Joseph R. Allen
A memorial service will be held Sunday, May 24 at 2:30 p.m.. at the Lehigh Seventh-day Adventist Church, 190 South Homestead Road, Lehigh Acres, for
Joseph R. Allen, 86, who died at his home in Lehigh on May 18, 2009, surrounded by his family and friends.
He was born on December 29, 1922 in Panama City, Panama, and was graduated from the Maynard SDA School. He was the first of eight children born to the late Walter and Luisa Isabel Allen, and for 60 years was the husband of Grace A. Allen.
He moved to the United States in 1956, and lived with his family in Medford, N.Y. He retired as a food service supervisor from the Kings Park State Psychiatric Hospital in Long Island, New York, after 25 years of service, and moved to Lehigh Acres in 1983.
Allen was a member of the Fort Myers Shores Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Fort Myers Shores SDA Church, serving the Lehigh SDA Church and the Shores SDA Church as an elder for many years.
In addition to his wife, Allen is survived by his children, Mirtza, Jose, Maria, Robin and Joseph Jr. and his grandchildren, Jeffrey, Elizabeth, Desmond, and Demetrious. He is also survived by his brothers and sisters, Agustina, Vincent, Ralph, Lester, Esther, Ruth and Josephine.
Friends and family are invited to visit at the Lee Memorial Park Funeral Home, 12777 State Road 82, Fort Myers, on Saturday, May 23, 2009, the evening before the memorial service, from 6 to 8 p.m
The family requests that all donations be made in his memory to Hope Hospice, 9470 HealthPark Circle, Fort Myers, FL 33908.