June (Bell) ALLEN

ALLEN, BELL, GARDNER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/19/2011 at 10:51:53

July 31, 1914 -- January 16, 2011

JUNE BELL ALLEN, Age 96, of Cooper City, Florida, originally of Clarion, Iowa, passed away on January 16, 2011. She was a wife to Harold "Skip"; mother to Sally, Susan, Kathy; grandmother to Elizabeth and Ned, and "GG" to Tara and Amber. Her twin sister, Jean Gardner, continues to live in the same town they were born in Clarion, Iowa. She started her working life at the telephone company. At the end of WW II, Skip was sent to Europe and she ran the photographic studio. Her next adventure was the military as a wife and mother. As a young mother with daughter, Sally, she crossed the Atlantic on the Queen Elizabeth to join Skip in Europe. At the end of the war they settled in Falls Church, Virginia and had two more girls Susan and Kathy. June and Skip lived their lives together enjoying bridge, friends, family and life. Upon Skip's passing, on January 19, 1997, June moved to Florida. There she loved walking, playing bridge, para-sailing (at 90) and motorcycle rides after Church. June's final days were spent with family. Thank you Lord for her presence in our lives. A service in Clarion, Iowa is planned for this spring.

The Washington Post - Washington, DC
January 19, 2011