Robert V. Allen

© Enid News and Eagle

04-16-1986

Submitted by: Jo Aguirre

The funeral for Robert V. Allen, 63, who died late Wednesday at a local hospital, will be 4 PM Friday at Henninger – Allen Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. James F. Matheny will officiate. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Allen was born September 5, 1922, in Clayton, New Mexico, to Robert E. And Edna F Schweedler Allen. He moved with his parents to a farm southeast of Goltry, later moving to Gentry, Arkansas, where he graduated from high school. On June 18, 1944, he married Hazel M. Dixon in Springtown, Arkansas. They made their home in Auburn, Washington, later returning to Arkansas. In 1974, they moved to Enid.

Allen was employed for 19 years at Lakeview Service Station and in 1966, started working at Vance Air of Force Base. He was employed as a hydraulic specialist by Northrup.

Allen also owned and operated the University Station Laundry, and attended the Enid Bible Church.

Survivors include his wife, Hazel; a son, Jim, Tulsa; two daughters, Mrs. Gary (Eula Faye) Lentz, Seabrook, Texas, and Mrs. Glenn (Tammy) Lastinger, Lawton; three grandchildren, his mother, Edna Faye Allen, Cushing; and three sisters, Virginia Bass, Texas, Mrs. Bill (Marie) Remington, Cushing, and Mrs. Kenneth (Irma) Armstrong, Pineville, Missouri.

He was preceded in death by his father, a sister and a brother.

Memorials in his name may be made to Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Heart Division, with the funeral home serving as custodian of the funds.

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