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Bert Melvin Allen

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Bert Melvin Allen

Birth
Lenora, Norton County, Kansas, USA
Death
19 Sep 1986 (aged 80)
Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho, USA
Burial
Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.6033925, Longitude: -116.6697255
Plot
Garden of Communion Lot 374 Space 4
Memorial ID
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Bert Allen
Services for Bert M. Allen, 80, Caldwell, a former Nampa resident, who died Friday, Sept. 19, in Caldwell, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Flahiff Funeral Chapel of Nampa. The Rev. Joseph Housh of the First United Methodist Church, Nampa, will officiate. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Caldwell.
Mr. Allen was born Sept. 9, 1906, at Lenora, Kan., a son of Lewis and Comfort A. Williams Allen, and was reared and educated there. He went to Colorado and worked at Weldona for a time.
He married Esther M. Kellogg March 12, 1930, at Greeley, Colo. They returned to Lenora where they made their home and farmed until 1945. They then moved to Kersey, Colo., and lived there for two years.
They moved to Nampa in 1947 where he was an employee of the Pacific Fruit Express shops for 17 years. He had also worked as a deliveryman for Terry's Home Furnishings for several years.
He was a former member of the Royal Neighbors of America and a member of the Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks of America.
He is survived by his wife of Caldwell; one son, Richard E. Allen of Boise; two daughter, Donna L. Davis of Caldwell and Roberta L. Hicks of Meridian; one brother, Wayne Allen of Greeley, Colo.; one sister, Esther Hewitt of Longmont, Colo.; 14 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. His parents, one brother and two sisters preceded him in death.

From the Idaho Press-Tribune September, 1986
Contributor: Dennis McIndoo (458454)
Bert Allen
Services for Bert M. Allen, 80, Caldwell, a former Nampa resident, who died Friday, Sept. 19, in Caldwell, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Flahiff Funeral Chapel of Nampa. The Rev. Joseph Housh of the First United Methodist Church, Nampa, will officiate. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Caldwell.
Mr. Allen was born Sept. 9, 1906, at Lenora, Kan., a son of Lewis and Comfort A. Williams Allen, and was reared and educated there. He went to Colorado and worked at Weldona for a time.
He married Esther M. Kellogg March 12, 1930, at Greeley, Colo. They returned to Lenora where they made their home and farmed until 1945. They then moved to Kersey, Colo., and lived there for two years.
They moved to Nampa in 1947 where he was an employee of the Pacific Fruit Express shops for 17 years. He had also worked as a deliveryman for Terry's Home Furnishings for several years.
He was a former member of the Royal Neighbors of America and a member of the Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks of America.
He is survived by his wife of Caldwell; one son, Richard E. Allen of Boise; two daughter, Donna L. Davis of Caldwell and Roberta L. Hicks of Meridian; one brother, Wayne Allen of Greeley, Colo.; one sister, Esther Hewitt of Longmont, Colo.; 14 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. His parents, one brother and two sisters preceded him in death.

From the Idaho Press-Tribune September, 1986
Contributor: Dennis McIndoo (458454)


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77562678/bert_melvin-allen: accessed ), memorial page for Bert Melvin Allen (9 Sep 1906–19 Sep 1986), Find a Grave Memorial ID 77562678, citing Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho, USA; Maintained by R.I.P. (contributor 47339884).