Paoli (IN) Republican, February 18, 1964, from the collection of Wilma
Davis, Paoli, Indiana.
Chester Lee Allen, 49, Sellersburg truck driver, was fatally injured in a
highway accident at Carnegie, Pa., Friday morning. He was the brother of
Mrs. Frank Kimmel.
Limited details of the accident were learned by the family. Mr. Allen was a
driver for the Haas Cabinet Company in Sellersburg and was enroute to
Pittsburg with a load from the Indiana plant. Pennsylvania State Police
reported his truck skidded on snow-covered highway, he was thrown out, and
the vehicle ran over him. He was dead on arrival at a hospital.
The body was returned to the Haas funeral home in Sellersburg where final
rites were held Monday. Burial was in Graceland Cemetery in New Albany.
Mr. and Mrs. Kimmel and family attended rites.
Mr. Allen was a native of Crawford County and was a veteran truck driver.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sybil Allen, a daughter, Mrs. Glen Reis of
Charlestown, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Allen of Milltown, three
brothers, Herschel and Jacob Allen, both of Milltown, and Willis Allen,
Clarksville, the sister in Paoli, and two grandchildren.