Myrel E. Allison, age 91, of Alliance, passed away at 11:15 p.m. Thursday, August 9, 2012, at Community Care Center.
She was born May 23, 1921, in Alliance, Ohio, to Willard and Mabel (Gue) Corbitt and has resided in Alliance since 1982.
Myrel, a graduate of Atwater High School and a graduate of Bohecker Business School, was employed as a clerk for Portage County Health Department and the Alliance Police Department.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Calligraphy Alliance, Alliance Poetry Guild, Internationl Mensa, and Order of the Eastern Star. She had an article published in Guidepost magazine and was a lay minister for the Methodist church.
Myrel enjoyed knitting, crocheting, painting, singing, drawing and helping people. She was proud to be known as a "Rosie the Riveter."
Survivors include her children, Frank (Judy) Allison III of Atwater, Eric (Lisa) Allison of Sammaish, WA and Cynthia (Valdon) Landes of Ft. Collins, CO; six grandchildren, Diane, Frank, Kimberly, Brittany, Corbett and Andrew; and seven great-grandchildren, Taylor, Dylan, Noah, Katie, Gywneth, Kyle and Molly.
Preceding her in death were her parents; brothers, Arthur, Melvin and Harry Corbitt; and daughters, Dorothy and Jennifer Allison.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 525 N. Broad St., Canfield, Ohio, 44406 or to the Alliance Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice, 885 S. Sawburg Rd. Suite 106, Alliance, Ohio 44601.
Arrangements are by Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home, 75 S. Union Ave. Alliance, Ohio 44601.
She was born May 23, 1921, in Alliance, Ohio, to Willard and Mabel (Gue) Corbitt and has resided in Alliance since 1982.
Myrel, a graduate of Atwater High School and a graduate of Bohecker Business School, was employed as a clerk for Portage County Health Department and the Alliance Police Department.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Calligraphy Alliance, Alliance Poetry Guild, Internationl Mensa, and Order of the Eastern Star. She had an article published in Guidepost magazine and was a lay minister for the Methodist church.
Myrel enjoyed knitting, crocheting, painting, singing, drawing and helping people. She was proud to be known as a "Rosie the Riveter."
Survivors include her children, Frank (Judy) Allison III of Atwater, Eric (Lisa) Allison of Sammaish, WA and Cynthia (Valdon) Landes of Ft. Collins, CO; six grandchildren, Diane, Frank, Kimberly, Brittany, Corbett and Andrew; and seven great-grandchildren, Taylor, Dylan, Noah, Katie, Gywneth, Kyle and Molly.
Preceding her in death were her parents; brothers, Arthur, Melvin and Harry Corbitt; and daughters, Dorothy and Jennifer Allison.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 525 N. Broad St., Canfield, Ohio, 44406 or to the Alliance Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice, 885 S. Sawburg Rd. Suite 106, Alliance, Ohio 44601.
Arrangements are by Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home, 75 S. Union Ave. Alliance, Ohio 44601.
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