ALLEN, Thomas Claude 1884 - 1948

ALLEN, COONS, ESPY, KAUTZ

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/25/2021 at 20:23:28

"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Tuesday, April 27, 1948
Page Eight, Columns 6, 7, and 8

Former Fairfield Businessman Dies Of Heart Ailment

Word was received here this morning of the death of Thomas C. ALLEN, former Fairfield businessman. He passed away in a hospital at San Francisco, California, suffering from a heart attack.

The body will be returned to Fairfield for burial. Although arrangements are incomplete, they have been tentatively set for next Sunday.

Mr. ALLEN was engaged in the hardware business in Fairfield for many years where the Luckman hardward store is now located. He originally was in business with A. W. Streed.

Mr. Streed later sold his interest when he was named president of the Farmer's State bank. He now resides at Middletown, Iowa.

The late George W. E. Snyder purchased Mr. Streed's interest in the hardware store, and the firm then became known as ALLEN and Snyder. They closed the business in 1936.

The following year Mr. ALLEN went to the West Coast where he has been employed since. Mrs. ALLEN, who resides at 51 North D street, was with her husband when he passed away. Mr. ALLEN is survived by his wife and two daughters, Ruth and Thelma. A son preceded him in death.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Friday, April 30, 1948
Page Eight, Column 6

LOCALS

… --Mr. and Mrs. Louis COONS and children, Louis James, Michael and Gregory, arrived Thursday night, from Jeffersonville, Ind., to attend the funeral of her father, Thomas ALLEN.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Ledger"
Saturday, May 1, 1948
Page Four, Column 7

Last Rites Sunday for Tom C. ALLEN

Funeral services for Thomas ALLEN, former Fairfield businessman who died in California April 26, will be held Sunday afternoon.

The services will be at the Presbyterian church at 2 p.m. with Dr. C. R. Douglass in charge. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.

Thomas ALLEN, 63, was born November 12, 1884, in Middletown, Iowa, the son of the late Ephrum and Mary Margaret ESPY ALLEN. He passed away last Monday at the Mt. Zion hospital in San Francisco, California.

Mr. ALLEN was in the hardware business for several years before the business was sold and he went to the west coast in 1937. At the time of his death he was bookkeeper for the Matson Navigation company in San Francisco.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Thursday, May 6, 1948
Page 5, Column 4

MANY FROM DISTANCE ATTEND ALLEN RITES

Friends and relatives from out of town attending the funeral of Thomas C. ALLEN included: Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. COONS, Louis James, Michael and Gregory, Jeffersonville, Ind.; Mrs. C. E. KAUTZ, Dunnell, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bryan, Las Cruces, N. Mex.; Mrs. Myrtle Swartz, Waupon (sic - Waupun), Wisc.; Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Thornton, Antioch, Ill.

John Curtis, Burlington; Edgar Hahn, Iowa City; Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Streed, Mrs. Mary Spitzmiller, Bion McIntire, Middletown; Mrs. Will Foster, Mt. Pleasant; Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Gould, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Lindsay and Alma Lindsay Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Johnston, Mrs. Gay Berkshire and Mrs. Ferne Lawson, all of Birmingham; Ada Boon, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Boon, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Boon, Helen, Irene and Glen, Blakesburg; Mrs. Nora Israel, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Israel of near Eldon; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Israel, Batavia; Mr. and Mrs. Ira Israel, Eldon; Emery Carter and Clara Carter, Libertyville; Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Gould, Phyllis and John, Richland.

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Note: Wife Laura died in 1968, and they are buried in Lot 3rd.021.