Bob Frank & Marjorie (Moore) AlleeTombstone Photo Fairlawn CemeteryElk City, Beckham County, Oklahoma

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Bob Frank Allee

Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK

Submitted by: Wanda Purcell

Funeral services for Bob Frank Allee, local rancher and former member of the state Regents for Higher Education, will be conducted Friday at 1 p.m. from the United Methodist Church of Elk City and Rev. Dan Pulver officiating.

Interment will follow in the Fairlawn Cemetery, Elk City, Beckham County, Oklahoma under the direction of the Martin Funeral Home of Elk City.

Bob Allee was born June 4, 1909 in Roger Mills County to Frank and Nova Lucas Allee and died Monday, May 1, 200 at the age of 90. He attended Oklahoma University for two years and then graduated from Oklahoma A&M College of Business. He was married to Marjorie Moore on October 1, 1940 in Chandler. He ranched in western Oklahoma all of his life and also bred, raised and raced thoroughbred horses in central Kentucky. While at Oklahoma A&M he was president of the Student Body and The Kappa Signa House.

He established scholarships at both OSU and OU. He has served for 27 years on the Oklahoma Board of Higher Regents and had the most longevity of any member. He was a member of the Oklahoma Angus Association, the Oklahoma Polled Hereford Association, Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association, OSU Alumni Association where he received the Distinguished Alumni Award, Cowboy Hall of Fame, The Western Oklahoma Heritage Association, Elks Lodge, Elk City Golf and Country Club and the United Methodist Church of Elk City.

He was preceded in death by his wife; his parents; one sister and one brother.

Survivors include two daughters, Bobbi Francine McCaslin of Cincinnati, Ohio and Larue Switzer and her husband Larry Switzer of north of Elk City; five granddaughters and one grandson.