Lois Louise Young Allen, 85, of Pickaway, WV, passed away at the home of a daughter, Mary Ann Level, Friday morning, December 22, 2017, following a long illness.
She was born at Pickaway on May 1, 1932, a daughter of Basil A. and Mary Louise Boone Young.
She was a former employee of B. F. Goodrich, a member of Trinity United Methodist Church at Pickaway, and she attended Fairview Christian Church at Keenan, WV.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Lee “Pete” Allen; and a grandson, Bugsy Allen.
Surviving are three sons, Richard Lee “Rick” Allen and wife, Sherry, of Willow Bend, WV, Basil “Barry” Young Allen and wife, Terry, of Glen Daniel, WV, and Arnold Scott “Scotty” Allen and wife, Patricia, of Sinks Grove, WV; two daughters, Debra Kay “Debbie” Wilson and husband, Robert, of Union, WV, and Mary Ann Level of Pickaway; a sister, Wanda Young Fullen of Fairlea, WV; 13 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 27, 2017, at the Groves Funeral Home Chapel in Union, with Pastor Gene Fullen officiating.
Burial followed in the Green Hill Cemetery at Union.
The family received friends at the Groves Funeral Home in Union from 12 p.m. until service time Wednesday, December 27, 2017. Those wishing to send online condolences to the Allen family may do so by visiting www.grovesfuneral home.com.
Groves Funeral Home in Union was in charge of arrangements.
Obituary originally published in the January 11, 2018 edition of The West Virginia Daily News.
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