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Embree Cemetery ~ James Dempsey Allgood
~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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James Dempsey Allgood
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| LAST NAME: Allgood
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FIRST NAME: James
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MIDDLE NAME: Dempsey
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| BORN: 24 Dec 1917
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DIED: 10 June 1982
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BURIED: (Embree Cemetery)
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| OCCUPATION: Accountant
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| BIRTH PLACE: Dallas, Polk Co., Oregon
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| DEATH PLACE: Dallas, Polk Co., Oregon
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Name of father John Roberts Allgood
Maiden name of mother Emma Dempsey
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DEATH CERTIFICATE:
OSBH DC (Polk County 1982)
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OBITUARY:
James Dempsey Allgood, 64, of 387 S.W. Birch Street, Dallas, died Thursday afternoon, June 10, at his home. He was born in Dallas, the son of John and Emma Dempsey Allgood on Dec. 24, 1917. He married Myra Starbuck in San Francisco, Calif., on Aug. 21, 1945. He entered the U.S. Army on Sept. 3, 1940. Serving in the Army during World War II, he received the Purple Heart and later the Oak Leaf Cluster to the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. He received an honorable discharge on Jan. 15, 1946 as a Lieutenant Colonel, Infantry Division.
He was employed with the accounting firm of Touche Ross & Co. in Salem as a C.P.A. At the time of his death he was employed with the Rickreall Farm Supply Co. He was a member of the Dallas St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Dallas Rotary Club, Y.W.C.A. and was a past chairman for the Oregon Board of Accountancy.
Surviving are his wife, Myra, of Dallas; one son, James E. S. Allgood of Clovis, N.M.; two daughters, Alice Herring of Kaneohe, Hi., and Elizabeth Allgood of Vallejo, Calif. and two grandchildren.
Private family services were held at St. Thomas Episcopal Church. Arrangements by Bollman Funeral Home. Contribution in his memory can be given to the Polk Co. Cancer Society or the William Temple House in care of the funeral home.
Itemizer Observer 16 Jun 1982
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INSCRIPTION:
James Dempsey Allgood
Lt Col US Army
World War II
Dec 24 1917 - Jun 10 1982
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SOURCES:
Branigar Survey
Saucy Survey & Marker Photographs
DI-O 16 June 1982
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