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Willehelmina Furrow (1927)

Willehelmina Furrow

Personal Details
Born	19 January 1927
Born	Oklahoma, United States
Died	31 October 2014
Died	Overland Park, Kansas, United States
Spouse	Paul Allen
Children	Chester Allen
	David Allen
	Paulett Allen
	Roy Allen
	Jennie Allen
Parents	George Furrow
Parents	Birdie Furrow

Billie Furrow (19 January 1927) was born in Oklahoma to George and Birdie Furrow.

She married Paul Allen on 11 January 1946. They have five children: Chester, David, Paulett, Roy, and Jennie.

Residences

Billie was born on a farm in Oklahoma and lived in Waynoka until at least 1936.¹⁾ When she was around 8 or 9 years old, she moved with her family to the Flint Hills of Kansas. In 1940 she was living in Junction City, Kansas.²⁾

When she was 15 her family moved again, this time to Salina, Kansas. After marrying her husband she moved briefly to San Diego, California for the remainder of his service. Soon after her husband left the service, he took a job which brought them to Amarillo, Texas.

In 1962 she returned to Kansas before moving again to Chicago, Illinois. Four years later, in December 1968, she returned to Kansas.

Education

Billie was enrolled in school in Waynoka, Oklahoma in 1933 when she was 6 years old.³⁾

In 1940 she was attending school and had completed the 7th grade.⁴⁾

Employment

One of Billie's first jobs was as a telephone operator for Southwestern Bell.

Billie served throughout her life on numerous church committees. One of the earliest was as treasurer of the State Women's Missionary Society while she was in Wellington, Kansas. While living in Chicago she served as chairman of the president's council of the local chapter of the WMC.

When Billie returned to Kansas she worked for the trucking industry until 1978 when she served full-time as church secretary until her retirement in 1986. After her retirement she joined the Business and Professional Women Organization and served in multiple offices for the local chapter.

Tree

Descendants

Chester Paul Allen
- Josette Allen
- Julissa Allen-Rodriguez
David Eugene Allen
- Benjamin David Allen
- Daniel Kenneth Allen
Paulett Gae Allen
- Cristy Lynn Goorsky
- Richard Allen Goorsky
Roy Monroe Allen
- Megan Allen
- Selena Allen
- Paul Allen
- Samuel Allen
- Anna Allen
- Celeste Allen
- Nathan Allen
Jennie Belle Allen
- Jamie Eich
- Mickey Eich
- Kelly Eich
- Kacie Eich

Ascendants

George Monroe Furrow
- John Henry Furrow
  - William Mathias Perry Furrow
  - Mary Ellen Wright
- Sally Ann Rayl
  - William M. Rayl
  - Margaret Ann Willey
Birdie Burnett
- Stephen A. D. Burnett
  - John L. Burnett
  - Amy E. Burnett
- Sarah Jane Decker
  - Fredrick Decker
  - Eliza Andrews

Photos

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Waynoka School Records https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2LM-FG6K

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1940 US Census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRK7-WB5

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Waynoka School Records https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2J6-SP7G