Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, resident Dorothy L. Allison, 88, passed away on Dec. 19, 2006, at the Bon Secours Nursing Care Center in St. Clair Shores.
Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, in 1928 Dorothy Watson was the only child of Mary and Edward Watson, who emigrated from Ireland and England shortly before the outbreak of World War I. In the 1920s, the family moved to Detroit where her father worked as a tool and die maker.
Dorothy Allison graduated from Southeastern High School in 1936 and married three years later.
During World War II, she took a streetcar while in labor with her second child to Jennings Hospital in Detroit because her husband was in the U.S. Army stationed in Italy at the time.
"I heard the story many times," her second son, Dick reports, "Those were tough times."
She resided for 52 years on Radnor Circle, and enjoyed gardening and sewing. She was a member of the Grosse Pointe United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Allison is survived by three children, Dr. David C. (Elizabeth) Allison, Richard H. (Susan) Allison and Mark W. (Patricia) Allison; six grandchildren, Tiffany (Christopher), Elizabeth, Matthew, Shawn, Samuel and Thomas; and three great-grandchildren, Marc, Isabel and Liam Harvey.
She was predeceased by her husband of 59 years, William, who died in 1999.
Her ashes were inhumed with those of her husband at the memorial garden of the Grosse Pointe United Methodist Church at a family service held Monday, Dec. 26.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Grosse Pointe United Methodist Church, 211 Moross Rd., Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236 or Sisters of Bon Secours Nursing, 26001 East Jefferson, St. Clair Shores, MI 48081
Source: Grosse Pointe News
Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, in 1928 Dorothy Watson was the only child of Mary and Edward Watson, who emigrated from Ireland and England shortly before the outbreak of World War I. In the 1920s, the family moved to Detroit where her father worked as a tool and die maker.
Dorothy Allison graduated from Southeastern High School in 1936 and married three years later.
During World War II, she took a streetcar while in labor with her second child to Jennings Hospital in Detroit because her husband was in the U.S. Army stationed in Italy at the time.
"I heard the story many times," her second son, Dick reports, "Those were tough times."
She resided for 52 years on Radnor Circle, and enjoyed gardening and sewing. She was a member of the Grosse Pointe United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Allison is survived by three children, Dr. David C. (Elizabeth) Allison, Richard H. (Susan) Allison and Mark W. (Patricia) Allison; six grandchildren, Tiffany (Christopher), Elizabeth, Matthew, Shawn, Samuel and Thomas; and three great-grandchildren, Marc, Isabel and Liam Harvey.
She was predeceased by her husband of 59 years, William, who died in 1999.
Her ashes were inhumed with those of her husband at the memorial garden of the Grosse Pointe United Methodist Church at a family service held Monday, Dec. 26.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Grosse Pointe United Methodist Church, 211 Moross Rd., Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236 or Sisters of Bon Secours Nursing, 26001 East Jefferson, St. Clair Shores, MI 48081
Source: Grosse Pointe News
Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, resident Dorothy L. Allison, 88, passed away on Dec. 19, 2006, at the Bon Secours Nursing Care Center in St. Clair Shores.
Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, in 1928 Dorothy Watson was the only child of Mary and Edward Watson, who emigrated from Ireland and England shortly before the outbreak of World War I. In the 1920s, the family moved to Detroit where her father worked as a tool and die maker.
Dorothy Allison graduated from Southeastern High School in 1936 and married three years later.
During World War II, she took a streetcar while in labor with her second child to Jennings Hospital in Detroit because her husband was in the U.S. Army stationed in Italy at the time.
"I heard the story many times," her second son, Dick reports, "Those were tough times."
She resided for 52 years on Radnor Circle, and enjoyed gardening and sewing. She was a member of the Grosse Pointe United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Allison is survived by three children, Dr. David C. (Elizabeth) Allison, Richard H. (Susan) Allison and Mark W. (Patricia) Allison; six grandchildren, Tiffany (Christopher), Elizabeth, Matthew, Shawn, Samuel and Thomas; and three great-grandchildren, Marc, Isabel and Liam Harvey.
She was predeceased by her husband of 59 years, William, who died in 1999.
Her ashes were inhumed with those of her husband at the memorial garden of the Grosse Pointe United Methodist Church at a family service held Monday, Dec. 26.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Grosse Pointe United Methodist Church, 211 Moross Rd., Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236 or Sisters of Bon Secours Nursing, 26001 East Jefferson, St. Clair Shores, MI 48081
Source: Grosse Pointe News
Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, in 1928 Dorothy Watson was the only child of Mary and Edward Watson, who emigrated from Ireland and England shortly before the outbreak of World War I. In the 1920s, the family moved to Detroit where her father worked as a tool and die maker.
Dorothy Allison graduated from Southeastern High School in 1936 and married three years later.
During World War II, she took a streetcar while in labor with her second child to Jennings Hospital in Detroit because her husband was in the U.S. Army stationed in Italy at the time.
"I heard the story many times," her second son, Dick reports, "Those were tough times."
She resided for 52 years on Radnor Circle, and enjoyed gardening and sewing. She was a member of the Grosse Pointe United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Allison is survived by three children, Dr. David C. (Elizabeth) Allison, Richard H. (Susan) Allison and Mark W. (Patricia) Allison; six grandchildren, Tiffany (Christopher), Elizabeth, Matthew, Shawn, Samuel and Thomas; and three great-grandchildren, Marc, Isabel and Liam Harvey.
She was predeceased by her husband of 59 years, William, who died in 1999.
Her ashes were inhumed with those of her husband at the memorial garden of the Grosse Pointe United Methodist Church at a family service held Monday, Dec. 26.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Grosse Pointe United Methodist Church, 211 Moross Rd., Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236 or Sisters of Bon Secours Nursing, 26001 East Jefferson, St. Clair Shores, MI 48081
Source: Grosse Pointe News
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