Dr. Charles E. Allen Died Paoli (IN) Republican, August 22, 1961, from the collection of Wilma Davis, Paoli, Indiana. RITES HELD SATURDAY FOR DR. C. E. ALLEN Final rites were held Saturday afternoon at Ochs Funeral Home in Orleans for Dr. Charles E. Allen, 68-year-old Orleans resident and former medical specialist who served in both the Army and Navy during World War II. Burial was at Liberty Cemetery east of Orleans. Dr. Allen died Thursday at Bedford Hospital where he was admitted a month ago. He had retired about eight years ago because of ill health. A graduate of Wabash College, Cornell University and the Albany, N. Y. Medical College, Dr. Allen practiced for 20 years at Albany as a specialist. During World War II, he entered the Army Medical Corps, was stationed at Savannah, Ga., and resigned with the rank of major. Three days later he enlisted in the Navy, emerging as a Lt. Commander. While in the Navy, he was officer in charge of the medical staff of the hospital ship Constellation, stationed off the coast of Japan until the end of World War II. After the war, Dr. Allen continued his work on the medical staffs of Veterans Administration Hospitals at Valdosta and Atlanta, Ga. He came to Orleans seven years ago to live with his mother, Mrs. Molly Allen, after she suffered a broken hip. He had continued to care for her until she was moved to Gorge Nursing Home in French Lick. Dr. Allen was born January 17, 1893, at Paoli, the son of Harry F. and Molly (Turley) Allen. Surviving are the mother, who is Orange County's oldest living resident at age 101; and three sisters, Mrs. Lois Shirey, Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. Ruth Johnson, Oklahoma City, and Mrs. Mary Montgomery, St. Cloud, Fla. Three brothers, Homer, Frank and Albert, preceded him in death.