Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-04-25
OTTO ALLEN, NOBLE PIONEER,
HAS PASSED AWAY

Otto Allen, one of the useful and
honored pioneers of Marshall county,
passed quietly away at his home near
Radium early on Sunday morning,
April q, 1912, after a brief illness,
aged rs years, 9 months and II days.
Deceased was born at Vargarda,
Westergotland, Sweden, on July l.,
1886. Left an orphan in early youth
ne nevertheless managed to get
good education in the schools and by
self study. Being, endowed by ma
ture with an exceptional talent for
music, he was, when but sixteen years
old, chosen to lead the singing in the
parish church, position which he
held as long as he remained in Swe-
den. His fondness for children and
educational qualifications caused him
to enter the teaching profession and
for twenty years until his removal to
America he served as teacher in the
country schools.
On March Z, 1863, Mr.. Allen married
the wife who survives him. He soon
found that the meager yearly salary
Of 300 crowns, about $75, was wholly
inadequate to support constantly
growing family, and like so many 9TH
ers before him had done, he resolved
to remove to America to better his
conditions. He arrived at Warren
in the spring of 1888 followed in the
fall by the wife and children. Dur
ing the summer Of that year he found
employment in the Warren brick yard
which had been started by his ne
phew, August Lundgren, and helped
to turn out the first brick manufact-
ured here.
The following year, 1884, he and ia
mily moved onto a farm in town Of
Comstock, taking up the struggle to
acquire a home Of their own and suf.
fering all the hardships incident to
pioneer life. BY industry and good
management and the assistance of a
sturdy family of boys and girls, he
has succeeded in developing a fine
farm home which has been added to
from time to time until it now com
:prises 4Ou acres OF nfgnly improved
land.
Otto Allen was a genial and kindly
man, and of the highest integrity. He
was shonored and respected by all who
ever learned to know him. He was
a sincere and devout Christian, an &C.
tive member of the Swedish Mission
congregation of the neighborhood.
The entire community stands mourn
ing by the grave Of the good man and
useful citizen, whose life on earth had
been we'll and truly lived and who
now has entered his eternal rest.
A great comfort to him in his last
hours was the presence at his bedside
of all his children, who had come tc
be near him when learning of his first
attack of sickness on the Tuesday
previous to his death Their names
are: Mrs. Ida Knutson, Park River, n
d.; Carl E. Allen, Warren; Iver E. Al
len, Churches Ferry, N. D.; Nathan
L. Allen, Warren: Mrs. Augusta An
derson, Warren; John O. Allen, Radi
um: William A. Allen, who stays on
the farm; and an adopted daughter
Emma Agnes Allen. Many other rel
atives and friends here and elsewhere
mourn the good mans demise. Among
those the following from a distance
were present at the funeral: c. J. and
Herman Lundquist and Miss Sophia
Lindberg, of Minneapolis, Herman Al
len, of Alvarado; and Chas. Wester-
berg, an old friend, from Crookston.
The funeral was held from the late
home of deceased on Tuesday after.
noon and was conducted by Rev.
Werner Drotts, of Viking. It was a
large funeral, neighbors and friends
from near and far being present to
show their last respect to their friend
who had passed away. The pail bear
ers were all nephews of deceased,
namely: G. J. Lundquist, Herman
I.undquist, John Lindberg, Herman
Lindberg, August Lundgren and Her
man Allen. A large funeral process
sion followed the remains contained
in the profusely flower bedecked cof
fin from the home to Greenwood Gem,
etery in Warren, where they were
tenderly laid to rest A short SER
vice was also held at the grave.
All honor to the good and noble pio