Harleigh Harold Allen Jr

October 5, 1940 - July 25, 2019

Harleigh Harold Allen Jr.., son of Harleigh Harold Allen Sr. and Frances E. Brown Allen, was born in Lafayette, Indiana on October 5, 1940, and died July 25, 2019 at the Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. He was 78 years old. Harleigh received his education in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He served in the U.S. Air Force. Harleigh had a successful career as a truck driver, logging over 5.8 million miles of travel. Due to his failing health, his daughter Paula Light and her husband Keith of Perry and son Patrick Allen and his wife Paula of Des Moines moved him to Perry in April to be near them. Harleigh made his home at the Rowley Community before being hospitalized. He had the opportunity to also be near his grandchildren, Connor, Madison, Cayla, Megan, Ethan, and Ceanna. His brother Richard Allen lives in Indiana and sisters Norma Cox and her husband Joe live also in Indiana and Catherine Glynn and her husband Jack live in New Mexico. His parents preceded him in death. Harleigh will be laid to rest with his mother at the Memorial Gardens in Boone at a later date. Hastings Funeral Home, 1417 Second, Box 204, Perry, Iowa….515 465 4691