Allfree, Jack E. 1924-2006

ALLFREE, BAKER, STROVERS, VAN CAMP, FOX, SYMBOL, PROBASCO, SWIHART

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Date: 7/23/2006 at 16:42:42

KELLOGG -- Jack E. Allfree, 81, of Kellogg died Friday, June 30, 2006, at Grinnell Regional Medical Center in Grinnell.

A funeral service was today at Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton with the Rev. Larry Pauley of Pleasant View United Methodist Church in rural Newton and the Rev. Rick Johnson of Lakes United Methodist Church in Lake View officiating. Burial will be at Metz Cemetery in rural Newton.

In lieu of flowers, memorials will be accepted to Pleasant View United Methodist Church.

The son of James K. Allfree and Myra Baker, he was born Dec. 17, 1924, in Newton. He was a graduate of Colfax High School and attended Iowa State University. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and also served several years in the U.S. Army after the war.

On Dec. 31, 1949, he married Betty Strovers in Des Moines. He was a shipfitter at Newport News shipbuilding yard and worked as a carpenter and electrician in the private sector. He was a member of Pleasant View United Methodist Church and served as post commander for the American Legion in Newton and Kellogg. He enjoyed woodworking, fishing, hunting and bowling. He lived in Newport News, Va., Freehold, N.J., Newton and Kellogg.

Survivors include his wife; three sons and two daughters-in-law, John Allfree of Montezuma, Mike and Connie Allfree of San Bernardino, Calif., and Kenneth and Cathy Allfree of Phoenix, Ariz.; three daughters and a son-in-law, Cathy Van Camp of Mimbers, N.M., Evelyn Allfree and James Fox of Waterloo and Lisa and LeRoy Symbol of West Palm Beach, Fla.; nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two brothers, Richard Allfree of Story City and Bille Allfree of Colfax; and two sisters, Dorothy Allfree Probasco of Newton and Betty Allfree Swihart of Colfax.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, David Keith Allfree; and a sister-in-law.

The Newton (IA) Daily News, July 3, 2006