September 26, 1960 — October 17, 2025 (age 65)

James “Jim” Ray Allen, 65, of Hyde Park, Utah, passed away on October 17, 2025, surrounded by his loving family after a long and courageous battle with cancer.

Jim was born on September 26, 1960, in Logan, Utah, to Clair and BeNon Allen. He was raised on a farm in Cove, Utah, where he learned the value of hard work and built lifelong friendships with a close-knit group of boys who became like brothers to him.

From a young age, Jim worked alongside his brothers—laying pipe, hauling hay, and, as he liked to joke, “chasing chicks.” After graduating from Sky View High School in 1979, he spent a summer working on a pineapple farm in Hawaii before serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Arkansas.

Jim lived a life

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