Maxine Allen

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(Nov. 23, 1916 - Oct. 4, 2015)

Maxine Allen died peacefully at the Powell Valley Care Center on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. She was 98.

She was born Nov. 23, 1916, in Ingraham, Illinois, to Ira and Maude Hagen.

On Jan. 21, 1937, she married John H. Allen in Chicago, Illinois. To that union was born four sons: Kenneth L. Allen, John L. Allen, Dale J. Allen and James R. Allen. 

John’s work, International Minerals, Inc., transferred their family to Powell in 1961. The family lived in five different states during John’s oil field career.

Maxine was a member of Christian Church in Flora, Illinois, and the Methodist church in Powell. She worked at several flower shops, and also as a sales clerk at Nellemay’s Dress Shop. She was also a charter member of the Powell Hospital Auxiliary.

She is survived by two sons, James Allen of Vernal, Utah, and Dale Allen of Casper; sister, Marie Adams of Albuquerque, New Mexico; 10 grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband John Allen in 1973; and her sons, Kenny Allen in 1972, and John Allen in 1991.

Funeral services are planned for Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 1 p.m. at Thompson Funeral Home.

A brief visitation will precede the service from noon to 1 p.m.

Burial will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery in Powell.

Thompson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.thompsonfuneral.net or to P.O. Box 807 Powell, WY, 82435.

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