Allen, Cheryl Renee 1944 - 2015
ALLEN, JONES, MEYER, CLAYBAUGH, HUGHES, BRENNER, STEPHEN
Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 2/27/2015 at 11:00:57
Cheryl R. Allen, age 70, of Decorah, IA and formerly of Madison, WI, died Saturday evening, February 21, 2015 at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, WI.
Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 1, 2015 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Chad Huebner officiating.
Visitation begins on Sunday at 1:00 p.m., one hour before services, at the church.
Cheryl Renee Allen was born on February 23, 1944 in Decorah, Iowa, the daughter of Robert W. and Opal C. (Jones) Allen. She was baptized at Ossian Lutheran Church and confirmed at First Lutheran Church in Decorah. She graduated from Decorah High School with the class of 1962.
Cheryl then moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where she started working and getting a degree in nursing. She attended Madison Area Technical College and received her degree as a Licensed Practical Nurse (L.P.N.) in 1972. Cheryl worked for many years at Madison General Hospital. Over the years she took classes at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and received her B.S. degree in Nursing, to become a Registered Nurse (R.N.) in 1982. Later she became an orthopedic nurse. She then helped form the National Association of Orthopedic Nurses, and also served as the national president of the organization for one term. Cheryl then worked at the Bone and Joint Orthopedic Office in Madison and later at Care Wisconsin, a nonprofit managed care organization that matches frail seniors and people with physical and intellectual disabilities to the health care and long-term care supports and services they need. She retired in 2010 and moved back to Decorah.
Her family is very proud of her and all of her accomplishments. She received all of her schooling, while also having a full time job, doing it all on her own, with great determination.
Cheryl was a long time member of Bethel Lutheran Church in Madison, where she was a Sunday School teacher and also very active in the Blessings Circle. She was a Girl Scout leader, loved pets, was an avid reader and also loved to travel. She went to Door County, Wisconsin many times, Norway, all over the United States, on an Alaskan cruise and to Cozumel, Mexico on many family trips. She was a certified scuba diver, loved camping, swimming and tubing on the Upper Iowa River. Her family was very important to her and she loved all of her nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert in 1973 and Opal in 2007, and her sister-in-law, Penelope Allen in 2013.
Cheryl is survived by two sisters, Dianne Allen and Lynne (Bruce) Meyer, and one brother, Randall Allen, all of Decorah; five nieces and nephews, and their children: Tami (Andrew) Claybaugh, and Allison and Kyle, Dawn (Travis) Hughes, and Mackenzie, Benjamin (Emily) Meyer, and Mason and Raina, Reed (Holly) Allen, and Wyatt and Miles, and Jillian Allen (Jonathon) Brenner; one aunt, Ann Allen of Moline, IL; her long time friend, Beverly Stephen of Madison, WI; and numerous cousins.
The family would like to extend special thanks to Jo Winkie for watching the house and taking care of Cheryl’s pets.
Source: Fjelstul Funeral Home database
Winneshiek Obituaries maintained by Bruce Kuennen.
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