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Doris Juanita (Hutsell) Allen was born on October 13,1939 in Wright County Missouri to the late Donald Ceril Hutsell and Margaret Lovel (Boykin) Hutsell and passed from this life December 10,2024. She was 85 years, 1 month, 27 days of age.
On March 29, 1957, Doris married Bobby Lee Allen in Wright County, Missouri. Three children were born to this union: Steve, Scotty, and Sherri.
Doris worked for the Brown Shoe Company in Mountain Grove and Arlee Home Fashions in Mountain Grove until her retirement in 2001.
Doris’s hobbies included quilting and studying genealogy. She enjoyed riding around with Bob and going to cemeteries and attending The Manes Music Makers.
Besides her parents Doris is preceded in death by her husband Bob, one brother Rex Hutsell, and one son Scotty Ray Allen.
She is survived by one son Steve Allen and his wife, Diane of Mountain Grove, Missouri, one daughter Sherri (Allen) Ratterree and her husband, Ed of Cabool, Mo. Two sisters, Donna Jean Franklin and her husband Bob of Washington State and Patsy Smart of Oregon. One brother John Francis Hutsell and his wife Jean of Washington State. Grandchildren Jenny Lawler and her husband Kevin, Alonda Jones and her husband Lance, John Elliott, Rennette Barnard and her husband Chris. great grandchildren Josey and Jane Lawler, Katie Tinsley, Kiara Hurt and her husband Owen, Reina Tinsley, Lacy, Blayne, Kylee, Chase and Azlyn Elliott and great-great grandchildren Remington, Claire and Porter. And many other relatives, neighbors and friends.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorial contributions be made in Bob and Doris Allen’s honor to either the Wright County Historical Society or the American Legion Post # 30, or Union Chapel Cemetery.
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