Item N02
Revised 3/99
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: Tuesday, Nov. 21
Division: SOCC
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Department:
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval of resolution in recognition of the late Evelyn
Allen.
ITEM BACKGROUND: Evelyn Allen was a beloved fixture in the Tavernier community
and a resolution to commemorate her passing last month is well deserved.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: None
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NAME:Nora A. Wi Iiams, BOCC, District IV
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DISPOSITION: AGENDA ITEM #: ~
Commissioner Nora Williams
RESOLUTION NO.
-2000
A RESOLUTION IN RECOGNITION OF
THE LATE EVELYN SEDGWICK ALLEN
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WHEREAS, Evelyn Sedgwick Allen was born In 1905 in Mystic, Iowa; and
WHEREAS, she graduated from the Institute of Musical Art of the City of New York
(Juilliard) in 1927, and was a member the honorary music fraternity Mu Phi; and
and
WHEREAS, Evelyn gave her debut piano concert in 1931 at Steinway Hall, NYC;
WHEREAS, she married Robert Porter Allen in 1933 and together they had four
children; and
WHEREAS, in 1939 the Allen family moved to a home in Tavernier with no
electricity, running water or telephone, where she taught music and donated her time
and talent to play piano for the local churches, schools and community programs
WHEREAS, Evelyn Allen was predeceased by her beloved husband Robert and her
two sons, Robert Fleming Allen and Thomas Allen, but leaves her two beloved
daughters, Eve Allen and Alice Allen; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, hereby adopts this Resolution as evidence of its regret and mourning
for the passing of the late Evelyn Sedgwick Allen.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the day of November, 2000.
Commissioner
Commissioner
Commissioner
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner Nora Williams
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY L.KOLHAGE, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
By
Mayorl Cha i rperson
Deputy Clerk
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