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February 28, 2004
George Cyrus Allen, 72, of Ellsworth, Maine, died on Feb. 9, 2004 at his home with family in Koloa.
Born on May 24, 1931, in Melrose, Mass., he served for two years in the U.S. Army, stationed in postwar Germany. Along with his father and grandfather, he started a small blueberry-processing freezer, pioneering the use of IQF (Individual Quick Freeze) in the blueberry industry. In the late 1960s, with a partner, he built the Maine Coast Mall and Holiday Inn.
He was predeceased by his parents, M. Elizabeth (Cummings) Allen and R. Thurston Allen; his son, Matthew S. Allen; and daughter-in-law, Nora Therese Allen.
He is survived by his wife, Beverly (Smith) Allen of Franklin, Maine; sons, Gregory G. Allen of St. Charles, Mo., Jason T. Allen and Jennifer James of Trenton and Andrew P. Allen and Alice (Bolstridge) Allen of Ellsworth, Maine; four grandsons and one granddaughter; two brothers, Peter T. Allen of Union, Maine, Roy P. Allen II of Ellsworth, Maine; sister Lorraine (Allen) Saunders of Southwest Harbor, Maine; and their spouses, Carol, Ardis and Joseph, as well as many nieces and nephews.
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