The Coffeyville Journal; Coffeyville KS; 1977-5-28

ALLOWAY, Bess
  Mrs. Bess Alloway, 87, of Parsons died Wednesday evening at the
Westbrook Nursing home.  She had lived there for about three months.
  She was born March 27, 1890 at Galena to George and Mary Lake.
  She married Howard Alloway on March 23, 1916 at Piston, Illinois.
  She came to Oswego in 1919 and lived in the area until moving to
Parsons in 1970 to live in the Belmont Towers.
  There are no immediate survivors.
  Services will be Saturday at 10:30 at the McGavran Memorial Chapel in
Oswego with burial in Oswego Cemetery.