George Prall Allen, a barber in Hunterdon for many years.
Services for George Prall Allen, 70 of 12 E. Grand Street, Hampton, N. HJ, who died Tuesday, March 11, 1980, in Warren Hospital, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the Zimmerman Funeral Home, Hampton with interment in Musconetcong Valley Cemetery in Hampton.
Born in Delaware, N J., on May 4, 1909, he was the son of the late Edwin and Jennie Brinkruff Allen. He lived in Hampton for 48 years.
Mr. Allen was a self-employed barber in Hampton and later in Glen Gardner, closing his Glen Gardner shop last fall. (1979). From 1970 until 1975, he served as the barber for the New Jersey Sanitarium of Chest Diseases, Glen Gardner.
He was a member of the Musconetcong Valley Presbyterian Church, Hampton, where he was a church elder and choir member for many years.
He attended the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Ill., and Vaughns Barber and Cometology Institute of Philadelphia.
He was a member of the Gem State Writer's Guild of Idaho, where he was the 1979 recipient of a poetry award.
He was a member of the American Legacy Association and the Hunterdon County Chapter, Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America.
He was active in Civil Defense during World War II.
Surviving are his wife, the former Catherine Lucille Hann; two sons, Eldon D. of Glen Gardner R.D., and Edgar L. of Washington; a stepson, Mitchell Struble, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania; a daughter, Mrs Leora Zanks, Homedale, Idaho, a stepdaughter, Mrs. Carol Stanley, Asbury R.D.; two brothers, E. Cline of Knowlton Township, and Clarence B. of Owego, N.Y.; a sister, Mrs. Ada Osmun, Glen Gardner, and 13 grandchildren.
Easton Express Times
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Prall's first wife was Gladys B. Snyder and they married in 1932 in Maryland. They had three children, Leora, Eldon, and Edgar.
Following Gladys's death in 1937, Prall's sister, Ada Allen Osmun, and her two daughters, Dottie and Jennie, came to live with Prall and his children to help care for Prall's children. This is proven by the 1940 and 1950 census where they all lived on East Grand Street in Hampton, New Jersey. Prall also had a barbershop at this residence.
Sometime after the 1950 census, Prall moved his barbershop to Glen Gardner, just south of Hampton. His sister, Ada Osmun moved to the residence over the barbershop.
Jul 1957 in Washington Township, Warren, New Jersey, Prall married Catherine L Hann.
NOTE: If anyone has further info for Prall, please submit it to this memorial to be added to the above info. This info was submitted by Dee Winter, a friend of Prall and his children and a relative of Ada, Dottie, and Jennie Osmun.
Dee Winter
#47046829
Services for George Prall Allen, 70 of 12 E. Grand Street, Hampton, N. HJ, who died Tuesday, March 11, 1980, in Warren Hospital, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the Zimmerman Funeral Home, Hampton with interment in Musconetcong Valley Cemetery in Hampton.
Born in Delaware, N J., on May 4, 1909, he was the son of the late Edwin and Jennie Brinkruff Allen. He lived in Hampton for 48 years.
Mr. Allen was a self-employed barber in Hampton and later in Glen Gardner, closing his Glen Gardner shop last fall. (1979). From 1970 until 1975, he served as the barber for the New Jersey Sanitarium of Chest Diseases, Glen Gardner.
He was a member of the Musconetcong Valley Presbyterian Church, Hampton, where he was a church elder and choir member for many years.
He attended the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Ill., and Vaughns Barber and Cometology Institute of Philadelphia.
He was a member of the Gem State Writer's Guild of Idaho, where he was the 1979 recipient of a poetry award.
He was a member of the American Legacy Association and the Hunterdon County Chapter, Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America.
He was active in Civil Defense during World War II.
Surviving are his wife, the former Catherine Lucille Hann; two sons, Eldon D. of Glen Gardner R.D., and Edgar L. of Washington; a stepson, Mitchell Struble, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania; a daughter, Mrs Leora Zanks, Homedale, Idaho, a stepdaughter, Mrs. Carol Stanley, Asbury R.D.; two brothers, E. Cline of Knowlton Township, and Clarence B. of Owego, N.Y.; a sister, Mrs. Ada Osmun, Glen Gardner, and 13 grandchildren.
Easton Express Times
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Prall's first wife was Gladys B. Snyder and they married in 1932 in Maryland. They had three children, Leora, Eldon, and Edgar.
Following Gladys's death in 1937, Prall's sister, Ada Allen Osmun, and her two daughters, Dottie and Jennie, came to live with Prall and his children to help care for Prall's children. This is proven by the 1940 and 1950 census where they all lived on East Grand Street in Hampton, New Jersey. Prall also had a barbershop at this residence.
Sometime after the 1950 census, Prall moved his barbershop to Glen Gardner, just south of Hampton. His sister, Ada Osmun moved to the residence over the barbershop.
Jul 1957 in Washington Township, Warren, New Jersey, Prall married Catherine L Hann.
NOTE: If anyone has further info for Prall, please submit it to this memorial to be added to the above info. This info was submitted by Dee Winter, a friend of Prall and his children and a relative of Ada, Dottie, and Jennie Osmun.
