2010
Elizabeth
2010
Elizabeth A. Allen
May 20, 2010 — May 21, 2010
Elizabeth (Betty) Anne (Carraher) Allen, 82, of Grand Island, formerly of Wolbach died Thursday, May 20, 2010 at Nebraska Veteran's Home in Grand Island.
Funeral Mass will be at 10:00 a.m., Monday, May 24 th at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in St. Paul, with Reverend Ray Kosmicki officiating. Burial will be in Hillside Cemetery in Wolbach. Visitation will be Sunday, May 23rd from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in St. Paul with Rosary at 7:00 p.m.
Memorials are suggested to the family's choice for later designation.
Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home of St. Paul is in charge of arrangements.
Elizabeth Anne (Carraher) Allen was born March 6, 1928 on the family farm near Spalding to Thomas and Edna (Ford) Carraher. She grew up on the farm near Spalding. She was the tenth of twelve children. She loved hopscotch and going barefoot. Betty was a softball player and it earned her the nickname "Casey at the bat". She attended Spalding Academy and graduated in 1946.
Betty started work at the John Deere Plow Company in Spalding and there she met her Howard. They were married on August 17, 1950 in Spalding.
After living in Spalding for a short time while Howard served in the Air Force, Howard and Betty followed road construction projects throughout the state of Nebraska. In 1956 they settled in Wolbach where they lived and raised their thirteen children; during this time in the late 60's Betty worked with the Wolbach Head Start program. They moved to Arnold, Nebraska in 1976 and then on to Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1980 where Howard retired from Consolidated Freightways in 1990. They moved back to their home in Wolbach in 1992, where they lived until Howard died in 1998.
Betty continued to live in Wolbach, and after a short period of living with several of her children, she moved into the Nebraska Veterans Home in Grand Island in April 2007.
Betty loved singing Irish songs, watching John Wayne movies and playing her accordion. She also did sewing for family and residents in Wolbach.
Betty was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Wolbach until it closed in 2004 and attended Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in St. Paul until she entered the Nebraska Veterans Home.
She is survived eight sons and seven daughters-in-law, Michael and Paula, and Allan and Barb of Lincoln, Robert and Penny of Arnold, James and Donna, and Paul and Jeanne of Grand Island, Timothy of Sioux Falls, SD, Benjamin and Patrice of Kearney and Daniel and Penny of Springhill, FL; five daughters and four sons-in-law, Linda and Gregg Wibbels of Grand Island, Patricia and Britt Harris of Greeley, Christine and Eugene Andre of Arnold, Mary Bakhit of Lincoln, and Amy and Bill Walsh of Broken Arrow, OK; thirty three grandchildren; twenty-one great-grandchildren; one brother, Robert Patrick Carraher and wife Patricia of Spalding; three sisters, Mary (Carraher) Todd, Margaret (Carraher) Briggs, and Teresa (Carraher) Keuter, all of Columbus; two sisters-in-law, Sue Carraher of Spalding and Adel Carraher of Florida; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law Cy Nagorski of St. Paul, John and Frances Berney of Virginia Beach, VA, Marge (Allen) Mayberry of Burwell, Jacqueline Allen of Kansas City, MO, Jim and Melda Allen of Salina, KS, Ellamae and Darold Townsend of St. Paul, Jean (Springer) Clark of Omaha, Margie and Warren Townsend of St. Paul, and Gary and Sherri Eppenbach of Omaha;
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Howard on April 9, 1998; brothers and sisters-in-law, Albert and Claudia Carraher, Mike and Betty Carraher, Jim and Dortha Carraher, Paul Carraher, Dennis Carraher and Linus Carraher, who died at birth; brothers-in-law Del Todd, Lloyd & Ernestine Bumgardner, Paul Briggs, Don Keuter, Edward Allen, Don Allen, and sisters-in-law Minnie Nagorski and Paula Eppenbach; son-in-law, Mike Bakhit; and grandchildren Heather (daughter of Jim and Donna Allen), and Justin (son of Paul and Jeanne Allen).
Funeral Mass will be at 10:00 a.m., Monday, May 24 th at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in St. Paul, with Reverend Ray Kosmicki officiating. Burial will be in Hillside Cemetery in Wolbach. Visitation will be Sunday, May 23rd from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in St. Paul with Rosary at 7:00 p.m.
Memorials are suggested to the family's choice for later designation.
Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home of St. Paul is in charge of arrangements.
Elizabeth Anne (Carraher) Allen was born March 6, 1928 on the family farm near Spalding to Thomas and Edna (Ford) Carraher. She grew up on the farm near Spalding. She was the tenth of twelve children. She loved hopscotch and going barefoot. Betty was a softball player and it earned her the nickname "Casey at the bat". She attended Spalding Academy and graduated in 1946.
Betty started work at the John Deere Plow Company in Spalding and there she met her Howard. They were married on August 17, 1950 in Spalding.
After living in Spalding for a short time while Howard served in the Air Force, Howard and Betty followed road construction projects throughout the state of Nebraska. In 1956 they settled in Wolbach where they lived and raised their thirteen children; during this time in the late 60's Betty worked with the Wolbach Head Start program. They moved to Arnold, Nebraska in 1976 and then on to Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1980 where Howard retired from Consolidated Freightways in 1990. They moved back to their home in Wolbach in 1992, where they lived until Howard died in 1998.
Betty continued to live in Wolbach, and after a short period of living with several of her children, she moved into the Nebraska Veterans Home in Grand Island in April 2007.
Betty loved singing Irish songs, watching John Wayne movies and playing her accordion. She also did sewing for family and residents in Wolbach.
Betty was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Wolbach until it closed in 2004 and attended Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in St. Paul until she entered the Nebraska Veterans Home.
She is survived eight sons and seven daughters-in-law, Michael and Paula, and Allan and Barb of Lincoln, Robert and Penny of Arnold, James and Donna, and Paul and Jeanne of Grand Island, Timothy of Sioux Falls, SD, Benjamin and Patrice of Kearney and Daniel and Penny of Springhill, FL; five daughters and four sons-in-law, Linda and Gregg Wibbels of Grand Island, Patricia and Britt Harris of Greeley, Christine and Eugene Andre of Arnold, Mary Bakhit of Lincoln, and Amy and Bill Walsh of Broken Arrow, OK; thirty three grandchildren; twenty-one great-grandchildren; one brother, Robert Patrick Carraher and wife Patricia of Spalding; three sisters, Mary (Carraher) Todd, Margaret (Carraher) Briggs, and Teresa (Carraher) Keuter, all of Columbus; two sisters-in-law, Sue Carraher of Spalding and Adel Carraher of Florida; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law Cy Nagorski of St. Paul, John and Frances Berney of Virginia Beach, VA, Marge (Allen) Mayberry of Burwell, Jacqueline Allen of Kansas City, MO, Jim and Melda Allen of Salina, KS, Ellamae and Darold Townsend of St. Paul, Jean (Springer) Clark of Omaha, Margie and Warren Townsend of St. Paul, and Gary and Sherri Eppenbach of Omaha;
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Howard on April 9, 1998; brothers and sisters-in-law, Albert and Claudia Carraher, Mike and Betty Carraher, Jim and Dortha Carraher, Paul Carraher, Dennis Carraher and Linus Carraher, who died at birth; brothers-in-law Del Todd, Lloyd & Ernestine Bumgardner, Paul Briggs, Don Keuter, Edward Allen, Don Allen, and sisters-in-law Minnie Nagorski and Paula Eppenbach; son-in-law, Mike Bakhit; and grandchildren Heather (daughter of Jim and Donna Allen), and Justin (son of Paul and Jeanne Allen).
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