From grandmother West's scrapbook
Barry West

George Allen Dies in Colorado

Frank Allen of Lamoni received a message Tuesday stating that his brother, George Allen, had passed away that morning at Greeley, Colo. Burial followed at Greeley. He was born at Garden Grove in this county February 13, 1874. In 1879 he came to Leon with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Allen. He had lived in Colorado for the past twenty years. He is survived by three children, three boys and one girl. His wife passed away twenty-three years ago.