Larry L. Allen, 83 of Sioux City, passed away Wednesday, May 3, 2023.

Memorial Services will be held 7:00 pm Friday, May 12, 2023, at Waterbury Funeral Service of Sioux City. Visitation will be from 5:00pm until 7:00pm at the funeral home.

Larry Leroy Allen was born on April 24, 1940 in Akron, Iowa to Ray and Fern (Rosenbaum) Allen. He married his high school sweetheart Pamela Ann Martin in August of 1960. They had four children before her death in 1995. Larry found love again and married Colleen Freeman in August of 1998.

As a young man Larry enjoyed racing Stock and Sprint cars. He was so involved in it he designed the suspension system used in Sprint cars today. As his family grew, his career evolved, beginning at Mort Fish’s Turkey Farm, to Missouri Valley Steel, finally W.A. Klinger where he retired. Later in life Larry enjoyed fishing, family, and the Kansas City Chiefs.

Larry is survived by his wife Colleen, daughter Landra Laubusch, his sons, Lance (Melissa) Allen, Payne (Jessica) Allen and Layton (Haziel) Lukowicz, grandchildren Kristanya Stork, Aaron Fuentes, Kaisha Pietsch, Cheyanne Allen, Ethen Allen, Ann Marie Allen, Will Allen, Carter DeYager, Alessandra Allen, Sway Allen, Cheriden Allen, Charity Allen, Alexis Allen, Shane Allen, Seriaiah Lukowicz, and Kalee Lukowicz, sisters Charlene Barrett and Beverly Jeffers.

He was preceded in death by his parents Ray and Fern, his wife, Pamela Allen, his daughter, Karla Merrick, and his sister Shirley Gray.