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The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., October 21, 1932, page 1

CENTERVILLE MAN, HURT WHILE HUNTING DEER, SUCCUMBS

Conrad B. Allen, 20, of Centerville, who suffered a broken neck and a skull fracture while hunting deer on a horse in the Simcoe mountains, died Saturday in The Dalles hospital.
Allen was thrown from his horse when the saddle cinch slipped. The body was sent to Goldendale for funeral services.
Young Allen was the son of Mr. and Mrs. F.B. Allen, of Condon. For some time he had resided on the ranch of an uncle, Charles Yeackel, of Centerville.

The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., October 20, 1932, page 3

OBITUARY

Conrad Benjamin Allen was born at Centerville, Washington, March 24th, 1912. He passed away at The Dalles, Oregon, October 15, 1932, at the age of 20 years, 6 months and 21 days. The young man spent practically all of his life in the Centerville community. He lived at Kent, Oregon, for a time, where he attended high school and graduated. His death was a shock to the community, being as sudden as it was.
While riding in the mountains he was thrown off from a horse, receiving injuries which caused his death. He was taken to the hospital at The Dalles where everything that was possible was done for him, but the nature of his injuries may be impossible to prolong life. The end came Saturday morning, October 15.
He leaves to mourn his decease, his father and mother, Benjamin and Mabel Allen, one brother Henry, and one sister, Mrs. Tessie Herbert, all of Condon, Oregon.
Connie was liked by all who knew him and his many friends will miss him. Many friends and relatives are left to mourn his demise, and the community extend to the bereaved ones their heart-felt sympathy in their loss.
Funeral services were held from the Chapman Parlors Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, Elder S.C. Eshelman, of Centerville, reading the funeral service. Interment was in the Grange Cemetery at Centerville.

The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., October 20, 1932, page 3
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Out of town people attending the funeral of the late Connie Allen, held Sunday from the Chapman Chapel were: Mr. and Mrs. Luther Davis and Evelyn, Margaret Mitchell, Alta Norton, George Wilson, Otto Walman, Mrs. Ida Davis and Pauline, Mrs. Dorothy Dunlap, Kendrick, Charles and Margaret, Doris Wilson, Carl Plumpke, Latitia Wilson, Harley McKay, Clarice Wilson, Dick Abell, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dillinger and Arnold, of Kent, Oregon, Matt Simmons and children, George Witters, Fred Peters, Mr. and Mrs. H. Peters, of Grass Valley, Mr. and Mrs. Adebert Rees, Mrs. Wm. Rees and son Jimmy, of Shaniko, Oregon, Mrs. Henry Strahl, Henry Yeackel, Mr. and Mrs. George Pruyne, Mrs. Ruby Yeackel and children, of The Dalles, Leslie Jensen, Henry Weachter, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Belair, Mrs. Edith Hutchinson, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Belair, of Toppenish, Mrs. Clarence Zeigenhagen, of Maupin, Oregon, Mr. and Mrs. O.H. Adams, of Hood River, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Davenport, of Yakima, Herbert Marquiss, Tieton, Wash., J.W. Rafferty, Wayne Rafferty, of Seattle, Professor Knighton, who instructed the man through his high school days.

The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, OR., October 20, 1932, page 2

INJURIES COST LIFE OF CENTERVILLE MAN
Broken Neck Suffered As Horse Stubbles: Was On Hunting Trip
(Daily of Oct. 15)

Conrad B. Allen, 20, of Centerville, Wash., died early this morning at a local hospital as the result of being thrown from his horse Wednesday noon while on a deer hunting trip near the Yeackel Simcoe mountain in Klickitat county. His neck was broken and his skull fractured by the fall, when his horse stumbled and the saddle cinch gave way.
Allen, who was the son of Mr. and Mrs. B.F. Allen, of Condon, had spent most of his life with his uncle, Charles Yeackel, of Centerville. He was born at Goldendale, March 24, 1912. In addition to his father and mother, one brother, Henry, and one sister, Mrs. Tess Hebert, both of Condon, survive.
The body was taken this afternoon by Crandall's to Goldendale. where funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Chapman's chapel. Rev. Claude Eshelman will officiate and interment will be in the Grange cemetery at Centerville.