Dr. Charles E. Allen Died
Paoli (IN) Republican, August 22, 1961, from the collection of Wilma Davis,
Paoli, Indiana.
RITES HELD SATURDAY FOR DR. C. E. ALLEN
Final rites were held Saturday afternoon at Ochs Funeral Home in Orleans for
Dr. Charles E. Allen, 68-year-old Orleans resident and former medical
specialist who served in both the Army and Navy during World War II. Burial
was at Liberty Cemetery east of Orleans.
Dr. Allen died Thursday at Bedford Hospital where he was admitted a month
ago. He had retired about eight years ago because of ill health.
A graduate of Wabash College, Cornell University and the Albany, N. Y.
Medical College, Dr. Allen practiced for 20 years at Albany as a specialist.
During World War II, he entered the Army Medical Corps, was stationed at
Savannah, Ga., and resigned with the rank of major. Three days later he
enlisted in the Navy, emerging as a Lt. Commander.
While in the Navy, he was officer in charge of the medical staff of the
hospital ship Constellation, stationed off the coast of Japan until the end
of World War II.
After the war, Dr. Allen continued his work on the medical staffs of
Veterans Administration Hospitals at Valdosta and Atlanta, Ga. He came to
Orleans seven years ago to live with his mother, Mrs. Molly Allen, after she
suffered a broken hip. He had continued to care for her until she was moved
to Gorge Nursing Home in French Lick.
Dr. Allen was born January 17, 1893, at Paoli, the son of Harry F. and Molly
(Turley) Allen. Surviving are the mother, who is Orange County's oldest
living resident at age 101; and three sisters, Mrs. Lois Shirey, Atlanta,
Ga., Mrs. Ruth Johnson, Oklahoma City, and Mrs. Mary Montgomery, St. Cloud,
Fla. Three brothers, Homer, Frank and Albert, preceded him in death.