Charles E. Allen Sr.

He is preceded in death by both parents, as well as his brother Lee Sims Allen Jr., sisters Rosetta (Allen) Carter, and a sister who died very young as a result of illness.

The family moved to Chicago, Illinois where Charles was raised. Charles attended and graduated from Holy Angels in 1959 and after attended Seminary for a short time. The family moved to Los Angeles, California and shortly after enlisted in the Air Force. Shortly after his enlistment he met and married Geneva Goudeau and from that union had three children. Cecilia Renee, Charles Jr. and Christopher Lee. Later in life he married Jacqueline Austin. Charles leaves behind step-daughter Kim Austin, 11 grandchildren and 3 great grands as well as a host of nieces and nephews.

Charles had an array of hobbies but was most proud of being an honorary Tuskegee Airman to which he built a model Redtail to dedicate to a surviving member of the elite squadron. Hunting, fishing, camping, flying model airplanes(and not the little ones), golfing, bow hunting, traveling and being a member of the Knights of Columbus are just a few of his many hobbies. Charles also made his own reloads to hunt with. Charles influenced his grandchildren with his hobbies passing his knowledge and wisdom to his children and grandchildren stressing the importance of education. Charles had attained a Masters Degree and also started obtaining his Doctorate before his health started failing. Charles retired in 1984 as a Master Sargent from the US Air Force with over 20

years of service. Charles served in Vietnam as a munition specialist, and often volunteered as a gunner on the helicopters. He was stationed in California, Japan, New Mexico,Korea and Iran. Retiring in Texas. Charles worked for the US Post Office in Ft. Worth,Tx with 20 years of service working in maintenance retiring in 2013. The one thing that made Charles the most happiest was being surrounded by family especially his grandchildren.

Charles lived in Minnesota and was called home to the Lord on 3-2-2016 surrounded by his family.