Ena Ruby Hicks and John Neal Van Allsburg

JOHN NEAL VAN ALLSBURG, son of BLONDINE BALLOU WESTBROOK and CORNELIUS VAN ALLSBURG, was born November 1, 1893 in Pentwater, Oceana, Michigan,⁸¹⁵⁶ and died January 19, 1988 in Osceola County, Florida.⁹⁹

He married ENA RUBY HICKS on November 1, 1916 in Grant, Newaygo, Michigan.⁴⁴³¹ She was born September 7, 1893,⁹⁹ and died March 23, 1984 in Broward County, Florida.⁹⁹

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Children of ENA RUBY HICKS and JOHN NEAL VAN ALLSBURG:

1. EDGAR JOHN VAN ALLSBURG, b. August 21, 1919, Hart, Oceana, Michigan;^{56, 11806} m. HARRIET PUTNAM SHUMWAY on August 21, 1943 in Skokie, Cook, Illinois¹¹⁸⁰⁷; d. December 22, 1987, Mount Kisco, Westchester, New York;¹¹⁸⁰⁶ bur. Bedford Presbyterian Church Columbarium, Westchester County, New York.⁴⁵⁶
2. GLORIA JAYNE VAN ALLSBURG, b. October 14, 1924, Michigan;⁴⁵⁶ m. MAURICE JOSEPH TIERNEY on August 30, 1947¹¹⁸⁰⁴; d. August 4, 2022.⁴⁵⁶



Obituaries

Citizen Register, December 24, 1987¹¹⁸⁰⁶

Edgar John Van Allsburg

Edgar John Van Allsburg, a confection researcher and 40-year resident of Bedford, died Tuesday at Northern Westchester Hospital Center in Mount Kisco. He was 68.

Mr. Van Allsburg was a researcher, consultant and chemist in the confectionary food industry. He first worked for A.E. Staley Co., then joined the research department of Hershey Foods in Hershey, Pa. Mr. Van Allsburg was a consultant to Henry Heide Inc., a candy manufacturer in New Jersey.

Mr. Van Allsburg was born Aug. 21, 1919, in Hart, Mich., to John Neal and Edna Hicks Van Allsburg. He grew up in Hart and attended local schools. He graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering.

During the 1940s, Mr. Van Allsburg moved to Chattanooga, Tenn., where he continued his education at the University of Tennessee and the University of Chattanooga. He worked in local bakeries.

Mr. Van Allsburg married Harriet Shumway on his birthday in 1943.

In 1947, the Van Allsburgs moved to Bedford Village. He was on the Bedford Board of Education from 1960 to 1965 and was president for the 1964-1965 school year. He was a former member and director of the Bedford Village Lions Club, a past president of the Bedford Village Memorial Field Association, and a member and past president of the Bedford Village Chowder and Marching Society. He belonged to the Pennsylvania Confectionary Association.

In addition to his wife of Bedford and his father of Melbourne, Fla., Mr. Van Allsburg is survived by two sons, John of Purdys and Arthur of North Salem; a sister, Gloria Tierney of Melbourne, and four grandchildren.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 25, 19008146	Hart, Oceana, Michigan	Cornelius Van Allsburg Blondine Ballou Westbrook John Neal Van Allsburg June Orcelia Van Allsburg Phillip Cornelius Van Allsburg
April 20, 19108147	Hart, Oceana, Michigan	Cornelius Van Allsburg Blondine Ballou Westbrook John Neal Van Allsburg June Orcelia Van Allsburg Phillip Cornelius Van Allsburg Ernest Van Allsburg
January 13, 19208157	Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan	John Neal Van Allsburg Ena Ruby Hicks Edgar John Van Allsburg
April 15, 19403228	Evanston, Cook, Illinois	John Neal Van Allsburg Ena Ruby Hicks Edgar John Van Allsburg Gloria Jayne Van Allsburg