ALLEN, Robert L. Detective Brookline Police Dept. (ret.) Of Brookline passed away with his loving family at his side after a long illness on December 16, 2023. Beloved husband of the late Roseanne M. (Loughlin) Allen. Loving father of Christine A. Allen, Robert L. Allen, Jr. and his wife Kenna, Richard E. Allen and his wife Alice and Julie E. Lacy and her husband Keith. Adored "Grampie" of Roseanne, Leila, Katherine, Abigail, Cooper, Elizabeth, Owen, Brooke and Richard. Dear brother of the late Charles Allen. Funeral from the Bell-O'Dea Funeral Home, 376 Washington St., Brookline on Friday morning at 9:00 followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Mary of the Assumption Church at 10:00. Relatives and friends are kindly invited. Visiting hours in the funeral home on Thursday from 4:00 – 8:00. Interment Walnut Hills Cemetery. Late Army Veteran Korean War. Longtime employee of the Boston Red Sox and part of the Fenway Park Family. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research www.michaeljfox.org or St. Mary's Building Fund, 5 Linden Pl., Brookline, MA. 02445.