Jessie Edith Allen 1923-2011

ALLEN HOLETON

Posted By: Connie J Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/20/2012 at 17:34:38

Sioux City Journal
September 22, 2011

TURIN, Iowa -- Jessie Allen, 87, of Turin passed away Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011, at Pleasant View Care Center in Whiting, Iowa.

Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Rush Family Care Service in Onawa, Iowa, with the Rev. Catie Newman officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery, Blencoe, Iowa. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. Condolences may be left online for the family at www.rushfamilycareservice.

Jessie Edith was born Dec. 9, 1923, in Blencoe, Iowa, the daughter of Hiram Nickerbacker and Lena Elsie (Holeton) Allen. She attended Pickel City Country School before entering Onawa High School. Jessie was employed at several cafes from 1945 until 1969. During that time, she worked for Forest and Florence Thorpe. She started sewing belt loops at Aalfs Manufacturing in Sioux City from 1970 until her retirement in May 1989.

Survivors include her daughter, Sandra Kay Miller of Turin; three grandchildren, Kevin (Noreen) Miller of Mississippi, Kathy Culliton of Onawa, and Karmen Chandler of Onawa; three great-grandchildren, Cassie Chandler and Adam Miller, both of Onawa, and Curtis Miller of Mississippi; a great-great-granddaughter, Emily Michelle Miller of Mississippi; two brothers, Joseph "Bud" Allen of Soldier, Iowa, and Lloyd Allen of Kelso, Wash.; a sister, Amy Pierce of Castle Rock, Wash.; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; six brothers, George, Jack, David, Everette, John and Arthur; and six sisters, Viola, Esther, Celia, Evelyn, LaVera and Laura.