HENRIETTA E. ALLEN

Rolfe — Henrietta E. Allen, age 79, passed away Saturday, June 30, 2007, at the Rolfe Care Center in Rolfe. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 3, 2007, at Shared Ministry in Rolfe, with the Rev. Charles Miller officiating. Burial was in the Clinton-Garfield Cemetery in Rolfe.

Henrietta Elsie Bliek was born on August 1, 1927, at Inwood, the, daughter of Burt and Grace (Verdoorn) Bliek. She was educated in country schools. On December 27, 1950, Henrietta married William Allen at Rock Valley. The couple lived at Rock Valley until 1959, when they settled on a farm near Rolfe. In 1970, they moved into Rolfe.

In addition to raising her family, Henrietta did many cleaning jobs in Rolfe. Henrietta was a member of the Shared Ministry of Rolfe and the ladies circle. She enjoyed baking and having coffee with her friends. She especially enjoyed spending time with her family and grandchildren.

Survivors include her husband, William of Rolfe; children, Bob (Pam) Allen of Gilmore City, Ardis (Keith) Shelgren of Rolfe, Marvin "Moe" (Darlene) Allen of Rolfe, Kenneth (Nancy) Allen of Storm Lake, Michael (Mary) Allen of New Carlisle, and Donald Allen of Rolfe; 15 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; sisters, Elsie (Pete) Jacobsma and Josephine (Vern) DeJager, all of Rock Valley, and Grace (Farrell) Boyles of Hawarden; and brothers, Arie (Darlene) Bliek of Larchwood and Herbert (Minnie) Bliek of Sioux Falls, S.D.

Henrietta was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Bertha Fekes.