Dorothy Allen (1925-2007)

ALLEN, ERICKSON, MONSON, ANDERSON, TOKHEIM, PICHT, CROSLEY, YOUNKER, LARSON, CHELSVIG

Posted By: Tri-County Times
Date: 5/3/2007 at 17:33:27

TRI COUNTY TIMES, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, April 26, 2007.

Dorothy Rosella Erickson Allen, 81, of Ames passed away of cancer on Saturday, April 21, 2007 at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames. Services were at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 25 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Des Moines. Visitation was at the church from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service. Burial was in the Ames Municipal Cemetery at 1:30 on Wednesday.

Dorothy was born on September 4, 1925 to the late Lewis B. and Minnie (Monson) Erickson of rural Slater, Iowa where she attended and graduated from Slater High School. After receiving her teaching certificate from the University of Northern Iowa, she attended Drake University and received her Bachelor's Degree. She furthered her education at the University of Minnesota, The College of Design and Graduate College at Iowa State University. Her teaching career included Slater, Ames and Des Moines.

On June 7, 1958 she married Philip Manning Allen of Ames at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Slater. In 1961 they joined St. John's Lutheran Church in Des Moines where they were members of the Cathedral Choir for many years. Her interests and participation in music continued throughout her life. She and her husband lived most of their lives in Ames and at the summer home on Long Lake at Park Rapids, MN.

Survivors include her husband, Philip, of Ames, and six sisters, Leona and Idellis Jean Erickson of Kansas City, MO, Betty Anderson of Mankato, MN, Ramona (Jerry) Tokheim of Edina, MN, Glennice (Ralph) Picht of Bella Vista, AR, D. Patricia Crosley of Park Rapids, MN, and several nieces and nephews and grand nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother, Rufus Erickson and three sisters, Caroleen Younker, Lois Larson and Margene Chelsvig.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be designated for St. John's Lutheran Church of Des Moines, Bethany Lutheran Church of Kelley or the William R. Bliss Cancer Center of Ames. Adams Funeral Home in Ames is in charge of the arrangements.

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