Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Allen, Lyle B. 2000 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net August 15, 2011, 5:21 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Saturday, July 15, 2000 Lyle B. Allen, 79, of Eaton Rapids, formerly of Charlotte, died Thursday, July 13, 2000, at his residence. Lyle was born in Lowell, the son of William R. and Mable (Medmar) Allen and had been a Charlotte/Eaton Rapids area resident since 1956. He was a 1938 graduate of Ionia high school, had served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, was a former V.F.W. member and was a member of the Iris Club. While in Charlotte, he owned the former Charlotte Wallpaper and Paint Store until about 1964 when he started working at the Owens-Illinois Glass factory from where he retired in 1976 after 12 years of service. Surviving are his wife, Dorothy (Bayley-Lux) Allen; one son, Bruce (Kathleen) Allen of spring Hill, Fla.; two daughters, Judy (Carl) Pearson of Dunedin, Fla. and Barbara (Garry) Bruce of Charlotte; 16 grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren; three brothers, Howard of Ar., Robert of Texas and William of Fla.; and one sister, Jean of Ocala, Fla. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ruth A. Allen, in 1967; one son, William Harold Allen, in 1948 and three sisters and one brother. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. today at the Burckhead-Green Funeral Chapel, Charlotte, with the Rev. William Ericson of the Episcopal Church officiating. Interment will be in Balcom Cemetery, Ionia. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Eaton Community Hospice or the Memorial Tree Garden. Visitation was held on Friday from 7 until 9 p.m. and will be held today from 9 a.m. until time of services. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/a/allen16400nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb