SERVICE:
Hill and Son Funeral Home
Appleton City, Missouri
Thursday, November 8, 2012
2:00 p.m.

MINISTER:
Pastor Marcus Cumpton

VISITATION:
Hill and Son Funeral Home
Appleton City, Missouri
Thursday, November 8, 2012
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

INTERMENT:
Appleton City Cemetery,
Appleton City, Missouri

MEMORIALS:
Children's Center of Southwest Missouri or Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church

Marylu (Pratt) Allen, 81, passed away in Appleton City, Missouri on November 6, 2012 after a long illness.

She was born near Calhoun, Missouri on October 1, 1931. She was the only child of Louis C. and Augusta A. (Peters) Pratt. She attended grade school at Hudson and graduated from Appleton City High School with the class of 1949. Except for attending college at Drury College in Springfield, Missouri her home was always near Appleton City.

On December 10, 1952 Marylu was united in matrimony to James E. Allen. They have remained lifelong best friends. To this union three daughters were born. Her family was the joy of her life.

Marylu was a faithful member of the Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church and the Grand River Parish as long as her health permitted.

In her early career, she enjoyed working for the Appleton City Journal newspaper. Later she worked for Ellett Memorial Hospital, retiring after 23 years in the records department.

Marylu was an excellent cook, an accomplished seamstress and an avid reader. She enjoyed flower gardening, collecting cookbooks and day trips to local arts and crafts events. She possessed a witty, and often dry, sense of humor. She took pride in knowing her family history as well as much local history.

Marylu was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her husband James E. Allen of the home and daughters Michelle E Allen (fiancé Gordon Irby) Appleton City, Cecile "Sam" Allen, and Jennifer L Boden ( husband Ed) Montrose, Missouri.