Daily Oklahoman, The (Oklahoma City, OK) - Friday, April 28, 1995
Deceased Name: Richard A. Allen
ALLEN
Richard A., 46, born January 9, 1949, Bailey's Crossroads, VA, died April 19, 1995, in the Oklahoma City Disaster. He had been employed at the Social Security Administration Office since 1973 as a Claims Representative. He is a Vietnam Era veteran, stationed with the 65th Military Police Platoon at Dugway Proving Grounds, Dugway, UT; 1966 graduate of Jeb Stewart High School, Arlington, VA; 1971 graduate of Panhandle State University, Goodwell, OK, where he received a B.S. in Social Studies and Physical Education; was co-captain and center of the University's football team, attending there on a full scholarship; Richard was a wonderful and loving father and son and will be missed dearly by all who knew him. He is survived by Lena Walk Allen, his mother, of Topeka, KS and his daughter and son-in-law, Melissa and Kirk Sutterfield of Kansas City, MO, in addition to many wonderful and loving friends and relatives. He was preceded in death by his father Harold A. Allen in 1985. Memorials may be made to the Oklahoma City Relief Fund for the explosion victims. We love you Dad. Services will be Saturday, April 29, 1995, 10:00 a.m., Gene Adams Chapel, Bethany, OK. Interment at Resthaven, S.W. 104th & Western, Oklahoma City.
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Richard A. Allen: Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Death Record
Name: Richard A. Allen
State of Issue: Virginia
Date of Birth: Sunday January 09, 1949
Date of Death: Wednesday April 19, 1995
Est. Age at Death: 46 years, 3 months, 10 days
Published in the Oklahoma Today magazine, Winter 1996 issue:
Richard Allen was the ultimate sports fan. He could recite the score of an NFL game planed 15 years ago and name the team that won the 1963 World Series. He would have the TV on one game the volume turned off and be listening on the radio to a different game, said his daughter.
Friends, family, and co-workers all knew has favorite team was the Redskins and his least favorite the Dallas Cowboys. (A Barry Switzer fan, he warned a little to the latter after Switzer became head coach.)
Many believed coaching was his real calling. Yet he was also a meticulous 22 year employee at Social Security, one of the few who could quote information upon request. He knew it, marveled co-worker Barbara West. He didn't have to go look it up. He was a perfectionist living in an imperfect world, observed co-worker Richard Dean.
Beloved by colleagues, Richard bowled, snow skied, and collected Roseville pottery. On weekends (when not watching sports) he cooked Chinese food, watched cooking shows, and antiqued.
In 1966, he received a full scholarship to Panhandle State in Goodwell, where he was co-captain and center of the football team; he graduated with a bachelors degree in social studies and physical education. A Vietnam era veteran, he served with the 65th Military Police Platoon at Dugway, Utah.
Daily Oklahoman, The (Oklahoma City, OK) - Friday, April 28, 1995
Deceased Name: Richard A. Allen
ALLEN
Richard A., 46, born January 9, 1949, Bailey's Crossroads, VA, died April 19, 1995, in the Oklahoma City Disaster. He had been employed at the Social Security Administration Office since 1973 as a Claims Representative. He is a Vietnam Era veteran, stationed with the 65th Military Police Platoon at Dugway Proving Grounds, Dugway, UT; 1966 graduate of Jeb Stewart High School, Arlington, VA; 1971 graduate of Panhandle State University, Goodwell, OK, where he received a B.S. in Social Studies and Physical Education; was co-captain and center of the University's football team, attending there on a full scholarship; Richard was a wonderful and loving father and son and will be missed dearly by all who knew him. He is survived by Lena Walk Allen, his mother, of Topeka, KS and his daughter and son-in-law, Melissa and Kirk Sutterfield of Kansas City, MO, in addition to many wonderful and loving friends and relatives. He was preceded in death by his father Harold A. Allen in 1985. Memorials may be made to the Oklahoma City Relief Fund for the explosion victims. We love you Dad. Services will be Saturday, April 29, 1995, 10:00 a.m., Gene Adams Chapel, Bethany, OK. Interment at Resthaven, S.W. 104th & Western, Oklahoma City.
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Copyright (c) 1995 Oklahoma Publishing Company
Richard A. Allen: Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Death Record
Name: Richard A. Allen
State of Issue: Virginia
Date of Birth: Sunday January 09, 1949
Date of Death: Wednesday April 19, 1995
Est. Age at Death: 46 years, 3 months, 10 days
Published in the Oklahoma Today magazine, Winter 1996 issue:
Richard Allen was the ultimate sports fan. He could recite the score of an NFL game planed 15 years ago and name the team that won the 1963 World Series. He would have the TV on one game the volume turned off and be listening on the radio to a different game, said his daughter.
Friends, family, and co-workers all knew has favorite team was the Redskins and his least favorite the Dallas Cowboys. (A Barry Switzer fan, he warned a little to the latter after Switzer became head coach.)
Many believed coaching was his real calling. Yet he was also a meticulous 22 year employee at Social Security, one of the few who could quote information upon request. He knew it, marveled co-worker Barbara West. He didn't have to go look it up. He was a perfectionist living in an imperfect world, observed co-worker Richard Dean.
Beloved by colleagues, Richard bowled, snow skied, and collected Roseville pottery. On weekends (when not watching sports) he cooked Chinese food, watched cooking shows, and antiqued.
In 1966, he received a full scholarship to Panhandle State in Goodwell, where he was co-captain and center of the football team; he graduated with a bachelors degree in social studies and physical education. A Vietnam era veteran, he served with the 65th Military Police Platoon at Dugway, Utah.
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