Dorothy Leona Diehl Greer Allison, 95, of Washington, died Friday, October 2, 1998, in Presbyterian Medical Center, Washington. Mrs. Allison was a member of First Lutheran Church of Washington, where she was a member of the Harmony Class and Circle. She attended schools in Martins Ferry, graduated from Washington Business College and graduated in 1929 from Washington Hospital School of Nursing. She also was a graduate of the Dale Carnegie Leadership Training course. Mrs. Allison was a private nurse and was a supervisor of nursing at Washington Hospital and of the industrial nurses at Jessop Steel for 17 years. She was a 50-year member and past worthy matron of Martha V. Paul Chapter 404, Order of the Eastern Star. In 1933, she married Joseph J. Greer, who died in 1955. In 1958, she married William McKinley Allison, who died in 1978. Surviving are three nieces, Anna Diehl Trettel of Washington, Regina Schweizer Lazear of Medina, Ohio, and Rosella Schweizer Majerczak of Terra Alta, W.Va.; a nephew, Lawrence L. Diehl of Willingboro, N.J.; and several cousins. She was the youngest of 11 children. Her 10 brothers and sisters are deceased. Copyright ©1998 Observer Publishing Co.Last updated Saturday, October 3, 1998Dorothy L. Allison
Washington Hospital nursing supervisor
She was born October 14, 1902, in Martins Ferry, Ohio, a daughter of Louis and Mary Sterling Diehl.