Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-01-22
In Observation-Disclosures Allen.

Walter Turner Allen was born in
the township of Glen Haven, June p,
| lS49. He was bereft of his parents
before he had reached the age of
i three years. With his baby sister.
| Cora, and motherless little cousin,
Annie Miller, he was taken into the
nome of their maternal grandmother,
Mrs. Deering of Burton, who had
been widowed by the historic siege
OF cholera in that town the year be-
fore. This noble-hearted woman was
Mother" indeed to the little orphans.
Though means were meagre, in an at
mosphere of abundant love the chill
dren were provided for until they
| were able to care for themselves. The
! writer of these brief lines and Wal
ter Allen were school-mates for
many years and many a happy day
and night have | spent with Cora and
| Walter in Grandma behring's little
home. Since earliest recollection l
remember Walters devotion and care
of her. The minds eve can see him
now sturdily trudging through the
snow, with a saw on his shoulder
| seeking a job. When other boys were
at play he was helping Mother" He
grew up in Beetown with no other OPP
portunities of education than the vii
| lage school afforded. His good-na-
ture and industry and integrity won
him lasting friendships Walter was
married March FL, 1880 to Miss Eliz-
abeth Ann Galloway. They lived one
year on the Grant River pls &c now
owned by Clarence Raisbeck. The
| following two years on the Capt. Hall
farm. From there they moved to the
farm which is the present home of
the family, and where Walter passed
suddenly away on the morning of JAN
2, 1919, after a weeks illness. aged
SO years, months and IL days. He
was the father of five children. three
! of whom preceded him to the Great
Beyond-Mary Morgan and John Jo-
seph dying in infancy, and Herman
Turner at the age Of II years. He
! leaves to mourn their loss his devot-
ed wife, son Grover at home and
daughter Ada, teacher at Athens,
Wis, and Mrs. Noggle nee Annie
Miller of Prairie du Chen, who was
| always as an own dear sister to him.
"We who have worked beside him
know that he
Could laugh and joke and listen ten
Derby.
We who have loved him have no
word to say.
We only feel a heavy loss this day
We only feel 4 bitter loneliness
That he himself perhaps would new
er guess;
We only feel the tears begin to
start
For we who worked beside him
knew him best"
Walter Aliens loyalty to family
ties was nobly demonstrated by the
tender care bestowed through manv
trying months of the final illness of
his sister. and the venerable grand
mother through years of total blind
ness, likewise received from him and
his good wife loving, unremitting
care. And that at period when they
were striving TO establish a home of
their own. His character as husband
and father. as citizen. neighbor and
friend is attested bv the sorrow and
regret manifest at his passing. By
unwavering industry and honesty he
had acquired one of the largest and
most productive farms in his native
township. Though possessed of amp
lie competence he could not be per-
suaded to leave the old associations.
He had never lived elsewhere, and
now he sleeps in the little city of the
dead at Beetown among the many
loved ones gone before In the hos
pitable home his familiar greeting
will be heard no more. Many tokens
of sorrow and sympathy were ex-
tended to the sorrowing family for
which they are profoundly thankful.
If we but knew that from the mar
ket place
Soon we should miss some kind,
familiar face,
Would our greetings not be touch
ed with grace? If we but knew!
If we but knew some heart beside
our own
Had walked in dark Gethsemane
alone,
Oh, with what largeness would our
love be shown! If we but knew
Dear Jesus, patient, understand,
ing, kind,
We are thy lost sheep in a winter
wind.
Forgive us that we are so wilful
blind! Teach us o knowI
Last services were conducted in
the village church, Rev. Conklin of
floating. B. D. S