The Burlington Hawkeye, March 18, 1997
Allen Booten II
Allen D. Booten II, 60, of New Bedford, Mass., died Monday, March 10, 1997, at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Providence, R.I., following a long illness.
Born May 19, 1936, in Burlington, he was the son of Allen D. Booten Sr. and Ruby Coolbaugh Booten. He married Shirley M. Brothers April 13, 1958.
He was a 1956 graduate of Burlington High School and served in the Navy.
He was a member of International Church of the Nazarene, where he sang in the choir. He had been a machinist at Chamberlain Manufacturing in New Bedford for 31 years. He had previously worked at Lincoln Park and had been a pressman for Standard Times.
Mr. Booten was a member of the United Auto Workers Union and Cape Verdean American Veterans Association, was an honorary member of Pokanoket Tribe of the Wampanoag Indians of Bristol, R.I., and was an avid bowler at Bowlers Country Club, where he served as president of Krazy Kat League for the past 12 years. He had also been a junior bowlers coach for the past four years.
Survivors include his wife; his mother of Elm View Care Center; two sisters, Lahoma Sanders and Barbara Johnston, both of Burlington; an uncle; and nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, and cousins.
The funeral for Mr. Booten was held March 13 at International Church of the Nazarene in New Bedford. Burial with full military rites was in Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne, Mass.
Allen Booten II
Allen D. Booten II, 60, of New Bedford, Mass., died Monday, March 10, 1997, at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Providence, R.I., following a long illness.
Born May 19, 1936, in Burlington, he was the son of Allen D. Booten Sr. and Ruby Coolbaugh Booten. He married Shirley M. Brothers April 13, 1958.
He was a 1956 graduate of Burlington High School and served in the Navy.
He was a member of International Church of the Nazarene, where he sang in the choir. He had been a machinist at Chamberlain Manufacturing in New Bedford for 31 years. He had previously worked at Lincoln Park and had been a pressman for Standard Times.
Mr. Booten was a member of the United Auto Workers Union and Cape Verdean American Veterans Association, was an honorary member of Pokanoket Tribe of the Wampanoag Indians of Bristol, R.I., and was an avid bowler at Bowlers Country Club, where he served as president of Krazy Kat League for the past 12 years. He had also been a junior bowlers coach for the past four years.
Survivors include his wife; his mother of Elm View Care Center; two sisters, Lahoma Sanders and Barbara Johnston, both of Burlington; an uncle; and nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, and cousins.
The funeral for Mr. Booten was held March 13 at International Church of the Nazarene in New Bedford. Burial with full military rites was in Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne, Mass.
The Burlington Hawkeye, March 18, 1997
Allen Booten II
Allen D. Booten II, 60, of New Bedford, Mass., died Monday, March 10, 1997, at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Providence, R.I., following a long illness.
Born May 19, 1936, in Burlington, he was the son of Allen D. Booten Sr. and Ruby Coolbaugh Booten. He married Shirley M. Brothers April 13, 1958.
He was a 1956 graduate of Burlington High School and served in the Navy.
He was a member of International Church of the Nazarene, where he sang in the choir. He had been a machinist at Chamberlain Manufacturing in New Bedford for 31 years. He had previously worked at Lincoln Park and had been a pressman for Standard Times.
Mr. Booten was a member of the United Auto Workers Union and Cape Verdean American Veterans Association, was an honorary member of Pokanoket Tribe of the Wampanoag Indians of Bristol, R.I., and was an avid bowler at Bowlers Country Club, where he served as president of Krazy Kat League for the past 12 years. He had also been a junior bowlers coach for the past four years.
Survivors include his wife; his mother of Elm View Care Center; two sisters, Lahoma Sanders and Barbara Johnston, both of Burlington; an uncle; and nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, and cousins.
The funeral for Mr. Booten was held March 13 at International Church of the Nazarene in New Bedford. Burial with full military rites was in Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne, Mass.
Allen Booten II
Allen D. Booten II, 60, of New Bedford, Mass., died Monday, March 10, 1997, at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Providence, R.I., following a long illness.
Born May 19, 1936, in Burlington, he was the son of Allen D. Booten Sr. and Ruby Coolbaugh Booten. He married Shirley M. Brothers April 13, 1958.
He was a 1956 graduate of Burlington High School and served in the Navy.
He was a member of International Church of the Nazarene, where he sang in the choir. He had been a machinist at Chamberlain Manufacturing in New Bedford for 31 years. He had previously worked at Lincoln Park and had been a pressman for Standard Times.
Mr. Booten was a member of the United Auto Workers Union and Cape Verdean American Veterans Association, was an honorary member of Pokanoket Tribe of the Wampanoag Indians of Bristol, R.I., and was an avid bowler at Bowlers Country Club, where he served as president of Krazy Kat League for the past 12 years. He had also been a junior bowlers coach for the past four years.
Survivors include his wife; his mother of Elm View Care Center; two sisters, Lahoma Sanders and Barbara Johnston, both of Burlington; an uncle; and nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, and cousins.
The funeral for Mr. Booten was held March 13 at International Church of the Nazarene in New Bedford. Burial with full military rites was in Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne, Mass.
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