Robert W. "Pete" Allen

Thursday, September 19, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at Waters Funeral Chapel.
Officiating will be: Rev. Bob Hoehn.
Music provided by:
Interment will be in the Vandalia Cemetery with full military honors.
Pallbearers: Michael Atkinson, Trey Atkinson, Matt Shramek, Clint Allen, Brandon LaRue, David Hays and Chad Moran.

Robert W. "Pete" Allen passed away at 4:43 p.m. on Sunday, September 15, 2013 at the Audrain Medical Center in Mexico, Missouri. Pete attended area schools and moved from Middletown to Vandalia over 50 years ago. He then started working as a kiln burner at CE Refractories in Farber, retiring in 1982. Pete was a lifetime member of Vandalia VFW Post 2173 and the American Legion.

Born: December 8, 1926 in Crookston, Nebraska the son of Richard Norton and Madge M. (Whiteside) Allen.

Married: Alta Mae Butler on September 27, 1949 in Montgomery City, Missouri; she preceded him in death on February 26, 2011.

Survivors include: three sons: Rick and wife, Glenda Allen of Vandalia; Nick Allen of Vandalia; Tim and wife, Dottie Allen of Mexico; three daughters: Terry Allen and Ronnie Moore of rural Vandalia; Debbie and husband, Bill Shramek of Perry; Nancy and husband, Robert Stotler of rural Vandalia; one sister Carol Johnson of Vandalia; 13 grandchildren: Michael Atkinson, Shonda Suddarth, Clint Allen, April Randy, Matt Shramek, Melissa Allen, Jessica Allen, Ronni Kay Motley, Shelby Allen, Brooke Allen, Alisha Hays, Stacy Branstetter and Lynette Chrisman; 25 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild.

Preceded in death by: parents; wife, Alta; one infant daughter; three brothers; three sisters; one grandson, Blake Allen; son-in-law, Ronnie Motley Jr.

Memorials are encouraged to the donor's choice.