{"id":78615,"date":"2025-08-28T21:44:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T01:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winterhavendaily.com\/?p=78615"},"modified":"2025-08-28T21:44:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T01:44:18","slug":"in-loving-memory-of-earl-allen-sr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winterhavendaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/28\/in-loving-memory-of-earl-allen-sr\/","title":{"rendered":"In Loving Memory of Earl Allen, Sr."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Earl Allen, Sr.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

June 19th, 1944 – August 22nd, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Earl James Allen Sr, 81 years old, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 22nd at Good Shepherd Hospice House. He was born on June 19th, 1944, in Warsaw, Indiana and resided between Warsaw & Winter Haven, Florida his entire life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earl was a proud Veteran serving in the United States Army from February 1969 through February 1970. During his time in service, he fought gallantly in the Vietnam War and was awarded a Bronze Star Medal and an Army Commendation Medal, both with \u201cV\u201d devices indicating both awards were earned for his personal acts of heroism during combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After serving in the military, Earl was a business owner and real estate investor. His favorite hobbies included Flea Markets, antiquing, playing the slot machines at Hard Rock Casino, hunting for morel mushrooms and fishing on the Chain of Lakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earl is predeceased by his parents, Grover C & Sarah England Allen; his son n\u2019 law, LeWayne Jordan, and his granddaughter, Ronda Jordan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is survived by his loving wife, Susanne Allen; his brother, Rex (Tammy) Allen; sisters, Dixie (Richard) Syndram, Phyllis Jean Shephard; children, Earl James (Samantha) Allen Jr. of Jacksonville, FL, Beth Jordan of Winter Haven, FL, Terry Allen of Indianapolis, IN, and his step-children, Frank Breault Jr, Kristi Breault, Donna Breault, Sandy Breault, his grandchildren, Leighton Miley, Dylan Allen, Jalen Allen, Cayden Allen, Will Jordan, Tristan Jordan, Jeremiah, Donovan, Jordan, Malachi, Tiffany, Alana, Shaina, Shawna; plus 11 great grand kids with the 12th on the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Earl Allen, Sr. June 19th, 1944 – August 22nd, 2025 Earl James Allen Sr, 81 years old, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 22nd at Good Shepherd Hospice House. He was born on June 19th, 1944, in Warsaw, Indiana and resided between Warsaw & Winter Haven, Florida his entire life. Earl was a proud Veteran […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":78614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[24,28,983,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-78615","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-obits","8":"tag-in-loving-memory","9":"tag-oak-ridge-funeral-care","10":"tag-obit","11":"tag-obituary"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winterhavendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_0510-1.jpg?fit=713%2C719&ssl=1","aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t