PHILIP H. ALLEN SR.

Philip Allen Sr. Of Rushville Dies

Philip H. Allen, Sr., 88, of 813 E. Adams St., Rushville, died at 5:25 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22, 1990 at Culbertson Memorial Hospital.

He was born July 27, 1902, in Jackson County, a son of Ed and Mae Glotfelty Allen. He married Minnie L. Billington in Metropolis on May 30, 1924.

Surviving are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Henry (Maralyn) Debo of Yellville, Ark.; one son, Philip H. Jr. of Rushville; seven grandchildren; and three sisters, Daisy Lirely of Murphysboro, Mary McIntyre of Portland, Ore. and Bonnie Savrot of Nashville, Tenn.

Two brothers preceded him in death.

He opened a Western Auto Store in Rushville after moving there in 1940. He was a former resident of Nashville, Ill., where he was a high school coach for six years.

A graduate of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, he was a member of the National Guard Carbondale Unit, and a mathematics teacher and coach at Rushville High School. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church and the Retired Teachers Association.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Roby Funeral Chapel with Rev. Roy Adams officiating. Burial was in Rushville Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Rushville Library.

Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 8/29/1990