May 20, 2008  

LOWVILLE, N.Y.  —  Byron L. Allen, 88, of State Route 12, and formerly of Trinity Avenue Extension, died Monday, May 19, at his home.   

The funeral will be 1 p.m. Thursday, May 22, at Iseneker Funeral Home, Inc., 5702 Waters Road, Lowville, with Rev. Marcia Wickert, pastor of the Lowville United Methodist Church, officiating.  Burial will be in the West Lowville Rural Cemetery.  There will be a calling hour from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, May 22, prior to the funeral service.  

Instead of flowers, contributions may be made to the Lewis County Residential Health Care Facility, Attn: Activities, 7785 N. State Street, Lowville, N.Y. 13367.        

Surviving are a son and his wife,  Philip W. and Sue Allen, Hastings; a daughter, Constance S. Allen, Syracuse; a brother and his wife, Cecil and June Allen, Lowville; a sister, Helen A. Cody, Otter Lake; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews and cousins.  

He was predeceased by his wife, who died Aug. 21, 2006; a son, Jerry Lee Allen, who died in a motorcycle accident in 1969; two brothers, Lester and Elmer Allen; and a sister, Shirley Seymour. 

Born June 12, 1919, at Rectors Corners in the town of Montague, a son of the late Daniel A. and Edith Rogers Allen, he graduated from Lowville Academy in 1936.  

Mr. Allen worked on area farms as a teenager.  

On Jan. 18, 1941, he married his high school sweetheart, Maxine A. Bellinger, daughter of Glenn and Pearl B. Bellinger, at her parents’ home in the Town of Harrisburg.  Together with his wife, the couple owned and operated a dairy farm on State Route 177 from 1942 to 1968, upon moving to Trinity Avenue Extension in Lowville.  Mr. Allen worked as Office Manager for Countryside Veterinary Clinic from 1968 until retirement in 1984.   

He was Justice of Peace of the Town of Harrisburg for 25 years, a president of the Lowville Academy and Central School Board of Education for ten years, and caretaker of the West Lowville Rural Cemetery for 20 years. 

Mr. Allen was a 25 year member of the Harrisburg Grange.  He was a member of Lowville United Methodist Church, and West Martinsburg United Methodist Church. 

Mr. and Mrs. Allen loved to travel, and were avid gardeners.  

He will be sorely missed by all of his friends in this community, and many he met in his travels.  He will always be remembered and loved dearly in the hearts of his family.

Information provided by Iseneker Funeral Home, Inc. of Lowville and Newzjunky, Watertown, N.Y.