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Emmett E. Allen

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Born: 1902

Died: February 2, 1972

Emmett E. Allen was a patient at Ray Brook. Census records indicate he came to Saranac Lake as early as 1930.


Adirondack Daily Enterprise, February 3, 1972

Emmett E. Allen

Emmett E. Allen, 69, formerly of 58 1/2 Shepard Ave., Saranac Lake, died Wednesday at Horace Nye Nursing Home in Elizabethtown where he had lived for the past four years.

Mr. Allen was born in Fort Corvington, a son of Julius and Margaret Jessmer Allen. He came to this area for his health and was a patient at Ray Brook for a while. He was a cab driver for many years.

Survivors are: a brother, Lester, of Massena; two sisters, Mrs. Lena Walsh and Mrs. Grace Baldwin of Saranac Lake.

A Bible Vigil was held Wednesday evening at the Fortune Funeral Home in Saranac Lake. A funeral Mass will be offered this evening at 8 o’clock at St. Bernard’s Church. Burial will be in St. Bernard’s Cemetery in May.


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