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Carolyn R. Allen

Carolyn Rose Allen, 73, of Huntington, IN, died Thursday, May 7, 2009, at 3:30 p.m. at Parkview Huntington Hospital.

Mrs. Allen, a 1954 graduate of Huntington High School, was a member of SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. She had been a member of Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority for more than 50 years and had served as an international officer and editor of the sorority.

She had been employed as head cashier for Indiana Gas Co. and had worked as a secretary at Huntington Catholic High School, Our Sunday Visitor, Huntington College and SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church.

She was born June 28, 1935, in Huntington Township to Emil and Ruth Teusch Kimmel. She married Robert L. Allen, who survives.

Additional survivors include a son, David (Kelli) Allen, of Huntington; two daughters, Barbara (Kevin) Rupley, of Huntington, and Janice (Harold) Walls, of South Port, OH; a brother, Donald (Sharyon) Kimmel, of Huntington; a sister, Patricia (Robert) Pollock, of Huntington; 10 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

A Mass of Christian burial was held Monday, May 11, at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Huntington.

Preferred memorials are gifts to the American Diabetes Association in care of McElhaney-Hart Funeral Home, 715 N. Jefferson St., Huntington, IN 46750.

Online condolences may be sent through www.mcelhaneyhartfuneralhome.com.