07/23/1988
Services for Dwight Donald Allen, 73, who died July 23, 1988, at the VA Hospital in Des Moines, were held July 25 at Bybee and Davis Funeral Home.
The interment was in Gullion Cemetery. The Rev. Al Johnson officiated at the services. Music was provided by Mildred Brooks, the organist. Pallbearers were Dwight, Alan, Duane, Jeff, and Mike Robuck.
Mr. Allen was born on March 11, 1915, in Knoxville, the son of Tom and Effie McGruder Allen.
He graduated from Knoxville High School in 1933.
Returning from Knoxville after serving from 1934 to 1944 in the Navy, he was employed as a carpenter. In 1951 he moved to Des Moines.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister Letha Robuck.
He is survived by one son, Tom of Knoxville; one daughter, Tonja Gardner of Brookfield, Mo. Two granddaughters; two nephews; one niece; and several cousins.