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Michael E. Allsup
1942 - 2018
Michael E. Allsup
1942 - 2018
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BORN
1942
DIED
2018
Michael Allsup Obituary
Michael Eugene Allsup, 75, St. Louis, MO, born December 15, 1942, in East St. Louis, IL, passed away on August 13, 2018, at Barnes Hospital after a brief battle with cancer.
Mike grew up surrounded by his brothers and sisters in Cahokia, Illinois. Mike graduated from East St. Louis Assumption High School in 1960. After a brief stint in the U.S. Army, he put his lifelong fascination with numbers and statistics to work in the printing industry where he worked as an estimator at Von Hoffman Press and Universal Printing until his retirement in 2007.
A former standout St. Louis-area bowler, Mike was a great story teller, an avid sports fan, and a political junkie with a fact-based opinion on everything from the state of the St. Louis Cardinals to the State of the Union. He will be sorely missed.
Mike was preceded in death by his wife, Janis (nee Hoeynck) Allsup; his brothers, David Allsup and Patrick Allsup; grandparents, Stephen and Myrl Crawford and George and Gertrude Allsup; as well as his parents, Eugene and Mary Allsup.
Mike is survived by his sons, Christopher Allsup and Andrew (Val) Allsup of St. Louis, MO; brothers, John (Lynn) Allsup of The Villages, FL, Daniel (Yang) Allsup of Goodyear, AZ, and James (Jeanine) Allsup of Scottsdale, AZ; sisters, Mary (Gil) Woodrome of Dupo, IL, and Kathleen (Dennis) Carron of Millstadt, IL; grandson, Amos Andrew Allsup of St. Louis, MO; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Charitable contributions to celebrate Mike's life can be made to the American Cancer Society.
Services: No service listed.
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Jim Allsup
August 21, 2018
Thank you very much, Larry, we all appreciate it very much. Yes, Mike was one of the good guys.
Jim Allsup
August 21, 2018
Thanks for your condolences, Tom. Though I was the youngest of the Allsup brothers, I remember well many of the 48 Olds East St, Louis stories. And I particularly remember at least one marker that was left in the trunk of that 48 Olds from one of its runs.......
And thanks again for remembering Mike, Tom. It is much appreciated.
August 19, 2018
Allsup Family,
My deepest sympathies on the passing of Mike. I hadn't seen Mike in years, but remember a lot of laughs with Mike and Bud Jose at the racetracks. Mike was one of the good guys.
Larry Hoffmann
Tom & Janet Gagen
August 17, 2018
John, Dan, and Jim,
I'm not sure how much John has told you guys about the 48 Olds he and John drove around E St Louis, but as talkative as Mike was, I'm sure he related a lot. My brother Ed and also had a 48 Olds.....we were mistaken for Mike and John a lot.....and that wasn't a good thing!!!! I'll miss Mike and you all have our deepest sympathy. May God bless Mike and all of the Allsup family.
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Dan Allsup
August 16, 2018
Thanks for the kind words, Rick. I know you and Mike were long-time pals at the tables and at the bowling alley. Every 3.14 hands, eh?
CJ
August 16, 2018
I'm sorry for your loss. May the true God of comfort, comfort those mourning and bind up the brokenhearted.
Isaiah 61:1,2
August 16, 2018
Dear Chris and Andy, brothers and sisters of Mike---
Mike was my best friend, after we met and worked together
at Von Hoffmann Press for a few years, then again decades
later at Universal Prtg. He and I would laugh at just about
everything there was to enjoy in this world. His banter, and
state of the situation will be sorely missed. I wish him a
hot table, now, where blackjacks come up every 3.14 hands. Good-bye my friend. You are still in my heart.
Peace,
Rick Hradsky
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