6. Ira W.² Allen (William¹) was born in Pilot Grove, Illinois 23 May 1905. Ira died 5 September 1992 in Canton, Fulton County, Illinois, at 87 years of age. Headline: Ira Allen Publication Date: September 07, 1992 Source: Peoria Journal Star Page: C7 Subjects: Region: Illinois Obituary: ST. DAVID -- Ira W. Allen, 87, of 109 Burlington Ave., formerly of Lewistown, died at 5:55 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, 1992, at Heartland Health Care Center in Canton, where he had been a patient since Thursday.

Born May 23, 1905, in Pilot Grove to William and Nina Zoe Andrews Allen, he married Mildred Stevenson. She died in 1934. He later married Leona P. Foote on Sept. 21, 1935, in Galesburg. She died Jan. 15, 1992.

One brother and three sisters also preceded him in death.

Surviving are three sons, Ira Jr. of Bend, Ore., Warren of Hebron, Ohio, and Larry of New London, Iowa; two daughters, Linda Cook of St. David and Eleanor Sappington of Cuba; one brother, Willard of Cicero; three sisters, Delores McMain of East Peoria, Julia Anderson of Bridgeton, Mo., and Florence Horton of Canton; 12 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.

He worked at International Harvester Co. in Canton for 42 years before retiring in 1973. He was a member of the United Auto Workers.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Henry Memorial Home in Lewistown. The Rev. Barbara Short will officiate. Visitation will be one hour before services. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Fulton County Cancer Society or to the Buckheart Rescue Squad.

He married twice. He married Mildred Stevenson. Mildred died 1934. He married Leona Foote in Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, 21 September 1935. Leona was born in Smithfield, Fulton County, Illinois 11 February 1918. Leona was the daughter of Ambrose Elmer Foote and Calla Pickering. Leona died 15 January 1992 in Canton, Fulton County, Illinois, at 73 years of age. Headline: Leona Allen Publication Date: January 18, 1992 Source: Peoria Journal Star Page: C8 Subjects: Region: Illinois Obituary: ST. DAVID - Leona P. Allen, 73, of 109 Burlington Ave., formerly of Lewistown, died at 10:22 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1992, in the emergency room at Graham Hospital in Canton. Born Feb. 11, 1918, in Smithfield to Ambrose E. and Calla (Pickering) Foote, she married Ira W. Allen on Sept. 21, 1935, in Galesburg. He survives.

Also surviving are three sons, Ira "Junior" of Bend, Ore., Warren of Hebron, Ohio, and Larry of New London, Iowa; one daughter, Mrs. Gerald "Linda" Cook of St. David; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Eleanor Sappington of Cuba; nine grandchildren; 10 stepgrandchildren; one great-grandchild; two brothers, Russell "Bud" Foote of Peoria Heights and Jack Foote of Pekin; and six sisters, Doris Courson of Galesburg, Ruth Wilson of Knoxville, Helen Shepperd and Mary Workman, both of Peoria, Joanne Russell of Pasadena, Calif., and Marilyn Gorgone of West Hills, Calif. She was preceded in death by one sister.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Henry Memorial Home in Lewistown, where visitation will be one hour before the services. The Rev. Barbara Short will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lewistown.

Memorials may be made to the Buckheart Rescue Squad.

Her body was interred January 1992 in Lewistown, Fulton County, Illinois, Oak Hill Cemetery.

Ira W. Allen and Leona Foote had the following family:

7 i. Ira "Junior"³ Allen was born on (birth date unknown).

8 ii. Warren Allen was born on (birth date unknown).

9 iii. Larry Allen was born on (birth date unknown).

10 iv. Linda Allen was born on (birth date unknown). She married Gerald Cook.

Ira W. Allen and Mildred Stevenson had the following family:

11 v. Eleanor Allen was born on (birth date unknown). She married unknown Sappington.

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