George D. Allesee Sr. (1898 - 1968)

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La Porte Herald Argus Tuesday July 30 1968

ALLESEE HEART ATTACK VICTIM

George D Allesee SR. 1605 Monroe Street, well known La Portean who devoted most of his life to La Porte youth, and was known throughout La Porte for his work broadcasting La Porte Slicers games, died suddenly Sunday night.

He was pronounced dead on arrival at 9:15 PM at Memorial Hospital, Michigan City, the victim of a apparent heart attach. Allesee was 70 years old. Sunday at Fox Park he had announced the Sunday area baseball game as his custom.

He came to La Porte in March, 1921, as physical director of the La Porte YMCA, a position he held until 1937. Active over the years with "Y" activities at the annual dinner this spring he was presented a plaque recognizing his dedication to La Porte youth of the Greater La Porte Area.

He was born June 14, 1898 in Clinton, Iowa to Peter and Louise Allesee and had lived here since 1921 coming from Michigan City. On June 12, 1919 in East Moline, Illinois he married Florence Sarginson who survives.

Allesee had been broadcasting La Porte Slicers games since the mid 1920s and was the first person to call La Porte athletes "The Slicers" in 1927 as a joke after hosting a sporting event at the company picnic of the US Slicing Company here in La Porte. La Porte would officially adopt the name in 1931. Allesee had been a athlete himself as a member of the Chicago White Sox minor leagues and was a star Baseball, Basketball, Football, and Volleyball player at his high school in Clinton, Iowa.

Allesee was a member of the First Baptist Church, a former Sunday School Superintendent and at the time of his death a teacher of the Junior High School Class. He was a member of the Evcelsior Lodge 41, F and AM, The Old Timers Baseball association of which he was a charter member and former President. Allesee had served as chairman of the local Baseball Hall of Fame since it's inception in 1955, and was publicity chairman for the organization.

Surviving are his wife, four sons, George D. Allesee JR., Richard Allesee, and Tom Allesee of La Porte, and Robert Allesee of Detroit, Michigan. 12 grandchildren, three sisters, Louise and Emma Allesee and Minnie Wriedt, one brother Charles Allesee all of Clinton, Iowa. One daughter, one grandson, three sisters, three brothers, and his parents proceeded him in death.

Funeral Arrangements are pending at the Cutler Brothers Funeral Home and will be announced later.

In 1922 Allesee organized the Twilight Baseball League here in La Porte and the midgets basketball team. He developed and coached many fine volleyball and baseball teams over the years here which competed for state championships.

Allesee left the YMCA in 1937 to sell insurance. In recent years he was affiliated with the California Juice Company as sales representative. During the War Years he worked at Kingsbury Ordinance Plant as the Sports Director for employees.

During his lifetime he ran the annual Kids Day at the La Porte County Fair and conducted sports programs at local industrial picnics. Over the years he has been a broadcaster for La Porte Slicers games on the radio and has manned the public address system for all Sunday and Holiday Northern Indiana Baseball games at Fox Park and all Parochial Football games at Kiwanis Field. Several Years ago he was honored with a George Allesee Night at Kiwanis Field.

In 1955 he returned to the YMCA in an official capacity as youth director. He has also been in charge of men and women's volleyball classes there. In addition to being one of the staff he has also been a member of the Physical Education committee of the "Y" and active in its annual membership campaign.