RHON­DOR DOWLAT

Se­nior Re­porter

rhon­dor.dowlat@guardian.co.tt

Ari­ma has lost a promi­nent mem­ber of its busi­ness com­mu­ni­ty with the death of Ken­wyn Allen, own­er of Allen and Sons Fu­ner­al Home.

Allen, who was found un­re­spon­sive at his home yes­ter­day, is be­lieved to have suf­fered a mas­sive heart at­tack.

In an obit­u­ary post­ed on so­cial me­dia, he was de­scribed as “a car­ing spir­it and a stead­fast fig­ure in times of sad­ness.”

“Ken­wyn Allen was more than sim­ply a suc­cess­ful busi­ness­man, he was al­so a rock of sup­port for fam­i­lies as they nav­i­gat­ed the treach­er­ous land­scape of loss,” the obit­u­ary stat­ed.

“Be­cause of his com­pas­sion­ate ap­proach and un­wa­ver­ing ded­i­ca­tion to con­sul­ta­tion pro­vi­sion, Allen and Sons Fu­ner­al Home has be­come a shin­ing ex­am­ple of com­pas­sion in Ari­ma.”

Allen re­cent­ly faced one of the most emo­tion­al­ly tax­ing ex­pe­ri­ences of his pro­fes­sion­al life when he di­rect­ed the bur­ial ser­vices for the four Pe­terkin sib­lings who were bru­tal­ly mur­dered at their home on Sep­tem­ber 21.

“Allen’s abil­i­ty to re­main serene and peace­ful in the midst of such a heart­break­ing event served as a source of so­lace for the com­mu­ni­ty that was in mourn­ing. Be­cause of his ex­per­tise and gen­uine con­cern, the fu­ner­al home be­came a safe haven for those who were go­ing through the most dif­fi­cult times of their lives,” the obit­u­ary added.

Fu­ner­al arrange­ments are yet to be fi­nalised.