"She left him, once, twice, three times, maybe more, but she had a big heart! She loved his sweet, gentle mother, his sister and brothers. She loved his little niece and was thinking about making us grandparents. She loved him too.
On our many shopping days, we found a vintage, satin, mint green gown, with two rhinestone broaches. When she walked out of the fitting room, her beauty bowled me over!!! She looked like a 1930's-1940's movie star!!! She said she didn't know for sure if she'd marry him, but whomever she married, THIS was going to be her wedding gown. It is with devastated hearts that instead, we will be burying her in this gown. Young women, I implore you, if a man hits you, never go back!
Our Allie Marie was many things! She tried to always have water bottles and gave them out to homeless people around San Antonio. Once, she bought a homeless man a burger. By the time we got back, he had moved. She ran across FIVE traffic lanes to give it to him!!!!!"
Cherished only child and only girl in the Irish Holloway clan for three or more generations.
Irish dancer. Volunteered dancer at nursing homes when she lived in Illinois and danced for Augustana College Professor Janet Stodd's annual flute St. Patrick's Day performance. (Photos)
Primarily self and family taught pianist. Wrote beautiful sheet music! Placed 2nd in an Illinois Clavinova festival competition, with her original composition. She aspired to write musical scores for movies.
Soprano. Choir teacher, Stephen LaCroix, pushed her, made her sing songs she didn't want to...voice coach, Sharon Michaelsen, worked with her, even after her retirement! She was so excited when Mr. LaCroix said, "You nailed it!"
Upon graduation, in 2012 from JD Darnall high school, in Illinois, she attended a Berklee College of Music short summer program, in Valencia, Spain. She took four years of Spanish, but it wasn't until she returned home, to Texas, that she became proficient!
She was an avid snow ski bunny, but not so good with water skis. She took lessons from the Backwater Gamblers ski show members, in Rock Island, Illinois. See attached photos (funny look on her face).
She attended her freshman year of college, at Blackhawk College, in Moline, Illinois.
She was a Christian, but was interested in Judism, since our geneology research indicated that a distant relative was probably Jewish.
She did unpaid internships for the 2016 Austin Film Festival and for Austin's Mariachi Amor.
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Sports in high school: tennis, softball, sophomore football (the only girl to complete a whole season! She was the first to admit that she was no good, but wanted to try, since her dad had played. She was tenacious!)
Participant in Henry County Fair & Kewanee beauty pageants. She had just completed the Kewanee pageant, when the coach required her to cut off all her hair, to play football!