Paoli (IN) Republican, February 16, 1965, from the collection of Wilma Davis, Paoli, Indiana. NOTE: In a second obit from the Paoli Progress Examiner on February 18, it was noted that Frank Allen was born August 17, 1893, in Davis County, the son of Benjamin and Arla (Ragsdale) Allen. He was united in marriage on April 26, 1916, to Jamie Elrod, and she survived him. Frank Allen, 71, retired Farm Bureau Insurance executive, died Monday night at Orange County Hospital. The Orangeville Township farmer had been a patient in the hospital since Tuesday of last week after suffering a broken hip in a fall from a chair. The body is at Ochs Funeral Home. Final rites will be conducted at 1:30 Thursday afternoon at Orangeville Methodist Church with Rev. Lloyd Sawyer officiating. He will lie in state at the church before the services. Mr. Allen began duties as an agent for Farm Bureau Insurance in 1939. He was promoted to regional sales manager for an area covering southwestern Indiana in 1943 and continued in that position until his retirement in January of 1959. He was active in the organization stages of REMC in Orange County and served as an ASC county committee member from 1942 until 1944. He was a trustee of the Orangeville Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jamie Elrod Allen.