Joseph B Allen

June 14, 2013

ALLEN , Joseph Barkley Allen, age 87, Moorestown, NJ, died at the Evergreens on June 14, 2013. Born April 17, 1926 to Joseph Allen and Ethel Garner Allen in Richmond, VA. Raised in Baltimore, MD, "Pete" attended The Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and graduated with a degree in Industrial Engineering from Cornell University in 1949. He was a member of the lacrosse team. Pete joined the Campbell Soup Company in 1949. In 1950, he was recalled to active duty and completed his tour in Germany with the Army Corps of Engineers. He rejoined Campbell's in 1952 and retired in 1989 after a career in the International Division. Pete served as a vestryman at Trinity Church in Moorestown and was a member of the Field Club. In retirement, he was a vestryman at the Church of the Ascension in Seneca, SC, and a volunteer for Oconee Cty Mem Hospital, installing "life-lines" for the elderly. Tennis and boating were his favorite activities. Pete is survived by his wife of 63 years Stephanie vonGlatz Allen and four daughters, Libby Cathcart (Chris) of Tarrytown, NY and Old Lyme, CT; Mary Allen of East Stroudsberg, PA; Stephanie Macrae (Mike) of Moorestown, NJ; Annie Nicholson of Boulder, CO ; four grand-children and predeceased by his son Peter Allen. Memorial service 11am Tuesday July 30 at The Chapel of the Evergreens 309 Bridgeboro Road, Moorestown, NJ 08057. Please no Flowers Memorial contributions to Wills Eye Hospital , c/o the Development Office, 840 Walnut Street , Phila Pa. 19107