Standish King Allen, age 91, passed away peacefully surrounded by the comfort of his loving family at the Golden Living Center in Norwood on Thursday, February 25, 2016. He was the son of the late Lesley B. and Constance (King) Allen.
Stan was born in Taunton on April 30, 1924. He was a graduate of Mansfield High School, Class of 1942. He proudly served his country in the US Army in the Military Police during WWII. He was a graduate of Hebron Academy in ME and attended Bryant & Stratton School and Northeastern University in Boston. He married his wife Dorothea at the Pawtucket Congregational Church on June 30, 1949. He was a Foxborough resident for over 38 years.
Stan was employed as a sales representative for Eastern Refractories Company of Belmont for over 22 years. He was the Captain of the Foxborough Police Department Auxiliary Police and Commissioner/Director of the Foxborough Civil Defense. A parishioner of Bethany Congregational Church, he was a former deacon and member of the Board of Trustees and a member of the Finance Committee. He also was a past Master of the St. James Masonic Lodge and past High Priest of the Keystone Chapter.
Beloved husband of Dorothea (Conkey) Allen. Loving father of Standish K. Allen, Jr. and his wife Kathryn living in Virginia, Bradford W. Allen of Walpole and his partner April, Frederick B. Allen and his wife Karen of Belchertown and William M. Allen and his wife Joan of Pennsylvania. Devoted grandfather of Corinne and Emily, Ursula and Colin, Nathaniel and Chelsea and Nicole and Christopher, and great-grandfather to Aiden and Peter.
The family will have a private Memorial Service at the Barton Chapel of the Bethany Congregational Church in Foxborough. Interment to follow with US Army honors at Rock Hill Cemetery, Foxborough. For additional information please contact 508 543-5471. To light a special candle in Stan’s memory please visit the funeral home web site at www.robertsandsonsfuneralhome.com.