SHELBURNE FALLS - Gilbert J. Allen, 73, of Creamery Avenue. a production manager for 37 years for Kendall Co. of Colrain, died Friday at Franklin Medical Center, Greenfield. He retired in 1976. Born in Buckland, he was a 1932 graduate of the former Arms Academy and a 1937 graduate of Bluefield College, West Virginia, and North Carolina State University. He was an Arms Library trustee and a member of the Kendall Old-Timers. He leaves his wife, the former Marguerite Call; two sons, John [sic] of Ferrisburg, Vt., and Joseph of St. Louis. Mo.; a daughter, Malah Davis of Brookfield, Pa.; a brother, Gorden, and a sister, Madeline Davis, both of Buckland, four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be Tuesday morning at Smith-Kelleher Funeral Home with burial in Branch Cemetery, Colrain. Memorial contributions may be made to the Arms Library Association, Shelburne Falls, 01370.
Published in the Springfield Union (Springfield, MA), page 15, on Sunday, November 1, 1987.
Published in the Springfield Union (Springfield, MA), page 15, on Sunday, November 1, 1987.
SHELBURNE FALLS - Gilbert J. Allen, 73, of Creamery Avenue. a production manager for 37 years for Kendall Co. of Colrain, died Friday at Franklin Medical Center, Greenfield. He retired in 1976. Born in Buckland, he was a 1932 graduate of the former Arms Academy and a 1937 graduate of Bluefield College, West Virginia, and North Carolina State University. He was an Arms Library trustee and a member of the Kendall Old-Timers. He leaves his wife, the former Marguerite Call; two sons, John [sic] of Ferrisburg, Vt., and Joseph of St. Louis. Mo.; a daughter, Malah Davis of Brookfield, Pa.; a brother, Gorden, and a sister, Madeline Davis, both of Buckland, four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be Tuesday morning at Smith-Kelleher Funeral Home with burial in Branch Cemetery, Colrain. Memorial contributions may be made to the Arms Library Association, Shelburne Falls, 01370.
Published in the Springfield Union (Springfield, MA), page 15, on Sunday, November 1, 1987.
Published in the Springfield Union (Springfield, MA), page 15, on Sunday, November 1, 1987.
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