Jesse Franklin Allen was born in 1926 to Finey Miller Allen and Ben Allen in Salisaw, Okla.
His father died in the oil fields when Jesse was a young child. He was raised by his Cherokee grandmother, Jane Benge Miller, and her husband, Jess. He graduated from Salisaw High School, where he played basketball and football.
He married Lorene Lollis in Van Buren, Ark., and moved to Oregon in 1948.
Jesse was a carman for Southern Pacific Railroad until he retired.
He coached Babe Ruth League baseball and was the South Suburban All-Star coach in 1965 when his team won the district championship. He loved the outdoors, fishing and hunting. He was well known as a successful elk hunter. He killed a large six-point bull with his bow when he was 74 years old and was featured in Eastman's Bowhunting Journal with his boys and grandson.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Finey and Ben, first wife, Lorene, son, Brett, brother, Claud, and sister, Enid.
Survivors include his sons and daughters-in-law Donnie and Donna and Randy and Terry, grandsons Gabe and wife Stacy and Brandon and wife Brooke, granddaughter Jeannie and husband Jeremy, great-grandchildren Zayne, Morgan, Ella and Ryder, and brother George and his second wife Paula, all of Klamath Falls; and numerous nephews and nieces, who loved him very much.
His father died in the oil fields when Jesse was a young child. He was raised by his Cherokee grandmother, Jane Benge Miller, and her husband, Jess. He graduated from Salisaw High School, where he played basketball and football.
He married Lorene Lollis in Van Buren, Ark., and moved to Oregon in 1948.
Jesse was a carman for Southern Pacific Railroad until he retired.
He coached Babe Ruth League baseball and was the South Suburban All-Star coach in 1965 when his team won the district championship. He loved the outdoors, fishing and hunting. He was well known as a successful elk hunter. He killed a large six-point bull with his bow when he was 74 years old and was featured in Eastman's Bowhunting Journal with his boys and grandson.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Finey and Ben, first wife, Lorene, son, Brett, brother, Claud, and sister, Enid.
Survivors include his sons and daughters-in-law Donnie and Donna and Randy and Terry, grandsons Gabe and wife Stacy and Brandon and wife Brooke, granddaughter Jeannie and husband Jeremy, great-grandchildren Zayne, Morgan, Ella and Ryder, and brother George and his second wife Paula, all of Klamath Falls; and numerous nephews and nieces, who loved him very much.
Jesse Franklin Allen was born in 1926 to Finey Miller Allen and Ben Allen in Salisaw, Okla.
His father died in the oil fields when Jesse was a young child. He was raised by his Cherokee grandmother, Jane Benge Miller, and her husband, Jess. He graduated from Salisaw High School, where he played basketball and football.
He married Lorene Lollis in Van Buren, Ark., and moved to Oregon in 1948.
Jesse was a carman for Southern Pacific Railroad until he retired.
He coached Babe Ruth League baseball and was the South Suburban All-Star coach in 1965 when his team won the district championship. He loved the outdoors, fishing and hunting. He was well known as a successful elk hunter. He killed a large six-point bull with his bow when he was 74 years old and was featured in Eastman's Bowhunting Journal with his boys and grandson.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Finey and Ben, first wife, Lorene, son, Brett, brother, Claud, and sister, Enid.
Survivors include his sons and daughters-in-law Donnie and Donna and Randy and Terry, grandsons Gabe and wife Stacy and Brandon and wife Brooke, granddaughter Jeannie and husband Jeremy, great-grandchildren Zayne, Morgan, Ella and Ryder, and brother George and his second wife Paula, all of Klamath Falls; and numerous nephews and nieces, who loved him very much.
His father died in the oil fields when Jesse was a young child. He was raised by his Cherokee grandmother, Jane Benge Miller, and her husband, Jess. He graduated from Salisaw High School, where he played basketball and football.
He married Lorene Lollis in Van Buren, Ark., and moved to Oregon in 1948.
Jesse was a carman for Southern Pacific Railroad until he retired.
He coached Babe Ruth League baseball and was the South Suburban All-Star coach in 1965 when his team won the district championship. He loved the outdoors, fishing and hunting. He was well known as a successful elk hunter. He killed a large six-point bull with his bow when he was 74 years old and was featured in Eastman's Bowhunting Journal with his boys and grandson.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Finey and Ben, first wife, Lorene, son, Brett, brother, Claud, and sister, Enid.
Survivors include his sons and daughters-in-law Donnie and Donna and Randy and Terry, grandsons Gabe and wife Stacy and Brandon and wife Brooke, granddaughter Jeannie and husband Jeremy, great-grandchildren Zayne, Morgan, Ella and Ryder, and brother George and his second wife Paula, all of Klamath Falls; and numerous nephews and nieces, who loved him very much.
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