Dee Winter
#47046829
George Prall Allen, a barber in Hunterdon for many years.
Services for George Prall Allen, 70 of 12 E. Grand Street, Hampton, N. HJ, who died Tuesday, March 11, 1980, in Warren Hospital, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the Zimmerman Funeral Home, Hampton with interment in Musconetcong Valley Cemetery in Hampton.
Born in Delaware, N J., on May 4, 1909, he was the son of the late Edwin and Jennie Brinkruff Allen. He lived in Hampton for 48 years.
Mr. Allen was a self-employed barber in Hampton and later in Glen Gardner, closing his Glen Gardner shop last fall. (1979). From 1970 until 1975, he served as the barber for the New Jersey Sanitarium of Chest Diseases, Glen Gardner.
He was a member of the Musconetcong Valley Presbyterian Church, Hampton, where he was a church elder and choir member for many years.
He attended the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Ill., and Vaughns Barber and Cometology Institute of Philadelphia.
He was a member of the Gem State Writer's Guild of Idaho, where he was the 1979 recipient of a poetry award.
He was a member of the American Legacy Association and the Hunterdon County Chapter, Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America.
He was active in Civil Defense during World War II.
Surviving are his wife, the former Catherine Lucille Hann; two sons, Eldon D. of Glen Gardner R.D., and Edgar L. of Washington; a stepson, Mitchell Struble, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania; a daughter, Mrs Leora Zanks, Homedale, Idaho, a stepdaughter, Mrs. Carol Stanley, Asbury R.D.; two brothers, E. Cline of Knowlton Township, and Clarence B. of Owego, N.Y.; a sister, Mrs. Ada Osmun, Glen Gardner, and 13 grandchildren.
Easton Express Times
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Prall's first wife was Gladys B. Snyder and they married in 1932 in Maryland. They had three children, Leora, Eldon, and Edgar.
Following Gladys's death in 1937, Prall's sister, Ada Allen Osmun, and her two daughters, Dottie and Jennie, came to live with Prall and his children to help care for Prall's children. This is proven by the 1940 and 1950 census where they all lived on East Grand Street in Hampton, New Jersey. Prall also had a barbershop at this residence.
Sometime after the 1950 census, Prall moved his barbershop to Glen Gardner, just south of Hampton. His sister, Ada Osmun moved to the residence over the barbershop.
Jul 1957 in Washington Township, Warren, New Jersey, Prall married Catherine L Hann.
NOTE: If anyone has further info for Prall, please submit it to this memorial to be added to the above info. This info was submitted by Dee Winter, a friend of Prall and his children and a relative of Ada, Dottie, and Jennie Osmun.
Dee Winter
#47046829
Services for George Prall Allen, 70 of 12 E. Grand Street, Hampton, N. HJ, who died Tuesday, March 11, 1980, in Warren Hospital, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the Zimmerman Funeral Home, Hampton with interment in Musconetcong Valley Cemetery in Hampton.
Born in Delaware, N J., on May 4, 1909, he was the son of the late Edwin and Jennie Brinkruff Allen. He lived in Hampton for 48 years.
Mr. Allen was a self-employed barber in Hampton and later in Glen Gardner, closing his Glen Gardner shop last fall. (1979). From 1970 until 1975, he served as the barber for the New Jersey Sanitarium of Chest Diseases, Glen Gardner.
He was a member of the Musconetcong Valley Presbyterian Church, Hampton, where he was a church elder and choir member for many years.
He attended the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Ill., and Vaughns Barber and Cometology Institute of Philadelphia.
He was a member of the Gem State Writer's Guild of Idaho, where he was the 1979 recipient of a poetry award.
He was a member of the American Legacy Association and the Hunterdon County Chapter, Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America.
He was active in Civil Defense during World War II.
Surviving are his wife, the former Catherine Lucille Hann; two sons, Eldon D. of Glen Gardner R.D., and Edgar L. of Washington; a stepson, Mitchell Struble, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania; a daughter, Mrs Leora Zanks, Homedale, Idaho, a stepdaughter, Mrs. Carol Stanley, Asbury R.D.; two brothers, E. Cline of Knowlton Township, and Clarence B. of Owego, N.Y.; a sister, Mrs. Ada Osmun, Glen Gardner, and 13 grandchildren.
Easton Express Times
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Prall's first wife was Gladys B. Snyder and they married in 1932 in Maryland. They had three children, Leora, Eldon, and Edgar.
Following Gladys's death in 1937, Prall's sister, Ada Allen Osmun, and her two daughters, Dottie and Jennie, came to live with Prall and his children to help care for Prall's children. This is proven by the 1940 and 1950 census where they all lived on East Grand Street in Hampton, New Jersey. Prall also had a barbershop at this residence.
Sometime after the 1950 census, Prall moved his barbershop to Glen Gardner, just south of Hampton. His sister, Ada Osmun moved to the residence over the barbershop.
Jul 1957 in Washington Township, Warren, New Jersey, Prall married Catherine L Hann.
NOTE: If anyone has further info for Prall, please submit it to this memorial to be added to the above info. This info was submitted by Dee Winter, a friend of Prall and his children and a relative of Ada, Dottie, and Jennie Osmun.
Dee Winter
#47046829
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