1915
Trudy
2008
Trudy Allen
September 10, 1915 — February 2, 2008
SHELBY- Janie Gertrude “Trudy” Roberts Allen, 92, of Charles Rd., Shelby died on February 2, 2008 at the Brian Center in Lincolnton. A native of Lancaster, SC, she was the daughter of the late Nancy Elizabeth Wilson Roberts and Thomas Wheeler Roberts. Trudy loved music and books and played the piano frequently for the youth groups at her church, Second Baptist. She spent many years as a teacher and youth leader at the church and as head of various church organizations. She was employed with JC Penney for many years, and also loved to travel and visited Japan, Europe, and the Middle East. She especially loved to travel with her family.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lt. Col. Claude Evans Allen, their eldest daughter, Marjorie Ann Allen Vaughn, grandson, Kenneth Vaughn, Jr., and all of her siblings, Killian, Paul, Donald, Edwin and Wilson Roberts and Grace Ferree, Oveta Gantt, Irene Dover and Dorothy Clark.
She is survived by two daughters, Sondra Allen Shanker and husband, Mark, of Potomac, MD, and Betty Allen of Lincolnton; five grandchildren, Kimberly Vaughn Huguelet and husband, Bill, of France, Beth Mauney Ludwig and husband Mark of Lincolnton, Jane Mauney True and husband Dennis of South Mills, NC, Elisabeth Shanker Weirshousky and husband David of Bethesda, MD, and Jason Shanker and wife, Jenny of Arlington, VA; two great-grandsons, Evan and Holt Ludwig of Lincolnton, and two great-granddaughters, Schuyler Weirshousky of Bethesda, MD, and Eliana Shanker of Arlington, VA; two sisters-in-law, Pat Roberts and Irene Allen Fortenberry and husband, Bill, and one brother-in-law, Eugene F. Allen and wife, Loretta, all of Shelby and many loving nieces and nephews.
VISITATION: The family will receive friends on Wednesday, February 6, 2008 from 6:00 until 7:30 p.m. at Clay-Barnette Funeral Home.
FUNERAL: The funeral will be Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. at Second Baptist Church.
LIE-IN-STATE: The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes before the service.
BURIAL: Burial will follow in Sunset Cemetery.
OFFICIATING CLERGY: Dr. Reginald Dawkins
MEMORIALS: Memorials may be made to Second Baptist Church, 1114 S. Lafayette St., Shelby, NC 28152.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lt. Col. Claude Evans Allen, their eldest daughter, Marjorie Ann Allen Vaughn, grandson, Kenneth Vaughn, Jr., and all of her siblings, Killian, Paul, Donald, Edwin and Wilson Roberts and Grace Ferree, Oveta Gantt, Irene Dover and Dorothy Clark.
She is survived by two daughters, Sondra Allen Shanker and husband, Mark, of Potomac, MD, and Betty Allen of Lincolnton; five grandchildren, Kimberly Vaughn Huguelet and husband, Bill, of France, Beth Mauney Ludwig and husband Mark of Lincolnton, Jane Mauney True and husband Dennis of South Mills, NC, Elisabeth Shanker Weirshousky and husband David of Bethesda, MD, and Jason Shanker and wife, Jenny of Arlington, VA; two great-grandsons, Evan and Holt Ludwig of Lincolnton, and two great-granddaughters, Schuyler Weirshousky of Bethesda, MD, and Eliana Shanker of Arlington, VA; two sisters-in-law, Pat Roberts and Irene Allen Fortenberry and husband, Bill, and one brother-in-law, Eugene F. Allen and wife, Loretta, all of Shelby and many loving nieces and nephews.
VISITATION: The family will receive friends on Wednesday, February 6, 2008 from 6:00 until 7:30 p.m. at Clay-Barnette Funeral Home.
FUNERAL: The funeral will be Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. at Second Baptist Church.
LIE-IN-STATE: The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes before the service.
BURIAL: Burial will follow in Sunset Cemetery.
OFFICIATING CLERGY: Dr. Reginald Dawkins
MEMORIALS: Memorials may be made to Second Baptist Church, 1114 S. Lafayette St., Shelby, NC 28152.
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