August Allen
Born: August 18, 19051 in Trenton, Grundy Co., Missouri
Died: November 15, 19891 in Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 250, lot 3
Lot Owner: August A. Allen - purchased 1965
Married: Erma B. Bruce on March 11, 1925.
Children: Robert, Evelyn Esau
Parents: Charles H. & Erma R. Allen2
Obituary: August A. Allen
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Sugar Grove Cemetery near Newton for August A. Allen, 84, who died of cancer Wednesday at his home at Mercy Court, 921 Sixth Ave.
Mr. Allen was born in Trenton, Mo., and lived in Des Moines for 62 years. He was a typesetter for the Des Moines Register and Tribune Co., until his retirement in 1969. He was a member of the company's retiree club, a member of the International Typographical Union and a member of the American Association of Retired Persons.
He is survived by his wife, Erma; a son, Robert of Des Moines; a daughter, Evelyn Esau of Carson City, Nev.; six grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
The family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Westover Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Central Iowa. ~ Des Moines Register, November 17, 1989.
1. On-line Social Security Death Index
2. 1920 U.S. Census, Trenton, Grundy Co., Missouri, page 12A or Image 23
Erma (Bruce) Allen
Born: May 31, 19051 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: September 26, 1995, Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa1
Buried: Lot 250, lot 4
Lot Owner: August A. Allen - purchased 1965
Married: August A. Allen March 11, 1925
Children: Robert, Evelyn Esau
Parents: Charles and Alice (Huff) Bruce
Obituary: Erma Allen
DES MOINES -- Erma Bruce Allen, 90, of 921 6th Ave., Des Moines, a former resident of Newton, died Tuesday, Sept. 26 at the Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Westover Funeral Home.
Graveside rites will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Sugar Grove Cemetery near Newton.
Friends may call and visitation with the family will be held at the funeral home prior to the services.
Memorials to Hospice of Central Iowa will be accepted.
Survivors are a son, Robert of Des Moines; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and a brother, Ronald Bruce at Newton.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Husband, August, and a daughter, Evelyn Jeanne Esau.
Mrs. Allen, a homemaker, was a member of the American Association of Retired Persons.
She was the daughter of Charles and Alice Hough [Huff] Bruce and was born in Newton.
She was married to August Allen March 11, 1925.
Mrs. Allen had moved to Des Moines in 1925. ~ Newton Daily News, September 28, 1995.
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Obituary: Erma (Bruce) Allen
Erma B. Allen, 90, of Mercy Court Apartments, 921 Sixth Ave., died of a stroke Tuesday at Mercy Hospital Medical Center.
Services are at 1 p.m. Saturday at Westover Funeral Home. Burial is at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Sugar Grove Cemetery at Newton.
Mrs. Allen, a homemaker, was born in Newton and moved to Des Moines in 1925.
She is survived by a son, Robert of Des Moines; a brother, Ronald Bruce of Newton; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Friends may call until service time at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Central Iowa. ~ The Des Moines Register, September 28, 1995.