Alan Paul Austin (2021)
AUSTIN, COE, COOK, LANEE, LARIMER, SIDDENS, SWAB
Posted By: Linda Smith
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:03:14
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Alan Austin, age 74, passed away on December 26, 2021 at Florence Hospital in Florence, AZ. On January 1st there will be an informal gathering at the Tierra Del Sol Community Center in Florence, AZ from 2 to 4 PM. There will be a Memorial Gathering at the Afton Community Center in Afton, Iowa on January 8th at 2 PM. Memorials can be made to the East Union Dollars for Scholars.
Alan Paul Austin, the sixth of 9 children of Forrest M. and Catherine Janice (Coe) Austin, was born November 7, 1947 on a farm near East Peru, Iowa. Alan attended Afton Schools which were later incorporated into East Union Community Schools where he graduated from high school in 1965. Alan then attended Creston Community College which became Southwestern Community College where he graduated salutatorian in 1967. He then attended Southwest Missouri State in Springfield Missouri graduating in 1970 with a degree in Industrial Technology.
Alan married Kathryn (Kathy) Ann Swab on January 25, 1969. He also enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1969, receiving his silver pilot wings in 1971. For a time, he was stationed in Viet Nam where he flew recon, and supplied troops on the ground. After the death of their eldest daughter in 1971 he was stationed in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. He was also stationed in the Philippines, and California before leaving the service in 1975.
In 1975 Alan and Kathy moved back to Iowa, where Alan joined his brother, F. Marion Austin, in a home construction business in Afton. Alan & Kathy helped found, and were on the council for, the Busy Bee Day Care in Afton. Additionally, Alan was a member of the Afton Volunteer Fire Department, served on the Afton City Council, was on the Afton Development Corporation Board of Directors, as well as serving on the Union County Landfill Board of Directors. In 1982 he joined the team at Wellman Dynamics in the lab, later being promoted to engineering. He retired in 2012 as a senior engineer.
Alan and Kathy enjoyed travel and in their retirement travelled the country with their camper stopping at many Dairy Queens along the way! Eventually they chose to spend winters in Florence, Arizona. They included their family in their travels, often taking their girls or the grandchildren on trips. Each grandchild was given the opportunity to select a destination and were taken on the trip that they helped plan.
Alan was loved greatly by family and friends. Their children include Kathryn Lanee, Brenda Sue Cook (Greg), and Theresa (Terri) Lynn (Shawn) Bailey. Grandchildren include Codie (Nikki), Skylar (Taylor), Abbie, Katarina (Nathan), Alyssa, and Ty, plus 9 great-grandchildren.
Alan was preceded in death by his parents, Forrest M. and Janice C. Austin; daughter Kathryn Lanee; and siblings F. Marion Austin, Kathryn J. (Austin) Siddens, Gary L. Austin, and Linda S. (Austin) Larimer.
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