Harwood Vail Allen, 31, son of Joseph Allen of Afton and the late Susie Vail Allen, met his death on Friday, September 15 at Nampa, Idaho.
During the past summer he had been staying at the home of his Aunt and Uncle, Mr and Mrs. Edgar Erickson of Nampa, working at carpenter work. It was in this home that he passed away.
Funeral services were held for Harwood on September 18th at the Smoot Ward Chapel. The services were as follows:
Processional and Recessional Music "Oh My Father", was played on the piano and cornet by Lamont Anglesey and Donna Wheeler.
Song "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere by Smoot Singing Mothers. Prayer by Harvey Crook. Speakers elmer Lancaster, Song, "Sing Me To Sleep" by Mary Beth Chadwick; Speaker, President E. Francis Winters; Song, "Jesus Lover of My Soul" by Bp. Findlay and Douglas Findlay, Mary Beth Chadwick and Isabelle Hunsaker; Speaker, William Cassity; Remarks, Bishop Lawrence Bruce; Song, "That's My Task," by Gaylon Harmon and Prayer by George Burton.
Burial was in the Afton Cemetery with Lynn Nield of the American Legion in charge of military honors and Lee Call playing taps.
He leaves to mourn his passing; His father, step-mother, brothers and sisters Lyda shore, salmon, Idaho; ElRay and Blair Allen, Afton; Grant Allen serving in the U.S. Navy and now stationed at Seattle, Washington.
He also has a stepbrother and three sisters; Boyd Weaver, Afton; Fern Pacheco, Salt Lake and Arleen Meikle, Rexburg. His mother preceded him in death in September 1924.
Harwood was born at Smoot on May 3, 1919. He enlisted in the Army on February 17, 1941 and was stationed in Kodiak, Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. He received his discharge in February 1949.

Allen, Harwood Vail (15 Sep 1950)Star Valley Independent

HARWOOD VAIL ALLEN is the son of JOSEPH ALLEN and SUSIE VAIL