ELSIE ALLYN
Mrs. Elsie Allyn Blackburn, wife of
Herschel Blackburn and a respected, life-long resident of the
She was a representative of two prominent pioneer Posey county
families and was the daughter of George Allyn and
Matilda Mills Allyn. Her church affiliation was
with the
Mrs. Blackburn had been ill for eight weeks and her death was
attributed to complications that followed gallbladder surgery six weeks ago in
an
The body is at the Short Funeral Home and will remain there
through the funeral service at
Surviving in addition to the husband who is a former Black township
trustee, are two daughters, Mrs. W. Gilbert Goodwin,
Mrs. Blackburn was an active member of Helen Rebekah
lodge and Harrow Relief Corps for many years.
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Originally submitted by Betty Sellers