Avent - Person Sheet
Avent - Person Sheet
NameALLMON, Mary Lou 
Birth Date21 Jun 1927
Birth PlaceFowler, Meade County, Kansas
Death Date29 Jan 2016 Age: 88
Death PlaceSequin, Guadalupe County, Texas
Misc. Notes
Mary Lou was born June 21, 1927 in Fowler, Kansas, to Dorcy and Maude (Chapin) Allmon. She graduated from Friona High School in 1945 and moved to Hereford in 1949 from Friona.
Mary Lou fell in love and married her best friend, Hilrey Leon Aven on June 26, 1949 in Hereford. She was a member of the Central Church of Christ in Hereford. She loved her Lord and family. Her passion in life was being a homemaker. Caring for her husband and children. Later in life she enjoyed spoiling her grand and great grandchildren. Mary Lou liked art painting, sewing, cooking, tending to her flowers, gardening, traveling in the 5th wheel during her retirement, watching “Wheel of Fortune”, “Gun Smoke”, San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Cowboys. She knew the teams so well that she could name every player on both the Spurs and the Cowboys. Most importantly in her life, she was a GREAT wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Mary Lou will be dearly missed by her family and a host of many friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Dorcy and Maude; husband, Hilrey Leon Aven on September 1, 2012; 1 sister, Zelma Noel; 2 brothers, Charles and Clifford Allmon; and, 1 grandson, John Dorcy Aven.
Survivors left to cherish her memories are 1 daughter, Joycelyn Welch of Tulia; 3 sons, Richard Aven and wife Johnnie of Denton, Lewis Aven and wife Kathy of Austin, Mike Aven and wife Jamie of Seguin; 1 sister, Phyllis Deaton and husband Pat of Houston; 8 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren and a host of many friends.
Mary Lou fell in love and married her best friend, Hilrey Leon Aven on June 26, 1949 in Hereford. She was a member of the Central Church of Christ in Hereford. She loved her Lord and family. Her passion in life was being a homemaker. Caring for her husband and children. Later in life she enjoyed spoiling her grand and great grandchildren. Mary Lou liked art painting, sewing, cooking, tending to her flowers, gardening, traveling in the 5th wheel during her retirement, watching “Wheel of Fortune”, “Gun Smoke”, San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Cowboys. She knew the teams so well that she could name every player on both the Spurs and the Cowboys. Most importantly in her life, she was a GREAT wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Mary Lou will be dearly missed by her family and a host of many friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Dorcy and Maude; husband, Hilrey Leon Aven on September 1, 2012; 1 sister, Zelma Noel; 2 brothers, Charles and Clifford Allmon; and, 1 grandson, John Dorcy Aven.
Survivors left to cherish her memories are 1 daughter, Joycelyn Welch of Tulia; 3 sons, Richard Aven and wife Johnnie of Denton, Lewis Aven and wife Kathy of Austin, Mike Aven and wife Jamie of Seguin; 1 sister, Phyllis Deaton and husband Pat of Houston; 8 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren and a host of many friends.
Spouses
1AVEN, Hilrey Leon , 5G Grandson
, 5G GrandsonBirth Date13 Sep 1920
Birth PlacePlainview, Hale County, Texas
Death Date1 Sep 2012 Age: 91
Death PlaceHereford, Deaf Smith County, Texas
FlagsServed in the Military, World War II
FatherAVEN, Alonzo Lester (1886-1954)
MotherKING, Mabel Estelle (1891-1991)
Misc. Notes
Mr. Aven was born Sept. 13, 1920, in Plainview to Alonzo Lester and Mabel Estelle King Aven.
He married his best friend, Mary Lou Allmon, on June 26, 1949, in Hereford.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Richard Aven of Denton, Lewis Aven of Austin and Mike Aven of Seguin; a daughter, Joycelyn Welch of Canyon; three sisters, Lila Pearl Jones of Lubbock, Lilian Carson of Sunnyside and Maurice Carson of Hale Center; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
He married his best friend, Mary Lou Allmon, on June 26, 1949, in Hereford.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Richard Aven of Denton, Lewis Aven of Austin and Mike Aven of Seguin; a daughter, Joycelyn Welch of Canyon; three sisters, Lila Pearl Jones of Lubbock, Lilian Carson of Sunnyside and Maurice Carson of Hale Center; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Marr Date26 Jun 1949
Marr PlaceHereford, Deaf Smith County, Texas