Bernice F. (Henso) Allen (2002)

ALLEN, BINGAMAN, BLANCHARD, BUSSANMAS, CAPPS, HENSON, POWERS, SENHEN

Posted By: Treva Patterson
Date: 4/1/2006 at 06:05:06

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, January 16, 2002

Bernice F. Allen, Winterset

Bernice F. Allen, 78. of Winterset died Jan. 8, 2002, of complications of abdominal surgery at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.

Funeral services were held Saturday, Jan. 12, at Fisher Funeral Home in Van Meter. Burial was at Booneville Cemetery.

Bernice Allen was born Aug. 7, 1923, to Ben and Estella (Powers) Henson of St. Marys. She married Darrelll Allen on Dec. 8, 1946, in Des Moines. Bernice ws a retired nurse's aide, who had worked at various Winterset area care centers. A resident of Winterset since 1964, she had previously resided in St. Marys and the Dexter area. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Winterset.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, three sisters, three brothers and a grandson.

She is survived by two daughters, Cheryl Capps (husband Lewis) of Winterset and Carol Blanchard (husband Roger) of Springfield, Mo.; two sons, Ben Allen (wife Carol) of St. Charles and Darrell Allen (wife Kim) of Winterset; three sisters, Dorothy Bussanmas of Des Moines, Evonne Senhen (husband Larry) of Winterset and Lorraine Bingaman (husband Alan) of Waukee; 11 grandchildren; five stepgrandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren and seven stepgreat-grandchildren.

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