(Mary) Coralie Allison

CHARLO — Long time Mission Valley resident (Mary) Coralie Allison attended eternal peace on Oct. 3, 2006, at Community Medical Center in Missoula from complications of a stroke.

A third generation Montanan, Coralie was born Dec. 10, 1931, in Great Falls to William and Flossie Brady.

She graduated from Sims High School in 1950 and attended Northern Montana College in Havre.

In 1954, she married Elvin Allison, Jr. in Helena and together they lived in several Montana towns as well as Oregon and California before lmoving to a farm to St. Ignatius in 1966.

Coralie retired from farming in 1985, and moved to Charlo and was employed by the Charlo-Moiese Senior Center, where she worked until her death.

She was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church; she loved to sew, crochet and crafts, creating many beautiful heirlooms as well as being an avid gardener.

Coralie is survived by her son Michael and his wife Becky and one granddaughter, MacKenzie, all of Juneau, Alaska; and daughter Patricia Bristol and her husband Robert of Idaho Springs, Colo.

Memorials may be sent to St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Charlo or the Charlo-Moiese Senior Center.

A memorial service will be held Friday, Nov. 3, at 11 a.m. in St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Charlo.

Shrider-Thompson Funeral and Cremation Services is assisting with arrangements.