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Gordon Howard Allen

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Gordon Howard Allen

Birth
Yunnan, China
Death
28 Apr 2019 (aged 80)
Burial
Eagle Creek, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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*Estacada Funeral Chapel obituary:

Gordon Howard Allen of Portland, Oregon passed from this life into eternal life with Jesus on April 28, 2019 at 80 years of age. He was born in Tali, Yunnan, China. A son of missionary parents William Aspinall Allen and Lucille Virginia March, he spent his early childhood in China and a boarding school in Northern India. When he returned to the states, he lived on Orcas Island, graduating Valedictorian from Orcas Island High School in Washington. He received his Bachelors degree in Zoology from Seattle Pacific University, and became a medical technologist. He married Janet Valenta in 1966 and had five children.

Gordon retired from St. Vincents Hospital in 2001. Gordon's lifelong passions included calligraphy, photography, rock collecting, fly fishing, camping, nature walks and reading the Bible. Gordon remarried Corinne Seel of Longview, Washington in 2001.

Gordon is survived by his brother, David Allen of Mt. Vernon, WA, his sister Ruth Billings of McMinnville, OR, his sister Dorothy Allen of Longview, WA, his son Jeffrey Allen of France, his daughter Rachel Allen Foreman of Escondido, CA, his son Joshua Allen of Escondido, CA and two sons Jason Allen, and Jeremy Allen. He has seven grandsons, one great granddaughter, and four step grandchildren.

Graveside service will he held at Forrester Cemetery in Estacada on Saturday, May 4 at 11:30 a.m. Flowers can be sent to Estacada Funeral Chapel in Estacada, OR. Donations in lieu of flowers can be sent to Seattle Pacific University or Overseas Missionary Fellowship International.

*Gordon Howard Allen's birth record was found on familysearch.org:
WORLD Miscellaneous Births and Baptisms, 1534-1983
Gordon Howard ALLEN
Sex: Male
Birth Date: 15 Dec 1938
Birth Place: Tali, Yunnan, Bristish Consulate at Yunnanfu, China
Father: William Aspinall ALLEN
Birth Place: Luchow, Szechoan
Mother: Lucille Virginia MARCH
Reference ID pg28 ln150
GS Film Number 1818457
Digital Folder Number 008072119
"World Miscellaneous Births and Baptisms, 1534-1983", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HY2V-KLZM : 10 February 2020), Gordon Howard Allen, 1938.
Contributor: SherSumGen (49685475)
*Estacada Funeral Chapel obituary:

Gordon Howard Allen of Portland, Oregon passed from this life into eternal life with Jesus on April 28, 2019 at 80 years of age. He was born in Tali, Yunnan, China. A son of missionary parents William Aspinall Allen and Lucille Virginia March, he spent his early childhood in China and a boarding school in Northern India. When he returned to the states, he lived on Orcas Island, graduating Valedictorian from Orcas Island High School in Washington. He received his Bachelors degree in Zoology from Seattle Pacific University, and became a medical technologist. He married Janet Valenta in 1966 and had five children.

Gordon retired from St. Vincents Hospital in 2001. Gordon's lifelong passions included calligraphy, photography, rock collecting, fly fishing, camping, nature walks and reading the Bible. Gordon remarried Corinne Seel of Longview, Washington in 2001.

Gordon is survived by his brother, David Allen of Mt. Vernon, WA, his sister Ruth Billings of McMinnville, OR, his sister Dorothy Allen of Longview, WA, his son Jeffrey Allen of France, his daughter Rachel Allen Foreman of Escondido, CA, his son Joshua Allen of Escondido, CA and two sons Jason Allen, and Jeremy Allen. He has seven grandsons, one great granddaughter, and four step grandchildren.

Graveside service will he held at Forrester Cemetery in Estacada on Saturday, May 4 at 11:30 a.m. Flowers can be sent to Estacada Funeral Chapel in Estacada, OR. Donations in lieu of flowers can be sent to Seattle Pacific University or Overseas Missionary Fellowship International.

*Gordon Howard Allen's birth record was found on familysearch.org:
WORLD Miscellaneous Births and Baptisms, 1534-1983
Gordon Howard ALLEN
Sex: Male
Birth Date: 15 Dec 1938
Birth Place: Tali, Yunnan, Bristish Consulate at Yunnanfu, China
Father: William Aspinall ALLEN
Birth Place: Luchow, Szechoan
Mother: Lucille Virginia MARCH
Reference ID pg28 ln150
GS Film Number 1818457
Digital Folder Number 008072119
"World Miscellaneous Births and Baptisms, 1534-1983", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HY2V-KLZM : 10 February 2020), Gordon Howard Allen, 1938.
Contributor: SherSumGen (49685475)


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  • Maintained by: MLDS
  • Originally Created by: JRC
  • Added: May 3, 2019
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198841549/gordon_howard-allen: accessed ), memorial page for Gordon Howard Allen (15 Dec 1938–28 Apr 2019), Find a Grave Memorial ID 198841549, citing Forrester Cemetery, Eagle Creek, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA; Maintained by MLDS (contributor 47046248).