Dateline: Great Bend, Kansas

Name of Deceased: Kenneth Harold Allen Age: 86
Date of Death: July 31, 2014
Place of Death: Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas
Date of Birth: July 4, 1928 at Great Bend, Kansas
Parents Name: James Martin & Bertha (Piel) Allen

OBITUARY INFORMATION

Married Maude Evalene Russell April 28, 1952 at Salem, Arkansas. She died August 8, 2007.
He was a carpenter for Marlette Homes.
Mr. Allen was a lifetime Great Bend, Kansas resident.
He was a United States Army veteran, serving during the Korean Conflict.
He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Morris-McFadden Post #3111, Great Bend. He attended First Assembly of God.

SURVIVORS

one son: Barry Allen of Great Bend, KS
three daughters: Linda Nye and her husband Mike of Wichita, KS, Carol Dykes and her husband Jeff of Salina, KS, and Cheryl Mansheim and her husband Mark of Olathe, KS
Four Grandchildren: Janelle Krutzsch, Johnny Dykes, Michelle Routh, and Christina Bosworth
Six Great-grandchildren: Kaytlin, Haley, Maddie, Jonathan, Andrew, and Piper

He was preceded in death by one brother, Martin Allen, and one sister, Dorothy Chism.

SERVICE INFORMATION

Funeral Service: Monday, August 4, 2014
Time of Service: 10:30 a.m.
Place of Service: Bryant Funeral Home
Officiant: Pastor Don Paden
Interment: Great Bend Cemetery North, Great Bend, Kansas with military rites by Fort Riley Honor Guard
Visitation: 1:00 to 9:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., Sunday, August 3, 2014 at Bryant Funeral Home
Memorial Fund: American Diabetes Association, in care of Bryant Funeral Home

Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.bryantfh.net
Arrangements by Bryant Funeral Home 1425 Patton Road Great Bend, Kansas 67530