Allfree, James K. 1895-1986

ALLFREE, SANDERSON, LAKIN, JOHNSON, SWIHART, BAKER, LUNDGERG

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 1/31/2005 at 19:21:13

Obituary

Colfax - Funeral services for James K. Allfree, 91, a lifelong resident of Jasper County, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, at the Wallace-Pence Funeral Home in Newton.

The Rev. Vince Waltz, pastoral minister of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newton will conduct services. Burial will be in Sugar Grove Cemetery.

Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at the funeral home. Visitation with the family will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Memorials to the Colfax-Mingo Community Schools may be left at the funeral home or the Colfax-Mingo Schools. Mr. Allfree died Monday morning at the Des Moines General Hospital.

Survivors are four sons, Robert Lakin of Mountain Home, Ark., Jack Allfree of Newton, Richard Allfree of Ames and Bill Allfree of Colfax, two daughters, Dorothy Johnson of Newton and Betty Swihart of Colfax; 22 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. Also surviving is a sister, Vera Lundgerg, of Newton.

He is preceded in death by his parents, wife, Myra, April 7, 1982, a son, Kenneth, and a daughter, Marjorie. Mr. Allfree farmed and later served in the maintenance department of the State Highway Commission for more than 35 years.

The son of H.I. and Amanda Bell Sanderson Allfree, he was born June 9, 1895 on a farm northwest of Newton. He was married to Myra Jane Baker Feb. 23, 1923 in Des Moines. ~ Newton Daily News, Newton, IA, September 9, 1986