Elmer R Allen

1911 - 1985  (73 years)

• Name	Elmer R Allen
  Born	9 Dec 1911	St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Jan 1985	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Valley View Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Person ID	I247	Rossville
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Oscar Carl Allen,   b. 26 Sep 1870, Sweden ,   d. 4 Dec 1934, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Matilda Elizabeth (Tillie) Danielson Allen,   b. 2 Dec 1873, Sweden ,   d. 24 Oct 1964, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F91	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Buried - - Valley View Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Elmer Allen Elmer R. Allen Services were at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the United Methodist Church in St. Marys for Elmer R. Allen, 73, St. Marys. He died late Saturday, Jan. 12, 1985, at a Topeka hospital. He was a cook in the diet kitchen at the Topeka Veterans Administration Hospital 28 years before he retired. Mr. Allen was born Dec. 9, 1911, at St. Marys, the son of Oscar and Mathilda Danielson Allen. He was a lifelong St. Marys resident and served in the Army during World War II. He was a member of Moose Lodge No. 555 and Disabled American Veterans, both at Topeka; Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion at Rossville; and the United Methodist Church at St. Marys. Survivors include a brother, August Allen, Topeka; and two sisters, Mrs. Regina Schraeder and Mrs. Clementine Hanrahan, both of St. Marys. Burial was in Valley View Cemetery at St. Marys. Verschelden Funeral Home, St. Marys, was in charge of arrangements. Military rites were conducted at gravesite by Jimmy Lillard - American Legion Post #31 of Rossville. Pallbearers were Bob Scheier, Conrad Hesse, Mike Fuhr, Art Harries, Jack O'Roarke, and William V. Rogers. Memorial contributions may be made to the United Methodist Church at St. Marys.
  		Obituary- Elmer Allen Elmer R. Allen Services will be at 11 a.m. Tues-day at the United Methodist Church in St. Marys for Elmer R. Allen, 73, St. Marys. He died late Saturday, Jan. 12, at a Topeka hospital. He was a cook in the diet kitchen at the Topeka Veterans Administra-tion Hospital 28 years before he re-tired. Mr. Allen was born Dec. 9, 1911, at St. Marys, the son Of Oscar and Mathilda Danielson Allen. He was a lifelong St. Marys resident and served in the Army during World War II. He was a member of Moose Lodge No. 555 and Disabled American Veterans, both at Topeka; Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion at Rossville; and the United Methodist Church at St. Marys. Survivors include a brother, Au-gust Allen, Topeka; and two sisters, Mrs. Regina Schraeder and Mrs. Cle¬mentine Hanrahan, both of St. Marys. Burial will be in Valley View Cemetery at St. Marys. Mr. .Allen will lie in state after 3 p.m. today until the service time at Verschelden Funeral Home, St. Marys, where rel¬atives and friends will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. today. Memorial contribu¬tions may be made to the United Methodist Church at St. Marys.