Wayne County Press,
Fairfield Illinois,
Thursday, June 24, 1976,
Page 2

Sylvanus Allen, 81, of Hot Springs, Ark., Brother of Wayne City banker Otis Allen, died at 5:50 p.m. Monday in a hospital in that city.   He was a former resident of Wayne City.

His body was returned to Wayne City and service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday at Richardson's Chapel with Rev. Edward Pilcher officiating. Burial will  be in the Olive Branch Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. Thursday (tonight).

Mr. Allen was born in the Wayne City area on June 18, 1895, to George and
Laura (Turner) Allen. He was married to a Wayne City woman, Ida Draper,
who survives.

He had been in poor health and he and his wife were planning to move back to Wayne County in the near future. They were looking for a home in  the Fairfield area.

Surviving are his widow, Ida; one son, Dean, of Pasadena, Calif.; two  daughters, Velma Clark, of Brimfield, Ill., and Doris Wilkinson, of Clayton, Mo.; a brother, W. O. Allen, of Wayne City, and one sister, Mrs. Jennie  Parrent, of Fairfield.