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May Seifert <I>Miller</I> Allen

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May Seifert Miller Allen

Birth
Pierre, Hughes County, South Dakota, USA
Death
7 May 1983 (aged 90)
Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho, USA
Burial
Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.6035388, Longitude: -116.6687383
Plot
Garden of Good Shepherd Lot 102 Space 2
Memorial ID
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Parents
Father: Ira Miller
Mother: Mary Ann Seifert

Spouse: Clarence Allen
Marriage: Jan. 14, 1915 Nampa, Idaho

May S. Allen, 90, of Nampa died Saturday, May 7, at a Nampa hospital. She was born in Pierre, S.D., Aug. 10, 1892. The family moved on her birthday in 1900 to Oregon and then to Nampa in 1901. Her father, Ira Miller, built a large house on Sixth Street North and she lived there with her parents, seven sisters and one brother. Her father helped to build the Dewey Palace Hotel. Later he traded the house for a farm in the Franklin District, north of Nampa, and that is where she met Clarence Allen. They were married in 1915 and lived in a house that Clarence built in the Franklin District near the Boise River. They farmed there until 1928 when they moved to their farm on 12th Avenue Road south of Nampa. The couple celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in January of 1980. Mr. Allen died in September of 1981. She was a member of the Southside Boulevard United Methodist Church and the Scism Community Club.

She is survived by a daughter, Marjorie Schwartz of Longview, Wash.; a son, Lester, of Nampa; two sisters, Ruth Waterman of Caldwell and Winifred Jenkins of Parma; five grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one brother and five sisters.
Parents
Father: Ira Miller
Mother: Mary Ann Seifert

Spouse: Clarence Allen
Marriage: Jan. 14, 1915 Nampa, Idaho

May S. Allen, 90, of Nampa died Saturday, May 7, at a Nampa hospital. She was born in Pierre, S.D., Aug. 10, 1892. The family moved on her birthday in 1900 to Oregon and then to Nampa in 1901. Her father, Ira Miller, built a large house on Sixth Street North and she lived there with her parents, seven sisters and one brother. Her father helped to build the Dewey Palace Hotel. Later he traded the house for a farm in the Franklin District, north of Nampa, and that is where she met Clarence Allen. They were married in 1915 and lived in a house that Clarence built in the Franklin District near the Boise River. They farmed there until 1928 when they moved to their farm on 12th Avenue Road south of Nampa. The couple celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in January of 1980. Mr. Allen died in September of 1981. She was a member of the Southside Boulevard United Methodist Church and the Scism Community Club.

She is survived by a daughter, Marjorie Schwartz of Longview, Wash.; a son, Lester, of Nampa; two sisters, Ruth Waterman of Caldwell and Winifred Jenkins of Parma; five grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one brother and five sisters.


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  • Created by: R.I.P.
  • Added: Oct 3, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77563949/may_seifert-allen: accessed ), memorial page for May Seifert Miller Allen (10 Aug 1892–7 May 1983), Find a Grave Memorial ID 77563949, citing Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho, USA; Maintained by R.I.P. (contributor 47339884).