Marjorie Ann Allen

Marjorie Ann Allen, 86, Caulfield, Missouri, passed away at 4:45 a.m., Friday, October 18, 2024, at Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri. 

She was born April 18, 1938, at Virden, Illinois, to Holland Russell Hines and Violet Vadis Throne Hines.  On August 14, 1956, she was married to Kenneth Vondell Allen, who preceded her in death on August 30, 2008.  Marjorie enjoyed camping, gardening, cooking, baking, shopping, reading, traveling, vacationing and going to the movies.  She was a mother to four children, a grandmother to ten grandchildren and twenty-five great-grandchildren.  She loved her family and adored her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  Marjorie was the oldest of eight children; she took care of her siblings after the passing of their parents.  She was a mother to all.

She is survived by two children, Kevin Paul Allen and Darla Ann Towell and husband, Gary Wayne; bonus sons, Ricky Dean McKee and wife, Debbie and Scott Crafton; bonus daughter, Bonnie Helfer and husband, Mark; ten grandchildren, Bradley Allen and wife, Mary, Corey Allen, Karen von Wolfseck and husband, Karl, Chelsie Allen, Kelley McGowan and husband, Shaun, Holly Spencer and husband, Tommy, Mandi Collins and husband, Taylor, Alexandra Cope, Meghan and Michael; twenty-five great-grandchildren; three brothers, Buck Hines and wife, Rosie, Delbert Hines and wife, Brenda and Ronnie Hines and wife, Terry; two sisters, Evelyn Graham and husband, Frank and Delores Collins and husband, George; one sister-in-law, Julie Hines; and many nieces and nephews. 

Her parents, husband, two sons, Randall Allen and Brian Allen and two brothers, Bill Hines and Keith Hines, preceded her in death.  

Arrangements under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.