OBITUARY FOR EDWIN BANKS ALLISON AS APPEARED IN SACRAMENTO BEE
Antique car fancier, Edwin B. "Pop" Allison, a retired motorman for the Western Pacific Railroad Co., is dead at the age of 89.
A resident of Sacramento since 1910, the Oil City Pa., native died Wednesday in a local hospital.
Allison retired in December 1950 after working 39 years for Western Pacific. His main duty was to take company officials on inspection tours between Oakland and Salt Lake City, Utah. In his early railroading days, he operated a handcar and then a bus equipped to run on both rails and roadway.
When Allison came westward, he initially settled in Washington but gave it up for Sacramento because of his attraction to the then young railroad company.
He was one of the early members of the Horseless Carriage Club of Sacramento, having owned several antique automobiles - among them a 1915 Pierce Arrow that was specially built for the Vanderbilt family at a cost of $20,000. He purchased the car in 1958 for $2,750 and displayed it in numerous events over the years. About a year ago, he sold a 1911 Knox.
Allison was a member of F.I.R.S., a retirement group at Fremont Presbyterian Church, where he was a parishioner. He was a 50-year member of Tehama Lodge No. 3 of the Free & Accepted Masons, which will conduct Masonic rites in conjunction with the services at 11 a.m. tomorrow in the Sacramento Memorial Lawn Mortuary. The Rev. Maurice Marcus of Fremont Presbyterian Church will officiate.
Entombment will be in Sacramento Memorial Lawn mausoleum.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9 o'clock tonight at the mortuary.
The family requests that any remembrances be sent to the charity of the donor's choice.
Allison is survived by his widow, Newell "Nugie", who retired in 1966 as classified telephone sales supervisor for the Sacramento Bee; a son, Edwin H., of Sacramento; a brother, James A., of Florida; four grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.
Antique car fancier, Edwin B. "Pop" Allison, a retired motorman for the Western Pacific Railroad Co., is dead at the age of 89.
A resident of Sacramento since 1910, the Oil City Pa., native died Wednesday in a local hospital.
Allison retired in December 1950 after working 39 years for Western Pacific. His main duty was to take company officials on inspection tours between Oakland and Salt Lake City, Utah. In his early railroading days, he operated a handcar and then a bus equipped to run on both rails and roadway.
When Allison came westward, he initially settled in Washington but gave it up for Sacramento because of his attraction to the then young railroad company.
He was one of the early members of the Horseless Carriage Club of Sacramento, having owned several antique automobiles - among them a 1915 Pierce Arrow that was specially built for the Vanderbilt family at a cost of $20,000. He purchased the car in 1958 for $2,750 and displayed it in numerous events over the years. About a year ago, he sold a 1911 Knox.
Allison was a member of F.I.R.S., a retirement group at Fremont Presbyterian Church, where he was a parishioner. He was a 50-year member of Tehama Lodge No. 3 of the Free & Accepted Masons, which will conduct Masonic rites in conjunction with the services at 11 a.m. tomorrow in the Sacramento Memorial Lawn Mortuary. The Rev. Maurice Marcus of Fremont Presbyterian Church will officiate.
Entombment will be in Sacramento Memorial Lawn mausoleum.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9 o'clock tonight at the mortuary.
The family requests that any remembrances be sent to the charity of the donor's choice.
Allison is survived by his widow, Newell "Nugie", who retired in 1966 as classified telephone sales supervisor for the Sacramento Bee; a son, Edwin H., of Sacramento; a brother, James A., of Florida; four grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.
OBITUARY FOR EDWIN BANKS ALLISON AS APPEARED IN SACRAMENTO BEE
Antique car fancier, Edwin B. "Pop" Allison, a retired motorman for the Western Pacific Railroad Co., is dead at the age of 89.
A resident of Sacramento since 1910, the Oil City Pa., native died Wednesday in a local hospital.
Allison retired in December 1950 after working 39 years for Western Pacific. His main duty was to take company officials on inspection tours between Oakland and Salt Lake City, Utah. In his early railroading days, he operated a handcar and then a bus equipped to run on both rails and roadway.
When Allison came westward, he initially settled in Washington but gave it up for Sacramento because of his attraction to the then young railroad company.
He was one of the early members of the Horseless Carriage Club of Sacramento, having owned several antique automobiles - among them a 1915 Pierce Arrow that was specially built for the Vanderbilt family at a cost of $20,000. He purchased the car in 1958 for $2,750 and displayed it in numerous events over the years. About a year ago, he sold a 1911 Knox.
Allison was a member of F.I.R.S., a retirement group at Fremont Presbyterian Church, where he was a parishioner. He was a 50-year member of Tehama Lodge No. 3 of the Free & Accepted Masons, which will conduct Masonic rites in conjunction with the services at 11 a.m. tomorrow in the Sacramento Memorial Lawn Mortuary. The Rev. Maurice Marcus of Fremont Presbyterian Church will officiate.
Entombment will be in Sacramento Memorial Lawn mausoleum.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9 o'clock tonight at the mortuary.
The family requests that any remembrances be sent to the charity of the donor's choice.
Allison is survived by his widow, Newell "Nugie", who retired in 1966 as classified telephone sales supervisor for the Sacramento Bee; a son, Edwin H., of Sacramento; a brother, James A., of Florida; four grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.
Antique car fancier, Edwin B. "Pop" Allison, a retired motorman for the Western Pacific Railroad Co., is dead at the age of 89.
A resident of Sacramento since 1910, the Oil City Pa., native died Wednesday in a local hospital.
Allison retired in December 1950 after working 39 years for Western Pacific. His main duty was to take company officials on inspection tours between Oakland and Salt Lake City, Utah. In his early railroading days, he operated a handcar and then a bus equipped to run on both rails and roadway.
When Allison came westward, he initially settled in Washington but gave it up for Sacramento because of his attraction to the then young railroad company.
He was one of the early members of the Horseless Carriage Club of Sacramento, having owned several antique automobiles - among them a 1915 Pierce Arrow that was specially built for the Vanderbilt family at a cost of $20,000. He purchased the car in 1958 for $2,750 and displayed it in numerous events over the years. About a year ago, he sold a 1911 Knox.
Allison was a member of F.I.R.S., a retirement group at Fremont Presbyterian Church, where he was a parishioner. He was a 50-year member of Tehama Lodge No. 3 of the Free & Accepted Masons, which will conduct Masonic rites in conjunction with the services at 11 a.m. tomorrow in the Sacramento Memorial Lawn Mortuary. The Rev. Maurice Marcus of Fremont Presbyterian Church will officiate.
Entombment will be in Sacramento Memorial Lawn mausoleum.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9 o'clock tonight at the mortuary.
The family requests that any remembrances be sent to the charity of the donor's choice.
Allison is survived by his widow, Newell "Nugie", who retired in 1966 as classified telephone sales supervisor for the Sacramento Bee; a son, Edwin H., of Sacramento; a brother, James A., of Florida; four grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.
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