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Melvin Allison

Birth	:	10 Jan 1885 Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	31 May 1973 Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.2987130, -91.7774110
Description	:	Decorah Public Opinion Tues, June 5, 1973 Decorah, Iowa Retired Decorah businessman Melvin Allison, 88, of 408 Upper Broadway, died May 31 at the Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held Monday, June 4, at First Lutheran Church with burial in the Lutheran Cemetery. Pastor Paul H Christenson conducted final rites. Pallbearers were Eugene Soland, Ernest Soland, Francis Arness, Leonard Ask, Olaf Sivesind and Milford Sivesind. Mrs William Kuhlman was organist and accompanied the congregation as they sang hymns. Funeral arrangements were made by Steine Funeral Home. Mr Allison was the inventor of an athletic... Read More	Decorah Public Opinion Tues, June 5, 1973 Decorah, Iowa Retired Decorah businessman Melvin Allison, 88, of 408 Upper Broadway, died May 31 at the Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held Monday, June 4, at First Lutheran Church with burial in the Lutheran Cemetery. Pastor Paul H Christenson conducted final rites. Pallbearers were Eugene Soland, Ernest Soland, Francis Arness, Leonard Ask, Olaf Sivesind and Milford Sivesind. Mrs William Kuhlman was organist and accompanied the congregation as they sang hymns. Funeral arrangements were made by Steine Funeral Home. Mr Allison was the inventor of an athletic field liming machine which he manufactured in a shop at the rear of his home on Broadway and distributed to high schools and colleges throughout the midwest during his active business years. A lifelong resident of Winneshiek county and Decorah since 1914, Mr Allison was born January 10, 1885 in Glenwood Township, the son of Peter and Karen Allison. He received his education in the rural schoools and Valdors Business College at Decorah. He was married May 19, 1909 in Glenwood Township to the former Alma G Arness. His wife died September 4, 1962. Mr Allison is survived by one daughter, Mrs George C (Arline) Strum, Decorah and two granddaughters, Mrs Francis (Miriam)Odden, St Louis Park, Minn, and Mrs Robert (Karen)Bear, Wauchula, Fla. Besides his wife he was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and one sister.

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Melvin Allison's memorial is located at: Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, Winneshiek County, USA.
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Melvin Allison death on 31 May 1973 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 43.2987130
Longitude: -91.7774110

Family Members:

Parent

Karen Andrina Rensvold Allison

(1852 - 1936)

Spouse

Alma Gjorgine Arness Allison

(1885 - 1962)

Siblings

Charles Allison

(1857 - 1937)

Children

Arline Genevieve Allison Strum

(1915 - 2000)

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Coordinate: 43.2987130, -91.7774110

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Coordinate: 43.2221968, -91.7509863

14. Springfield Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2221985, -91.8171997

15. McIntosh Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2696991, -91.8833008

16. Springwater Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.3792000, -91.7431030

17. Madison Lutheran Church East Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.3133000, -91.8986000

18. Hauge Lutheran Cemetery
Decorah, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3922000, -91.7740000

19. Canoe Ridge Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.3537000, -91.6577000

20. Glenwood Lutheran Cemetery
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21. Garfield Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2266900, -91.8846700

22. Pontoppidan Cemetery
Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2747002, -91.6339035

23. Madison Cemetery
Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3135986, -91.9233017

24. Scandinavian Methodist-Episcopal Cemetery
Washington Prairie, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2695000, -91.6347000