CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF Richard Allen

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CROFTON - Richard Allen, 58, Crofton, died Dec. 16, 1998, at Marian 
Health Center, Sioux City, Iowa.

Services were Dec. 19, at St. Rose of Lima, Crofton, with Rev. Bob 
English officiating.

Burial was held at St. Rose of Lima Cemetery, Crofton.

Pallbearers were Jerome Zvadil, Roger Schieffer, Kieth Kool, Jerry 
Kollars, John Gartner, and Marlon Smith.

Richard was born April 28, 1940, to Bernard and Arlene (Farran) 
Allen in Page. He grew up in O'Neill and graduated from O'Neill 
St. Mary's High School. He married Diane C. Sindelar on May 31, 
1969 in O'Neill.  He graduated from Wayne State College in 1964. 
He received his Masters in Chemistry, Administration and Specialists 
in Education. 

He has spent 33 years with the Crofton Schools, 21 years, as a physics 
and chemistry teacher and 14 years as secondary principal. Richard 
retired in May of 1998 from Crofton High School.

Richard was a member of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church.

Survivors include his wife, Diane, Crofton; three children, Tim and 
Lisa Allen, Florence, Colo; Tom and Wanda Allen Papillion; and Tami 
and Tim Guenther, Fremont; six grandchildren and one sister, Pat 
McElhose, Stromsburg.

He was preceded in death by his parents.


Wednesday, Dec. 23, 1998-Cedar County News