Mary Ruth (Strahl) Allen

Mary Ruth Strahl Allen of Greensboro, GA, age 95, went to her heavenly home on Sunday, October 6, 2024. She was a resident at The Glen in Greensboro, Georgia. She was born in Escanaba, MI on July 16, 1929, the daughter of the late Maurice Stewart Strahl and Ruth Esther Judson Strahl. She graduated from Michigan State University where she earned her bachelor's degree. On December 28, 1952, she married Robert Elwood Allen in Sault Ste. Marie, MI. During her working career she enjoyed many positions on multiple ships of the Alaskan Marine Highway System. While on the ships she met people from Russia to New Zealand creating friendships that provided opportunities to visit these friends around the world.  She was known by all to be a brave, kind, and independent trailblazer!   She was very talented at woodworking, creating wooden inlay stools and treasure boxes for her grandchildren along with numerous other keepsakes. Mary Ruth was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, as well as a faithful friend to many. 

She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert Elwood Allen, her two brothers Maury Strahl of Grand Junction, CO and John Schuyler Strahl of Midland, Michigan.

Survivors include her daughters, Lyndon Allen Jamison (Joel Wernick) of Greensboro, GA and Julie Allen Smith (Edward) of Eatonton, GA; sons Robert Judson Allen (Lisa) of New Era, MI and Jan Schuyler Allen of Cumming, GA; grandchildren: Lauren Jamison Cole (Jason) of Milton, GA, Jessy Schuyler Jamison (Halley Manning) of Atlanta, GA, Justin Smith (Kaelyn) of Brookhaven, GA, Margaret Lyndon Bradley (Matthew) of Roswell, GA, Simon Allen (Melissa) of Cumming, GA and Arrin Allen of Dawsonville, GA; great grandchildren: Anna Claire, Miller and Marin Cole of Milton, GA, Finn and Adler Manning of Atlanta, GA, Avery Smith of Brookhaven, GA, Copeland, Baker and Collier Bradley of Roswell, GA and Jack and Owen Allen of Cumming, GA. She is also survived by a cousin, Mio Johnson of Anchorage, Alaska; sister-in-law, Nancy Allen Sellers of DeWitt, Michigan; other relatives and many friends.

A private family Celebration of Mary Ruth’s life will be held in Alpharetta, Georgia. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to her family’s educational scholarship fund:

Sault Rotary Strahl Scholarship Fund, Chippewa County Community Foundation, P. O. Box 1979, Sault Ste Marie, Michigan 49783.

McCommons Funeral Home, 109 W. Broad St., Greensboro, GA, (706) 453-2626, is in charge of arrangements. Visit us at www.mccommonsfuneralhome.com to sign the online guest register

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