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Willis Allen

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Willis Allen Veteran

Birth
Streator, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
Death
7 Feb 2020 (aged 95)
Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Willis Allen, 95, of Ottawa, passed away on Friday night, February 7, 2020 at the Ottawa Pavilion.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at the Mueller Funeral Home in Ottawa, with Rev. Duane Kaufman officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Memorial Park, where full military rites will be accorded by the American Legion Post 33 Veteran's Group Honor Guard. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. on Wednesday, at the funeral home.

Willis was born on December 8, 1924 in Streator, to Claude and Oma (Wolff) Allen. He married Lou Ann Brown on January 14, 1951 at Epworth United Methodist Church. Willis was a veteran of the US Navy and served in WWII and Korea in the South Pacific. He worked at Bakelite, until his retirement. Willis was a member of the American Legion Post 33 and the Ottawa VFW.

Willis is survived by a son, Lawrence Allen, of Ottawa and a sister Jean (Thomas) Kimes, of Streator.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Lou Ann, on February 5, 2001, two brothers, Richard in infancy and Max on October 25, 2007, three sisters, Faye Cox on May 3, 1978, Helen Cassidy on November 8, 2000, and Mary Lou Gragson on November 15, 2003, and a son, Daniel Allen, on September 6, 2012.

Memorials may be directed to the family.
Willis Allen, 95, of Ottawa, passed away on Friday night, February 7, 2020 at the Ottawa Pavilion.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at the Mueller Funeral Home in Ottawa, with Rev. Duane Kaufman officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Memorial Park, where full military rites will be accorded by the American Legion Post 33 Veteran's Group Honor Guard. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. on Wednesday, at the funeral home.

Willis was born on December 8, 1924 in Streator, to Claude and Oma (Wolff) Allen. He married Lou Ann Brown on January 14, 1951 at Epworth United Methodist Church. Willis was a veteran of the US Navy and served in WWII and Korea in the South Pacific. He worked at Bakelite, until his retirement. Willis was a member of the American Legion Post 33 and the Ottawa VFW.

Willis is survived by a son, Lawrence Allen, of Ottawa and a sister Jean (Thomas) Kimes, of Streator.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Lou Ann, on February 5, 2001, two brothers, Richard in infancy and Max on October 25, 2007, three sisters, Faye Cox on May 3, 1978, Helen Cassidy on November 8, 2000, and Mary Lou Gragson on November 15, 2003, and a son, Daniel Allen, on September 6, 2012.

Memorials may be directed to the family.


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  • Created by: kstev99
  • Added: Feb 8, 2020
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206932477/willis-allen: accessed ), memorial page for Willis Allen (8 Dec 1924–7 Feb 2020), Find a Grave Memorial ID 206932477, citing Oakwood Memorial Park, Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by kstev99 (contributor 47907326).