• Born: 9 September 1948, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, USA
• Marriage (1): Barbara Jane BURNS in April 1966 in prob Missouri, USA ¹
• Died: 9 April 1971, Chaffee, Scott County, Missouri, USA at age 22 ²
• Buried: 12 April 1971, Chaffee, Scott County, Missouri, USA

   Cause of his death was car accident.

  General Notes

District deaths

Allen Ray Menz
Special to The Missourian

   ORAN — Allen Ray Menz, 22 years old, of Oran, was killed Friday night in a two-car head-on collision two miles north of Chaffee on Route M.  His wife and a daughter also died in the accident.
   He was a construction worker and a member of AFL Labor Union Local No. 282.  He was employed at the construction site of the Noranda plant in New Madrid until recently.
   Mr. Menz was born Sept. 9, 1948, in Kankakee, Ill.  He attended schools in Kankakee and Bell City.  In April 1966, he was married to the former Miss Barbara Jane Burns.  They moved to Oran two months ago from Chaffee.
   He is survived by a daughter in critical condition at a Chaffee hospital; his father, Paul A. Menz, Oran; his mother, Mrs. Imogene Menz, Kansas City; a brother, Paul Wayne Menz, Oran; a sister, also of Oran; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Mary  Menz, Oran, and maternal grandfather, Jack Howell, Kankakee.
   The body is at the Bisplinghoff Funeral Home in Chaffee where friends may call after 7:30 tonight.
   Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 at the funeral home with the Rev. James Bolden, pastor of the Gospel Assembly Church at East Prairie, officiating.  Burial will follow in the Union Park Cemetery at Chaffee.
      — The Southeast Missourian (Cape Girardeau, Missouri); Saturday, 10 April 1971, p. 12 [obit modified slightly to protect the privacy of living individuals. kmh.]

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  Death Notes

He died in a automobile accident that occurred two miles north of Chaffee on Route M.  He was pronounced dead at the scene.

  Burial Notes

Union Park Cemetery

  Recorded Events in His Life

• He had a residence in January 1971 in Chaffee, Scott County, Missouri, USA.

• He had a residence before 9 April 1971 in Oran, Scott County, Missouri, USA.

• He was buried at the Union Park Cemetery in Chaffee, Scott County, Missouri, USA on 12 April 1971.

• His funeral was held by Bisplinghoff Funeral Home at 2 pm, Monday, on 12 April 1971 in Chaffee, Scott County, Missouri, USA. The Rev. James Bolden, pastor of the Gospel Assembly Church at East Prairie, officiated.  Burial followed in the Union Park Cemetery at Chaffee.

Allen married Barbara Jane BURNS, daughter of husb BURNS and Living, in April 1966 in prob Missouri, USA.¹ (Barbara Jane BURNS was born on 31 December 1947 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA, died on 9 April 1971 in Chaffee, Scott County, Missouri, USA and was buried on 12 April 1971 in Chaffee, Scott County, Missouri, USA.). The cause of her death was car accident.