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.
