Renella "Ray" Jean Cherry Allen, was born on November 21, 1933 in Columbus, Ohio. At 83, she passed away after a short illness, March 21, 2017 in St. Louis, Missouri.
Ray attended Champion Junior High School and East Senior High School before moving briefly to Chicago, Illinois where she attended Hyde Park High School.
Renella married the love of her life Herbert M. Allen Jr. in 1971 in East St. Louis, Illinois. She worked for the Federal Government for 14 years, transferring in 1964 to St. Louis, Missouri. She retired in 1976.
She was a member of the House of Prayer West Church for many years where she taught Sunday school. She loved reading the Bible and all types of books. She enjoyed traveling with her husband and playing the organ.
Over the years, she owned and dearly loved several dogs, all of them either a Shih Tzu or mixed with Shih Tzu.
Renella was a fighter having survived cancer and major heart surgery.
Preceded in death by her mother, Jean Davis Banks; father, Dennis Cherry; loving aunt, Jane E. Davis; brothers, Ronald Dennis Cherry and Romero Cherry.
Ray is survived by her loving husband, Herbert M. Allen Jr; son, Ronald A. (Rebecca) Gray; stepsons, Herbert (Sue) Allen III, Clinton (Karen) Allen; sisters, Andrea Hernandez, Martha Cozzens; niece, Rhonda Cherry (Brian) White; nephew, Ronald T. Cherry,; great niece, Destiny White; great nephew, Christopher Cherry Guay; grandchildren, Ronald Christopher Gray, Tiffany Gray, Herbert IV, Lisa, Sabrina and Melanie Allen; sister-in-law, Mary Jane Meadley; brothers-in-law, Louis A. (Donna) Allen, David Allen; special longtime friends, Bertha Brownlee, Darlene Bell, Margaret J. Walters, Sue Long; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Ray attended Champion Junior High School and East Senior High School before moving briefly to Chicago, Illinois where she attended Hyde Park High School.
Renella married the love of her life Herbert M. Allen Jr. in 1971 in East St. Louis, Illinois. She worked for the Federal Government for 14 years, transferring in 1964 to St. Louis, Missouri. She retired in 1976.
She was a member of the House of Prayer West Church for many years where she taught Sunday school. She loved reading the Bible and all types of books. She enjoyed traveling with her husband and playing the organ.
Over the years, she owned and dearly loved several dogs, all of them either a Shih Tzu or mixed with Shih Tzu.
Renella was a fighter having survived cancer and major heart surgery.
Preceded in death by her mother, Jean Davis Banks; father, Dennis Cherry; loving aunt, Jane E. Davis; brothers, Ronald Dennis Cherry and Romero Cherry.
Ray is survived by her loving husband, Herbert M. Allen Jr; son, Ronald A. (Rebecca) Gray; stepsons, Herbert (Sue) Allen III, Clinton (Karen) Allen; sisters, Andrea Hernandez, Martha Cozzens; niece, Rhonda Cherry (Brian) White; nephew, Ronald T. Cherry,; great niece, Destiny White; great nephew, Christopher Cherry Guay; grandchildren, Ronald Christopher Gray, Tiffany Gray, Herbert IV, Lisa, Sabrina and Melanie Allen; sister-in-law, Mary Jane Meadley; brothers-in-law, Louis A. (Donna) Allen, David Allen; special longtime friends, Bertha Brownlee, Darlene Bell, Margaret J. Walters, Sue Long; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Renella "Ray" Jean Cherry Allen, was born on November 21, 1933 in Columbus, Ohio. At 83, she passed away after a short illness, March 21, 2017 in St. Louis, Missouri.
Ray attended Champion Junior High School and East Senior High School before moving briefly to Chicago, Illinois where she attended Hyde Park High School.
Renella married the love of her life Herbert M. Allen Jr. in 1971 in East St. Louis, Illinois. She worked for the Federal Government for 14 years, transferring in 1964 to St. Louis, Missouri. She retired in 1976.
She was a member of the House of Prayer West Church for many years where she taught Sunday school. She loved reading the Bible and all types of books. She enjoyed traveling with her husband and playing the organ.
Over the years, she owned and dearly loved several dogs, all of them either a Shih Tzu or mixed with Shih Tzu.
Renella was a fighter having survived cancer and major heart surgery.
Preceded in death by her mother, Jean Davis Banks; father, Dennis Cherry; loving aunt, Jane E. Davis; brothers, Ronald Dennis Cherry and Romero Cherry.
Ray is survived by her loving husband, Herbert M. Allen Jr; son, Ronald A. (Rebecca) Gray; stepsons, Herbert (Sue) Allen III, Clinton (Karen) Allen; sisters, Andrea Hernandez, Martha Cozzens; niece, Rhonda Cherry (Brian) White; nephew, Ronald T. Cherry,; great niece, Destiny White; great nephew, Christopher Cherry Guay; grandchildren, Ronald Christopher Gray, Tiffany Gray, Herbert IV, Lisa, Sabrina and Melanie Allen; sister-in-law, Mary Jane Meadley; brothers-in-law, Louis A. (Donna) Allen, David Allen; special longtime friends, Bertha Brownlee, Darlene Bell, Margaret J. Walters, Sue Long; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Ray attended Champion Junior High School and East Senior High School before moving briefly to Chicago, Illinois where she attended Hyde Park High School.
Renella married the love of her life Herbert M. Allen Jr. in 1971 in East St. Louis, Illinois. She worked for the Federal Government for 14 years, transferring in 1964 to St. Louis, Missouri. She retired in 1976.
She was a member of the House of Prayer West Church for many years where she taught Sunday school. She loved reading the Bible and all types of books. She enjoyed traveling with her husband and playing the organ.
Over the years, she owned and dearly loved several dogs, all of them either a Shih Tzu or mixed with Shih Tzu.
Renella was a fighter having survived cancer and major heart surgery.
Preceded in death by her mother, Jean Davis Banks; father, Dennis Cherry; loving aunt, Jane E. Davis; brothers, Ronald Dennis Cherry and Romero Cherry.
Ray is survived by her loving husband, Herbert M. Allen Jr; son, Ronald A. (Rebecca) Gray; stepsons, Herbert (Sue) Allen III, Clinton (Karen) Allen; sisters, Andrea Hernandez, Martha Cozzens; niece, Rhonda Cherry (Brian) White; nephew, Ronald T. Cherry,; great niece, Destiny White; great nephew, Christopher Cherry Guay; grandchildren, Ronald Christopher Gray, Tiffany Gray, Herbert IV, Lisa, Sabrina and Melanie Allen; sister-in-law, Mary Jane Meadley; brothers-in-law, Louis A. (Donna) Allen, David Allen; special longtime friends, Bertha Brownlee, Darlene Bell, Margaret J. Walters, Sue Long; and a host of other relatives and friends.
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