Roscoe R. Allen

(August 7, 1918-November 15, 1990)

 

ROSCOE R. ALLEN, NORWOOD, DIES AT AGE 72

 

NORWOOD -- Roscoe R. Allen, 72, of 42 Elm St., died Thursday at Canton-Potsdam Hospital, Potsdam, where he was admitted earlier in the day.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Buck Funeral Home with the Rev. Paul Worczak officiating. Burial will be in Raymondville Cemetery.

Calling hours will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Surviving are four sisters, Mrs. James (Frances) Oakes, Norwood, Mrs. Bertha Allen, Potsdam, Mrs. Carl (Virginia) Weaver, Hannawa Falls, and Mrs. John (Alice) Kosluski, Florida.

Born in Canton Aug. 7, 1918, son of Rufus and Mina Fisk Allen, he married Anna B. Branchaud. She died Nov. 1, 1988.

Mr. Allen worked at the Norfolk Paper Mill and later at St. Lawrence University, Canton, as a custodian.

 

(From the November 16, 1990 edition of the Watertown Daily Times, page 29)