Amy Mae Allen Obituary (1921 - 2015)

Amy Mae (Willet) Allen, 94, passed away at the Good Samaritan Home in Wymore. She was born on a farm near Firth, NE on July 23, 1921. As a young girl, she lived near Adams, Bennett & Sterling, before moving to the Wymore area. Amy worked at Steel Tanks during World War II. She also lived and worked in Beatrice at Swifts, A&T Drugstore & Van's Cleaners. She then worked at Formfit for 13 years & then at BSDC as a seamstress for 8 years. On October 29, 1976, she married Harold Allen and has made Wymore her home for 39 years. She was an Auxiliary member of the VFW, Eagles of Beatrice and the Wymore Legion. In earlier years she enjoyed dancing to country music, shopping, bowling, playing pool, cards, and going to garage sales. She especially liked spending time with her families and her 3 great-grandsons: Eli, Trae, and Josh. Amy is survived by her sisters, Viola (Donald) Allen of Lincoln, and Shirley (Walter) Neumann of DeWitt, daughter-in-law, Charlene (Buck) Willet of Lincoln, granddaughters, Corey (Ken) Koziol, and Timi Willet of Lincoln, great-grandsons, Eli & Trae Koziol and Josh Hain of Lincoln. She leaves 14 nieces and nephews from the Willet families, including numerous great & great, great nieces and nephews. She also leaves the Allen family children, Connie (Dale) Carpenter of Blue Springs, Lonnie (Rita) Allen of Wymore, and Jay (Carole) Allen of Broken Bow, 8 grandchildren, Darren, Karren, Kellie, Max, Nick, Katey, Ben, and Jessica, 9 great-grandchildren and 2 great, great-grandchildren. Amy was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Allen, son, Robert "Buck" Willet, parents, Earl & Lydia Willet, brothers, Raymond, Edward, Arnold, and "Doc" Willet, sisters, Irene (Wayne) Earnhart, and Ruby (Dale) Hughes. Services will be held 10:30 am Monday August 17, 2015 at the Church of Christ in Wymore. The visitation will be held Sunday, August 16, from 12:00 pm - 9:00 pm with family greeting friends from 4:00 - 6:00 pm at the Laughlin-Hoevet Funeral Home in Wymore. The burial will be held at Lincoln Memorial Park after the service. Memorials have been established in Amy's honor directed to the Wymore Good Samaritan Center, and the Wymore Church of Christ with the funeral home in charge. Please sign Amy's online guest book at www.ghchapel.com. These services have been entrusted to the Laughlin-Hoevet Funeral Home in Wymore.