Almarhea Parker Allen, 87, of Victoria Texas passed away Thursday, January 12, 2023. Almarhea was born March 30, 1935, in Yoakum Texas to Michael D. Parker, Sr. and Juel Wimberley Parker. She was the sixth of ten children.
What things of beauty did she treasure most? The love of family, good friends and Our Lord.
She married the love of her life, William Mayo Allen in Kingsville Texas on March 5, 1955. Kingsville would forever be her home. After her husband retired, she soon followed by retiring from the State Bank of Kingsville and Mayo lured her to Victoria.
She was devoted to her husband and loved her three children. She showed her love by cooking and baking for family and friends. Baking cookies became her stress reducing therapy. She loved afternoon coffee with neighbors, laughing and telling jokes, sitting on the back porch, Trinity Lutheran Church, singing church hymns, playing dominos and spades, and she was a solitaire champion in her eighties!
Almarhea is survived by her son, William M Allen, Jr of Kingsville Texas; daughters, Sharon Allen Bednorz of Victoria Texas and Karen Allen Clough (Doug) of Naples Florida; sister Lorena Mueller of Sealy Texas; Barbara Buethe (Don) of Victoria Texas and a brother Randy Parker (Ruth) of Shelby North Carolina; her five grandchildren, Holly Marie Wheeler, Kelly Marie Bednorz, Hunter Allen, Kimberly Bednorz and Chad Allen Clough; six great-grandchildren, Trent Saverline, Dakoda Richardson, Chance Richardson, Charlee Raye Pena, Elliotte Bednorz and Cooper Allen.
In addition to her parents, Almarhea was preceded in death by her husband Mayo Allen, her sisters, Florence Ponton, Maxine Fudge, Mildred Ponton and Judy Lawrence; brothers, Leslie Parker and Michael Parker, Jr.; two sister in laws, Dorothy Brodine, Ruth Jones and five brother in laws, Charles Allen, Oscar Allen, CT Allen, Lonnie Allen, Jr, and Delmar Allen.
Visitation will be 6-8 pm Tuesday, January 17, 2023 at Rosewood Funeral Chapel, 3304 Mockingbird Lane, Victoria, Texas. Funeral services will be at 10 am Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at Christ the Victor Lutheran Church, 202 Stanly St., Victoria, Texas by Rev. Cheryl Kester-Schmidt officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery, 8819 US 87, Victoria, Texas.
Memorials may be made to Christ the Victor Lutheran Church, 202 Stanley, Victoria, Texas 77901 or the Alzheimer’s Association.
Pallbearers are: Hunter Allen, Chad Clough, John Brodine, Glen Ponton, Mike Parker lll, and Tony Boullion.
