HATTIE GRACE (HALEY) ALLEN
OKLAHOMA Hattie Allen, 89, of Ponca City, passed away on Friday, March 7th at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Merle and Jack Harp.
Hattie was born on March 1, 1914, a daughter to Sam and Bessie (Smith) Haley in West Thornton, NH.
She married George Allen on April 29, 1939 in Groveton, NH. Hattie was a homemaker all her married life and in the early part of their marriage they traveled from town to town as her husband was in the oil field business. When the rig was about finished, all the wives would pack up their belongings and when their husbands came home, they would all travel to the next location to begin a new rig. When they lived in Tulsa, she babysat in her home and often had five to ten children to care for and love. When they moved to Chouteau, she had land to put out a garden and whenever she had more vegetables then they could use, Hattie would take them to the nursing homes where people living there could enjoy the fresh vegetables. They always tried to visit as many of the people living there as they could as they loved older people. When she would see that their needs werent being taken care of, Hattie would go get them help. She and her husband loved helping out those who needed it. Hattie collected dolls and at one time she had over 100. She also loved her dogs, Cheri and Lobo. She will be greatly missed by everyone who knew and loved her. She was a very caring person.
Hattie is survived by her daughter, Merle Harp and her husband, Jack of Ponca City, Oklahoma; her son, Dennis Allen of Tampa, Florida; two sisters, Verna Burgess of Littleton, NH, and Bessie Pike of East Hartford, CT; four grandchildren, Anita Wegner and her husband, Willie of Shidler, OK ,Lisa Myers and her husband, John of Ponca City, OK, Melissa Allen of Salem, MO, and George Haley Allen, Jr. of Chouteau; three great-grandchildren, Hattie Wegner and Jack Wegner, both of Shidler, OK, and Kimber Myers of Ponca City, OK.
Local arrangements have been entrusted to the Pillsbury Funeral Homes and Cremation Service, Inc. Graveside services in the Maple Street Cemetery will be announced at a later date. To view an online memorial, send a message of condolence, or for more information, visit www.pillsburyfh.com.