Allen Egerton Boyles

Allen Egerton Boyles, 88, of Belton passed away on Wednesday, February 27,
2019 at Baylor-Scott and White Hospital in Temple.
A memorial service for Mr. Boyles will be held on Monday, March 11, 2019 at
2:00 PM at the Dossman Funeral Home chapel in Belton with HK Ballard
officiating. He will be laid to rest with military honors at the Central Texas State
Veterans Cemetery in Killeen.
Allen was born on August 9, 1930 in Dallas, Texas to Ulysses Charles and
Clemmie Iola (Egerton) Boyles. He attended the College of Texas at Arlington
followed by a career with his father's refrigeration supply company in the
Dallas/Ft. Worth area. In 1953 he joined the US Army and was honorably
discharged in 1955. Allen’s career as an engineer for the government contractor
CECOM brought him to faraway places which included Germany, Korea and
Vietnam. Stateside he worked at Fort Monmouth in New Jersey and finished up
his career at Fort Hood in Killeen Texas prior to retirement.
Allen had been married to Gisela Stotz, the mother of his children Chuck and
Barbara Boyles, living in both Germany and Manasquan, New Jersey with them.
By 1980, Allen moved back to Texas to help care for his ailing parents. He then
married Young Ae Kim and together with their daughter Sandy, began a life in
Belton. Allen was a proud American who reveled in engaging in political debate.
A daily newspaper reader, he was known to often submit a “letter to the editor”.
He valued politics, current events, and coffee.
Allen was preceded in death by a brother Reginald Charles (Chuck) Boyles of
California in 2005. He is survived by his loving wife of 38 years Kim Boyles of
Belton; a son Chuck Boyles and his wife Gina of Brick, New Jersey; daughters
Barbara Boyles McEvoy and her husband Tom of Little Silver, New Jersey; and
Sandra Boyles Parker and her husband Jason of Belton. Also surviving are six
grandchildren: Kevin Boyles, Joseph Boyles, Marissa Boyles, Robert McEvoy,
Claire McEvoy, and Braeden Parker.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in his memory to either
the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America https://alzfdn.org/support-us/donate/ or to
Baylor Scott & White Health of Central Texas
https://ctxfoundation.bswhealth.com/ways-to-give/donate.
Dossman Funeral Home in Belton is in charge of the arrangements.