Obituary - Joseph John "Joe" Allen
Joseph J. Allen, 89
Grey Eagle
Oct. 20, 1916 – Nov. 3, 2005
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday, November 7 at Faith Community Church
in Burtrum for Joseph “Joe” Allen who died Thursday at Pine Villa Care Center in
Melrose. Rev. Rodger Schmidt will officiate with private inurnment at Moses Dane
Cemetery, near Burtrum.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday (TODAY) at the Patton-Schad Funeral
Home in Grey Eagle and one hour prior to the service Monday at the church.
Survivors include son, Galen (Geri) Allen and daughter, Joyce (Hoyt) Karnes, all
of Burtrum; 11 grandchildren; 30 great-grand-children; four
great-great-grand-children; brother, Ivan (Alice) Allen of Grey Eagle; and
sister, Marcella Christian of El Paso, Texas.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Harry and Iva (Shutter) Allen; wife,
Neva Allen on December 19, 1996; and brothers, Harold, Lloyd and Ted Allen.