Obituary -- Roy Allee 1969-2013

Roy Travis Allee was born on June 7, 1969 in Guthrie Center, Iowa to Harold and Cheryl (Brown) Allee.

Roy Boy grew up around various horse race tracks, as his parents and his grandpa and grandma Allee

worked side by side while owning and training thoroughbred race horses.  He was blessed to also have

his grandpa and grandma Brown join them at the track, as they owned race horses also.  So . . . guess

who was _ _ _ _ _ _ _!  Yes, Roy, I am saying it: Spoiled.  And yes I am getting the last words in on you,

Roy, so Ha!  To his chagrin, some of his cousins also helped out at the track, which kept Roy’s feathers

ruffled.  

 

When Roy was in school, first in Sheridan and then Grant City, he lived with his grandma Allee.  When summertime came, they would pack for the track.  He loved family dinners (for the conversation,

I think???), loved playing cards (as long as he won!), and loved collecting “funny” (comic) books, which

he started at a young age. He loved his Star Trek and Star Wars, his gadgets, and oh yes, his

FLASHLIGHTS.  Roy loved tinkering with things and “fixing” them. He also loved researching and diagnosing your illnesses.   He lived for his Saturday morning cartoons and snow days.  

Roy was very proud of his accomplishments on his high school academic team.  He graduated from Worth County R III in  1987.  Roy had a thirst for knowledge and loved to read and research many topics. He went to Northwest Missouri State for one year before moving to Cleveland, Ohio to be with his parents at the track.  There he attended a community college.  His family would spend winters back home in Sheridan.  Roy started a family engraving business called AAA Engraving, which his parents and grandma Allee helped him keep going.  

1995 began a new phase of life for Roy as his dad Harold was diagnosed with cancer.  Thus, Roy’s life of faithfully being at the side of his ailing parents began.  He lost his father in March of 1996.  Two weeks before we had lost our grandpa Allee.  Roy then would not leave his mother’s side.  He vowed to never leave her side as her parents were already deceased.  

Roy and his mom spent most of their time with her twin sister Carol and our Gram Allee.  Roy spent his time hauling them to do their “trading” and  to doctor’s appointments, which usually resulted in a KFC stop or if in Grant City, the DQ or Casey’s pizza (yes Roy loved his pizza in case you didn’t know).  Another favorite thing was taking them to Lori Jo’s to get their hair done and getting a sandwich from Jonny’s.  Lots of fun was had at Kobbe reunions. Roy loved researching family ancestry.  

Aunt Cheryl’s health would soon start on a downhill slope until she slipped away in June 2011.  Roy kept his promise to be by her side.  He had lost his Grandma Allee in March of 2011.  During his mom’s stay at WCCC, Roy  made lasting relationships with many staff members and reconnected with some old friends, all of whom were by his side as he dealt with the hole that was left in his life due to the loss of his mother.  He then went to live with a very special couple and their family, as he could not bear going back to his family home.  

His aunt Francey Dowis, along with Rob and Karen Dowis and family, Connie Dowis, Kirby Dowis and family, Hal and Sharon Dowis and family, and Bob and Kyla McClain and family as well as other family members want to thank Alec and Nicole Ware and their families and tell you how amazing you are.  We know Roy treasured his last days with you.  Roy will be laid to rest at a later date in the VanSkyock addition of the Sheridan cemetery.  We will miss his distinct laugh that quaked through his entire body.  Roy Boy you don’t have to hold the button anymore (one of the many superstitions he believed in).  There will be a buckeye and a flashlight in your pocket.   

Arrangements were under the direction of the Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home in Grant City, Missouri.