Mary Allen

1910 - 2012  (102 years)

• Name	Mary Allen
  Born	1 Sep 1910	Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
  Gender	Female
  Died	28 Oct 2012	Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States
  Buried	City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona
  	Burial: City of Mesa Cemetery Mesa Maricopa County Arizona, USA Plot: 885, Lot 1 Find A Grave Memorial# 118129015
  Person ID	I593	Muse-Nagy
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	John Seymour Allen,   b. 27 Nov 1870, Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States ,   d. 22 Jan 1966, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States  (Age 95 years)
  Mother	Barbara Ann Phelps,   b. 26 Aug 1877, Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States ,   d. 31 Jan 1957, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States  (Age 79 years)
  Married	2 Oct 1895	Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States   [1]
  Family ID	F156	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Waldo Collins Hardison,   b. 31 Dec 1898, Santa Paula, Ventura, California ,   d. 28 Mar 1979, Vallejo, Solano, California, United States  (Age 80 years)
  Married	10 Feb 1936	Florence, Pinal, Arizona, United States
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2015
  Family ID	F221	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 Sep 1910 - Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States Married - 10 Feb 1936 - Florence, Pinal, Arizona, United States Died - 28 Oct 2012 - Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States Buried - - City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  John Seymour and Barbara Allen Family Portrait This picture was taken just before Loren left on his mission. Della was born 2 days after Loren left. Loren went to the Central States Mission. 1920 Back row: John R 15, Loren 19, Gove 13, Barbara (mother), Ashel Middle Row: John Seymour, Mary 10, Blanche, Barbara 17, and Russell 6 Front Row: Ben was 4 and Joseph 2

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		1920 US Census for John S Allen Family East Chandler, Maricopa, Arizona, p. 143, sheet 11A, ED 29 In the household: John S Allen, head, 49 Barbara A, wife, 42 Blanche, daughter, 21 Hyrum L, son, 18 Barbara, daughter, 16 John R, son, 14 Gove L, son, 12 Mary, daughter, 9 Russell H, son, 5 Ben R, son, 3 6/12 Joseph S, son, 2 2/12 John's son Charles A Allen and his wife Ida are listed below John's household.
  		1962 City Directory for Vallejo, California for Waldo Collins Hardison Address: Emp MINS h221 Gary Cir
  		1930 US Census for John S Allen Family Maricopa County, Arizona In the household: John S Allen, head, 59, born in UT, farmer Barbara, wife, 52 Gove L, son, 23 Mary, daughter, 20 Russel H, son, 16 Ben M, son, 14 Joseph S, son, 12

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone for Mary Allen Hardison: 1910-2012

  
  

• Notes

  Times-Herald (Vallejo, CA) - Friday, November 2, 2012 Deceased Name: Mary Allen Hardison CA United States Sept. 1, 1910 - Oct. 28, 2012 Mary Allen Hardison returned to her Heavenly Father at age 102 on Sunday Oct. 28. A lifelong member of The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter day Saints, she had lived a purposely simple life of family, faith and service. She lived by the motto "you are only as old as you wish to be", which she proved when setting a World Record as the oldest female to go tandem paragliding on her 101st birthday. She was born in Mesa, Arizona, Sept. 1, 1910, the seventh of 12 children, to John Seymour and Barbara Phelps Allen, and was preceded in death by her parents, and all of her siblings. She married Waldo Collins Hardison in 1936 and they were blessed with two sons. The small family moved to Vallejo in 1942, when Waldo, because of his experience with copper tubing, was requested to come to work at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. She was preceded in death by her husband (1979) and one grandson, Michael (1959). She is survived by her two sons, Waldo Allen Hardison (Bonnie Baker) and Marion Walker Hardison (Andrea Nesbit); 12 living grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren, and eight great-great- grandchildren. Mary graduated from Arizona State Teacher's College in Flagstaff Arizona in 1932 and took her first teaching position that same year at the Keams Canyon Navajo Indian Center. Her teaching career continued 39 years, teaching in Mesa and Cherry, Arizona before moving to Vallejo. She worked for almost 30 years as a teacher in the Vallejo School District retiring in 1971. She was presented with an honorary life membership in the California Congress of Parents and Teacher, Inc., the highest honor that can be given to an individual for outstanding service to children and youth by the PTA. She served in her church in many positions, but her 19 years serving the youth gave her the greatest joy. Besides being a loving mother, grandmother, great and great great grandmother and a dear friend, she will be remembered best for her years of service. She was taught to make quilts at an early age and began to do so in earnest after retiring from teaching in 1971. She made and gave away over 1200 quilts with 31 of the ones she made this year going to an orphanage in Africa. What wasn't given to charity was given to someone to let them know that they were loved. It was special to be given a Mary Hardison quilt, as they became known. A family memorial service was held In Bountiful, Utah and another will be held in Mesa, Arizona, when she is laid to rest alongside her husband in early November.

  
  

• Sources

  [S24] Arizona, Select Marriages, 1888-1908. Name: John Seymour Allen Gender: Male Marriage Date: 2 Oct 1895 Marriage Place: Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona Spouse: Barbara Ann Phelps FHL Film Number: 1955734