Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 286, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1918 — OBITUARY. [ARTICLE]

OBITUARY.

Francine Allen was born in Union county, Ohio, November 29, 1861, and died at her home in Fair Oaks, Ind., Dec. 2, 1918, of heart failure, at the age of 67 years and three days.

While yet a small child her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Keener, emigrated in the year 1866 to Indiana and settled on a piece of raw land now adjoining the village of Virgie, where Francina grew into girlhood. The country, it must be remembered, was and almost uninhabitable region and while her parents did all in .their power to give their two children the advantages of an education, the conditions surrounding them were such that the very best they could do would be considered in these days as very meager. Only those who have passed through the loneliness and disadvantages of child life know how to sympathize with her who has passed into that great and mysterious life which lies (beyond bur mortal vision.

Mrs. Allen was married to J. M. Alien January 4, 1906, and moved to Davenport, lowa, where She resided five years, returning to Fair Oaks Sept. 1, 1909, where she has since resided. Mrs. Alien was the mother of four children, Mrs. Rose Isaacs (deceased), Mrs. John Gilmore, Mrs. Joseph Winslow and Jacob Spitzer, all of Fair Oaks. In addition to the above mentioned children she leaves to mourn their loss ‘her husband, J. M. Allen, and six grandchildren. One grandchild, Jenings Winslow, departed this life but a few weeks ago at Fair Oaks.

Mrs. Allen united with the Methodist church Jan. 4, 1906. She possessed many generous traits of character that endeared her to those who were fortunate enough to enjoy her acquaintance, and will long be remembered by the early settlers in and around Fair Oaks.