ALLEN, JOHN MERTON
John "Johnnie" Merton Allen died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005, at his home in Cottonwood Falls. He was 81.
Mr. Allen was a maintenance man at the Cottonwood Falls High School and also worked in Emporia.
The son of Daniel William and Alice Vretta Smith Allen, he was born Aug. 20, 1924, in Emporia. He grew up and attended schools in the Madison area and graduated from Madison High School in 1943.
He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on June 30, 1943 and served three years in the South Pacific during World War II as a machine gunner on a PT boat. He was honorably discharged March 10, 1946.
He married Lois Ailene Garrett on Oct. 11, 1945, in Long Beach, Calif. They divorced in 1972. He married Roberta Jane Hudson Heathman on June 13, 1983, in Cottonwood Falls. She survives.
He attended Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia and graduated from Adli Hale School of Business in Hutchinson with a degree in junior accounting.
Mr. Allen was a member of the Flint Hills Community Church in Cottonwood Falls. He also was a member of American Legion Post 5 and served several years on the board of the Chase County Family Health Center as treasurer.
He is also survived by four children, Frank Allen of Emporia, Teri Allen Hoffay of Burlington, Daniel Allen of Burlington, Wis., Major David Allen of San Antonio, Texas; three stepsons, Terry Heathman of Gardner, Danny Heathman of Berwick, La., and Dale Heathman of MontVerde, Fla.; 10 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by a special friend and caregiver, Donna Koehn.
Three brothers, Marvin Allen, Dugan Allen and Dale Allen, and four sisters, Edna, Edith, Helen and Ona, died earlier, as did a stepson, Tim Heathman.
The funeral is at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Flint Hills Church at Cottonwood Falls. The family will visit friends from 7:30 to 9 p.m. today at the Croy Funeral Home in Cottonwood Falls.
Memorial contributions to Hand in Hand Hospice may be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 70, Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845. (The Emporia Gazette, November 11, 2005)
Contributor: Janice
John "Johnnie" Merton Allen died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005, at his home in Cottonwood Falls. He was 81.
Mr. Allen was a maintenance man at the Cottonwood Falls High School and also worked in Emporia.
The son of Daniel William and Alice Vretta Smith Allen, he was born Aug. 20, 1924, in Emporia. He grew up and attended schools in the Madison area and graduated from Madison High School in 1943.
He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on June 30, 1943 and served three years in the South Pacific during World War II as a machine gunner on a PT boat. He was honorably discharged March 10, 1946.
He married Lois Ailene Garrett on Oct. 11, 1945, in Long Beach, Calif. They divorced in 1972. He married Roberta Jane Hudson Heathman on June 13, 1983, in Cottonwood Falls. She survives.
He attended Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia and graduated from Adli Hale School of Business in Hutchinson with a degree in junior accounting.
Mr. Allen was a member of the Flint Hills Community Church in Cottonwood Falls. He also was a member of American Legion Post 5 and served several years on the board of the Chase County Family Health Center as treasurer.
He is also survived by four children, Frank Allen of Emporia, Teri Allen Hoffay of Burlington, Daniel Allen of Burlington, Wis., Major David Allen of San Antonio, Texas; three stepsons, Terry Heathman of Gardner, Danny Heathman of Berwick, La., and Dale Heathman of MontVerde, Fla.; 10 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by a special friend and caregiver, Donna Koehn.
Three brothers, Marvin Allen, Dugan Allen and Dale Allen, and four sisters, Edna, Edith, Helen and Ona, died earlier, as did a stepson, Tim Heathman.
The funeral is at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Flint Hills Church at Cottonwood Falls. The family will visit friends from 7:30 to 9 p.m. today at the Croy Funeral Home in Cottonwood Falls.
Memorial contributions to Hand in Hand Hospice may be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 70, Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845. (The Emporia Gazette, November 11, 2005)
Contributor: Janice
ALLEN, JOHN MERTON
John "Johnnie" Merton Allen died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005, at his home in Cottonwood Falls. He was 81.
Mr. Allen was a maintenance man at the Cottonwood Falls High School and also worked in Emporia.
The son of Daniel William and Alice Vretta Smith Allen, he was born Aug. 20, 1924, in Emporia. He grew up and attended schools in the Madison area and graduated from Madison High School in 1943.
He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on June 30, 1943 and served three years in the South Pacific during World War II as a machine gunner on a PT boat. He was honorably discharged March 10, 1946.
He married Lois Ailene Garrett on Oct. 11, 1945, in Long Beach, Calif. They divorced in 1972. He married Roberta Jane Hudson Heathman on June 13, 1983, in Cottonwood Falls. She survives.
He attended Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia and graduated from Adli Hale School of Business in Hutchinson with a degree in junior accounting.
Mr. Allen was a member of the Flint Hills Community Church in Cottonwood Falls. He also was a member of American Legion Post 5 and served several years on the board of the Chase County Family Health Center as treasurer.
He is also survived by four children, Frank Allen of Emporia, Teri Allen Hoffay of Burlington, Daniel Allen of Burlington, Wis., Major David Allen of San Antonio, Texas; three stepsons, Terry Heathman of Gardner, Danny Heathman of Berwick, La., and Dale Heathman of MontVerde, Fla.; 10 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by a special friend and caregiver, Donna Koehn.
Three brothers, Marvin Allen, Dugan Allen and Dale Allen, and four sisters, Edna, Edith, Helen and Ona, died earlier, as did a stepson, Tim Heathman.
The funeral is at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Flint Hills Church at Cottonwood Falls. The family will visit friends from 7:30 to 9 p.m. today at the Croy Funeral Home in Cottonwood Falls.
Memorial contributions to Hand in Hand Hospice may be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 70, Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845. (The Emporia Gazette, November 11, 2005)
Contributor: Janice
John "Johnnie" Merton Allen died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005, at his home in Cottonwood Falls. He was 81.
Mr. Allen was a maintenance man at the Cottonwood Falls High School and also worked in Emporia.
The son of Daniel William and Alice Vretta Smith Allen, he was born Aug. 20, 1924, in Emporia. He grew up and attended schools in the Madison area and graduated from Madison High School in 1943.
He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on June 30, 1943 and served three years in the South Pacific during World War II as a machine gunner on a PT boat. He was honorably discharged March 10, 1946.
He married Lois Ailene Garrett on Oct. 11, 1945, in Long Beach, Calif. They divorced in 1972. He married Roberta Jane Hudson Heathman on June 13, 1983, in Cottonwood Falls. She survives.
He attended Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia and graduated from Adli Hale School of Business in Hutchinson with a degree in junior accounting.
Mr. Allen was a member of the Flint Hills Community Church in Cottonwood Falls. He also was a member of American Legion Post 5 and served several years on the board of the Chase County Family Health Center as treasurer.
He is also survived by four children, Frank Allen of Emporia, Teri Allen Hoffay of Burlington, Daniel Allen of Burlington, Wis., Major David Allen of San Antonio, Texas; three stepsons, Terry Heathman of Gardner, Danny Heathman of Berwick, La., and Dale Heathman of MontVerde, Fla.; 10 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by a special friend and caregiver, Donna Koehn.
Three brothers, Marvin Allen, Dugan Allen and Dale Allen, and four sisters, Edna, Edith, Helen and Ona, died earlier, as did a stepson, Tim Heathman.
The funeral is at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Flint Hills Church at Cottonwood Falls. The family will visit friends from 7:30 to 9 p.m. today at the Croy Funeral Home in Cottonwood Falls.
Memorial contributions to Hand in Hand Hospice may be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 70, Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845. (The Emporia Gazette, November 11, 2005)
Contributor: Janice
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