her husband, Joseph H. Allen, who died in 1948, was a one-time mayor of Des Moines. Her son, Byron G. "Barney" Allen is a former... Read More	Ref: Funeral Services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Congregational Church in Detroit Lakes, MN for Mrs. Grace Gilchrist Allen, 90, a resident of the Detroit Lakes community for more than 25 years who died Friday following a long illness. Burial will be later at Pocahontas. Mrs. Allen, a sister of the late Fred C. Gilchrist of Laurens, was born in Mason City and resided in Iowa until 1940. Her husband, Joseph H. Allen, who died in 1948, was a one-time mayor of Des Moines. Her son, Byron G. "Barney" Allen is a former Pocahontas newspaper publisher, a former Iowa and Minnesota state official, and is now an assistant to Orville L. Freeman, U. S. Secretary of Agriculture. Mrs. Allen, the daughter of Dr. James C. and Hannah Cramer Gilchrist, was born Oct. 9, 1875. In 1876 her father was selected to be the first president of Iowa State Normal School, now the State College of Iowa, at Cedar Falls. Later they lived at Algona, where Dr. Gilchrist joined with others to establish the Upper Iowa Normal School; at Sioux City, where he became a member of the faculty of the newly-founded Morningside College; and at Laurens. Mrs. Allen attended Iowa State Normal School at Cedar Falls and Wesley College in Massachusetts, and then taught school at Algona and in Pocahontas County. She was married in Laurens June 29, 1899, to Joseph H. Allen. They lived here until 1901 when they moved to Pocahontas, and in 1918 they moved to Des Moines. Survivors include a daughter, Josephine Allen, of Detroit Lakes; the son, Byron G. Allen of Arlington, VA; two grandchildren and several great grandchildren; and other relatives. Ref: Rites Set for Mrs. Allen, 90 -- Mrs. Grace Allen, 90, widow of Joseph H. Allen, former Des Moines mayor and state senator, died Friday morning at St. Mary's hospital in Detroit Lakes, MN. Mr. and Mrs. Allen lived in Des Moines from 1918 until 1940. Joseph Allen was mayor of Des Moines from 1936 to 1938 and had served previously as state senator for three terms from Pocahontas, Humboldt and Buena Vista counties. Mrs. Allen had lived with her daughter, Josephine, in Detroit Lakes since her husband died in 1948. Surviving besides her daughter are a son, Byron, of Washington, D. C. who was active in Iowa politics and is currently with the U. S. Agriculture Department; two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Detroit Lakes Congregational Church. A burial in Pocahontas, IA, is being arranged.

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Grace Gilchrist Allen's memorial is located at: Summit Hill Cemetery, Pocahontas, Pocahontas County, USA.
When did Grace Gilchrist Allen death?
Grace Gilchrist Allen death on 15 Feb 1966 in Detroit Lakes, Becker County, Minnesota, USA
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Latitude: 42.7315000
Longitude: -94.6595000

Family Members:

Parent

James Cleland Gilchrist

(1831 - 1897)

Hannah Cramer Gilchrist

(1834 - 1925)

Spouse

Joseph Holmes Allen

(1870 - 1948)

Siblings

Cleland Gilchrist

(1860 - 1940)

Maude Gilchrist

(1861 - 1952)

Charles Willard Gilchrist

(1866 - 1955)

Fred Cramer Gilchrist Famous memorial

(1868 - 1950)

Children

Byron Gilchrist “Barney” Allen

(1901 - 1988)

Josephine Allen

(1906 - 1995)

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