SERVICE
Hill & Son Funeral Home in
Appleton City, Missouri on
Wednesday, August 8, 2007 at
2:00 p.m.

MINISTER
Pastor Sam Masten

VISITATION
Hill & Son Funeral Home in
Appleton City, Missouri on
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 from
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.

INTERMENT
Mt. Zion Cemetery in
Rural Appleton City, Missouri

MEMORIAL
Kidd's Chapel Church

Robert George Allison, son of Robert Wilson and Mary (Shepard) Allison, was born in rural Rockville, Missouri March 8, 1929. He passed away August 3, 2007 at the Missouri Veterans Home in Warrensburg, Missouri at 78 years of age.
Robert lived in the rural Rockville area near Mt. Zion Church all of his life except for the time he spent in the service. He served his country during the Korean Conflict and was stationed in Alaska. After his service time Robert bought and continued living in his parents home where he had grown up.
Robert graduated from the University of Missouri at Columbia with a Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural Extension, lacking only twelve hours of having a Master's Degree in Soils. Mr. Allison was a member of Kidd's Chapel Church and sang with the Mt. Zion Quartet in his younger years. He loved to play his guitar and sing. Robert and Helen Ruth Blackwell were united in marriage November 22, 1959 at Mt. Zion Church and to this union four children were born. He was a good husband and father and enjoyed taking his family on a vacation every year. He loved to travel and especially liked Colorado. The family had also taken trips to Canada and Mexico. Robert had always wanted to go back to Alaska and planned a trip in 1992 when he drove all the way, taking the rugged Alaskan "AlCan" Highway, which is over 1,500 miles long, the last leg of the trip.
Robert was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include his wife, Helen Ruth of the home; his four children, James Edward Allison and wife Jonna of Villa Park, California, Kathryn Gayle and husband Charlie Morlok of Montrose, Missouri, Karol Lynette Smith of Rockville, Missouri and John Robert Allison and wife Heidi of Litchfield, Connecticut; eight grandchildren, Anthony, Jason and Matthew Smith, Lauren and Lyndsi Morlok, John Robert, Jenelle and Jessica Allison; one step-grandson, Brandon Sweiger; and one step-great-granddaughter, Kadence Sexton.
Robert will be long be remembered for his wonderful smile and the infectious grin that he passed on to those he came in contact with. He will be greatly missed by those who knew and loved him