Perry Joseph Allen, 85, Raymore, Mo., died Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, at Foxwood Springs Living Center in Raymore. A Memorial Mass will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic Church in Harrisonville, Mo. The family will receive friends preceding the mass from 10 to 11 at the church. Inurnment at the IOOF Cemetery, Sullivan, Mo., will be at a later date.
Perry was born Jan. 28, 1932, in Linn, Mo., son of Paul Ivan and Caroline Ellen (Nilges) Allen. He was one of 10 children and was raised in the Jefferson City, Mo., area. Perry was a graduate of the University of Missouri, Columbia, and received a master’s degree in banking from Southern Methodist University, Dallas. He was a bank examiner for the FDIC for 28 years before his retirement in December 1987.
Perry was united in marriage to Helen M. Betz, Feb. 15, 1958, in Westphalia, Mo. Perry’s job with the FDIC kept them moving over the years and they lived in Macon, Mo., Humboldt and Belton, Mo. After his retirement, Perry moved to Elsmore to start his second career. He became a farmer, raised cattle and did custom haying and seeding. They moved to Harrisonville in 2012 and to Raymore in 2016.
Perry was an Army veteran of the Korean War and was a member of the VFW. He was a member of Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic Church in Harrisonville and was an active member of the Knights Of Columbus, serving as Grand Knight in Macon and Humboldt.
Perry was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and two sisters. He is survived by his wife, Helen Marie (Betz) Allen, Raymore; two sons, Perry Joseph “Joe” Allen Jr. and wife Karen, Harrisonville, and John David Allen, Kansas City, Mo.; three daughters, Linda Lee Clements and husband Scott, Humboldt, Pamela Jeanne Wood and husband James, Kansas City, Mo., and Sandra Dee Allen, Belton, Mo.; six grandchildren, Adrianne, Abra, Dalton, Genevieve, Madison and Caitlin; three great-grandchildren, Adelaide, Jacie and Joelle; three sisters, Patricia Eynard, St. Peters, Mo., Paula Carter and husband Don, New Bloomfield, Mo., and Sally D. Gabelsburger, Columbia, Mo.
Memorials are suggested to the Alzheimer’s Association and may be left with or mailed to Atkinson Funeral Home, 600 W. Wall St., Harrisonville, MO 64701. Online condolences may be left at www.atkinsonfuneralhome.com.
Perry J. Allen
