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Margie was the daughter of Riley B. Thorp & Eddith May (Parrish)Thorp. She married Narvel Leslie Allen on the 20th of July 1925 at Bliss, Gooding County, Idaho. They raised four children. After they divorced she married Fred Hall.
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"Marguirette "Margie" (Thorp) Allen Hall - 19 July 1908 Bliss Idaho - 21 Sept. 1997 Hamilton, MT.
Margie (Marguirette) Thorp Allen Hall, 89, of Hamilton, Mont. and formerly of Gooding, died Sunday, Sept 21, 1997 in Hamilton.
Margie was born on July 19, 1908, in Bliss, the daughter of Riley B. and Eddith May Parrish Thorp. She received her schooling in Bliss. Margie married Narvel Leslie Allen, July 20, 1925. She and her husband farmed at Bliss for many years where they raised their four children, two girls and two boys.
Margie belonged to the Bliss Community Church, Ladies Aid, and Sunshine Club. For a time she was president of the Bliss P.T.A. also serving as treasurer for a short time. In 1952 they sold the farm and moved to Gooding where she worked at the T.B. Hospital for three years before quitting to go to California for 1 and 1/2 years. On returning to Godding in 1958 she went to work at the State School for the Deaf and Blind, as a cook.
Margie loved dancing, especially square and round dancing. She was a part time caller with Myron Bliss for the Melody Squares. Margie and Narvel also taught a round dance class for awhile. In 1960 they were divorced.
On July 25, 1964, Margie married Fred Hall. She continued as a cook at the state school until retiring after 12 years in September of 1970.
Margie joined the First Christian Church in Gooding in January of 1986. Fred preceded her in death Nov. 5, 1985; her son, Leslie Dean Allen preceded her in death Nov. 20, 1987; and her grandson, Ronald David Thomason, preceded her in death on Jan. 31, 1967.
Her surviving children are two daughters, Joy May Thomason and husband Floyd of Safford, Ariz., and Marjorie W. Shepherd and husband Shep of Longview, Texas; one son, Gary T. Allen and wife, Mary of Arpin, Wis.; 11 grandchildren; three step grandchildren; 23 great-grand-children; seven step great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; two step great-great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, 1997, at Demaray's Gooding Chapel with Reverend Andy Morris officiating. Burial will follow at the Elmwood Cemetery in Gooding. Friends may call from 1 to 7 p.m. today at Demaray's Gooding Chapel, with family members greeting from 5 to 7 p.m."
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1908 - 1997 (89 years)
