Janet Ruth Burke Allen, age 76, of Hopkinsville passed away on Monday, May 9, 2022, at Covington Convalescent of natural causes. A celebration of life will be at 3:00 PM on Saturday, May 14, 2022, at St. John United Methodist Church. Visitation will be at St. John United Methodist Church on Saturday, May 14, 2022, from 2:00 PM until 3:00 PM. A private burial will be held at Rosedale Cemetery in Pembroke, KY at a later date. Maddux-Fuqua-Hinton Funeral Home has been entrusted by the family to handle the arrangements.
Mrs. Allen was born in Christian County, KY, on July 30, 1945, the daughter of the late Abner Lewis Burke and Rosemary Miller Burke Pace. A graduate of Christian County High School, Ms. Allen went on to earn her bachelor’s degree from Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, and her MBA from Robert Morris College in Pennsylvania. She was a member of Mensa and worked as a certified public accountant for several companies throughout the United States. Ms. Allen was a member of St. John United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William “Bill” Foster Allen; her daughter, Juliet Rose Allen.
Survivors include her granddaughter, Lauren Elisabeth Rose Shaner, of Grandview, MO., formerly of Hopkinsville; her brother, Samuel Lewis Burke of Hopkinsville.
In lieu of flowers the family has requested donations be made to the Rosemary Pace Scholarship at P.O. Box 1570, Hopkinsville, KY 42240.