William F. "Pete" Allen

A graduate of S. Horace Scott Senior High School class of 1940. He also attended Franklin and Marshall College. 

 

Pete served in World War II with the Fourth Marine Division in the Pacific theatre on the island invasions of Roi Namour, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima.

 

He was employed by the former Lukens Steel Company for 46 years in the accounting and sales department, retiring in 1986. He served as President of the Lukens Veterans Guild and was a member of the executive committee until his retirement. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge #383 of Coatesville and the Wagontown Union Chapel where he had served as President of the Men's Brotherhood.

 

Pete is survived by a brother Lloyd L. Allen, Jr. of Downingtown and one sister Vivian A. Spotts, wife of the late Richard E. Spotts of East Fallowfield, two nephews, Jeffrey A. Spotts and wife Susan of East Fallowfield and Matthew A. Simpson and wife Jeanette of New South Wales, Australia, three nieces Linda S. McGhee and husband Michael of Belle Mead, NJ, Drue E. Bellora and husband Anthony of of Pittsburgh and Beth A. Moore and husband Wesley of Newport News, VA and two great nephews and three great nieces. He was preceded in death by two sisters Geraldine Mae Allen and Betty Jane Simpson the wife of Malcolm J. Simpson of Exton, PA and a great niece, Heather L. McGhee.

 

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 11:00 am from the Wagontown Union Chapel, 469 W. Kings Highway, Wagontown, PA followed by interment at the Fairview Cemetery in Coatesville. The family will receive relatives and friends at the church on Saturday from 10:00 am to the time of the service. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Pete's memory to the Wagontown Union Chapel, P.O. Box 200, Wagontown, PA 19376.

 

Services have been entrusted to the Wilde Funeral Home of Parkesburg.  Online condolences can be posted at www.wildefuneralhome.com