Idaho-Valley County ID Archives Obituaries.....ALLEN, EARL ISAAC  February 12, 2006
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Long Valley Advocate, March 1, 2006
  Riggins- Earl Isaac Allen, 87, died at his home in Riggins, Sunday, Feb. 12, 
2006, with his family by his side.

  He heard the angels whisper, and he slipped quietly away with them.

  He was one of twin boys born August 22, 1918, in a tent in a logging camp 
near Cabarton, south of Cascade, Idaho.  Raised with two brothers and three 
sisters in and around the Long Valley and Round Valley areas, Earl came up 
through some very rough times.

  He and his twin brother quit school in the eighth grade to work and help 
support the family. During WWII, he was called up twice by the draft board, 
and rejected both times because of a heart condition discovered by the Army 
doctor at the induction center in Salt Lake City.

  The doctor told him to go home and "take it easy". Not a guy to ever "take 
it easy," or, for that matter, follow orders of any kind, Earl spent the war 
years logging all over the Northwest.  He was half of a top cross-cut team, 
cutting over 500,000 board feet in one pay period. (That, boys, is a LOT of 
timber!) He often claimed to be on the 'cutting edge' of the Aerobic 
movement...pun intended.

  He met the love of his life, Rosella (Pattan), in Cascade and they married 
in 1943. They had four kids in four years, Charles Earl in 1944; Ronald Edward 
in 1945; Larry Douglas in 1946; and Janet Elaine in 1948. They moved their 
young family to Riggins in 1948 and have resided there ever since. (Dad 
insisted he and Mom were part of the inventory in Riggins.) Earl and Rosie 
celebrated their 62nd Wedding Anniversary in December.

  When Earl lost his twin brother in 1985, he lovingly stepped in to serve as 
surrogate father, grandfather, and great-grandfather to his niece, Sharon 
(Russell) Ketchum, and nephew, Marvin (Karen) Allen, and thier families.

  He also took into his huge heart as members of his extended family many of 
his grandson's friends (Gary, Rich, Bruce, and Les) with whom he often went 
hunting and regaled with some wild tales of the old days. Earl was a 
consummate story teller and poet. He held many a crowd, young and old alike, 
spellbound, as he told stories of his life and recited poetry, some original, 
some Robert Service, including his favorites, 'The Cremation of Sam McGee,' 'A 
Sourdough Story,' 'The Shooting of Dan McGrew,' and 'The Ballad of Blasphemous 
Bill McKye.' His ability to memorize was legendary.

  Earl was preceeded in death by his parents; a sister, Wilma Callender; two 
brothers, James Burl Allen and Charles L. Allen; and two sons, Charles and 
Larry.

  He is survived by his wife, Rosella; a son, Ron (Viola) Allen, of Caldwell; 
a daughter, Jan (Jay) Thistlewood, of Garden City; sisters, Nell Pattan, of 
Boise, and Stella Pattan, of Mills, Wyo.; grandsons, John J. (Susan) 
Thistlewood, and Jerad (April) Thistlewood, all of Boise, and Jim (Lisa) 
Carlin, of Mericopa, Ariz,; granddaughter, Cheryl (Bart) Tilton, of LaJunta, 
Colo,; great-granddaughters Madeline, Gabrielle and Rebecca Thistlewood, 
Chelsea King, Madyson Carlin, and Jessica Tilton; and great-grandsons Logan 
Carlin, Daniel and Loyd Tilton, and Ezra Ketchum.

  Also surviving Earl are two special friends he considered 'adopted 
daughters',' Kitty Hollenbeak and Lona Travis, both of the Riggins area.

  A memorial service to celebrate his life will be held in Riggins at a date 
to be announced.

So long, Dad, 'til we meet in the sweet by and by. 

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