Roger Lee Allen

Roger Lee Allen, 70, of Garden City, died Saturday, May 10, 2014 at his home of natural causes.

Roger was born February 13, 1944 in Welch, West Virginia the son of John Henry and Mona Cline Allen.  He grew up in Pineville, West Virginia out side of the  small mountain town where he loved to run and cause mischief with his bothers. His family  moved to Northern Idaho when he was 18,  A year later they moved to Boise where he got a job at Biltmore manufacturing where he met  his "Jodyanne". He began attending the Followers of Christ church with her and was babtised  Febuary, 14 1965. He married the love of his life JoAnne Herron on May 28, 1965.

Roger was a hard worker, he started his first job at 13 sorting the rotten fruit from the good fruit  at Buddy Cook Market. He  was employed by Truss Joist Company for over 25 years.  He finished his working years and retired from the Meridian school district in building maintenance.

Roger's favorite times were spent with his wife and family camping and fishing in the mountains . He and his wife owned a place in Donnely,  Idaho where He spent his summers with their kids and grandkids sitting around the campfire. Every where he went you would hear him singing  or whistling with his beautiful voice. Roger loved to tell stories to all the kids, sitting in his rocking chair all of his kids loved to listen, his best being the story of Jack and George. Roger always grew a big beautiful garden in the summer, always sharing with who ever came by. Roger was a one of a kind with so many little things he did that made him so very special to family and friends . He will be missed each and every day.

Roger is survived by his wife, JoAnne Allen; his daughters and their husbands, Shannon and Butch Sevy, Paula and Jeff Monch, and Kelli and Rusty Randolph; grandchildren, Buddy Sevy, Clayton Sevy, Veronica Vlahos, Cody Sevy, J.J. Monch, Tanner Monch, Aurora Randolph, and Julia Randolph; one great-granddaughter, Hallie Sevy.   He is also survived by his brothers, Ugene (Shirley), Danny (Lavern), Sue (David) Smith, Tommy, and his twin brother, Ronald (Diane); numerous nieces and nephews and his brothers-in-law and their spouses, Tom and Barbra Herron and Joel and Kathy Herron.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his mother-in-law and father-in-law,  Paul and Susie Herron; two brothers, Ray Allen and David Allen; his sister, Peggy; three grandchildren, Brock Edwin Sevy, Natalie Lynn Sevy, and Jody Lynn Sevy; and sister-in-law Kathy (Porter) Herron.