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Dorothy A. Allen
Posted 5/6/08
Dorothy A. Allen, 88 DOVER - Dorothy A. Allen, of Dover, passed away Saturday, May 3, 2008, in Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital, Dover. She was 88. She was born on Oct. 17, 1919, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to …
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Dorothy A. Allen
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Dorothy A. Allen, 88
DOVER - Dorothy A. Allen, of Dover, passed away Saturday, May 3, 2008, in Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital, Dover. She was 88.
She was born on Oct. 17, 1919, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to the late George and Catherine Fredericks Arrington.
She was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church, and the Dover Lioness Club.
Mrs. Allen and her husband owned and operated several businesses in the Camden area.
She kept the books and did the paperwork for their dairy farm, grocery store, liquor store and Allen's Auto Sales.
In her later years, Mrs. Allen served as president of the Lioness Club and served on a committee on problems of the Aging for Kent County.
She loved the challenge of the Stock Market. She loved and enjoyed her family and friends and going out to eat.
Mrs. Allen was preceded in death by her husband, O. Alvin Allen; and grandson, Mark A. DiFelice.
She is survived by daughter, Brenda Allen DiFelice of Wilmington; brother and his wife, George W. and Joan Arrington of Mt. Pleasant, S.C.; sister and her husband, Audrey and Clarence Billings of Milford; grandson, Joseph A. DeLar of Wilmington; and many nieces and nephews.
Mass of Christian Burial Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday in Holy Cross Catholic Church, Dover, where friends may call one hour prior.
Burial will be at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Camden.
The family requests that memorial contributions be given to Holy Cross Catholic Church, 631 South State Street, Dover, DE 19901.
DOVER - Dorothy A. Allen, of Dover, passed away Saturday, May 3, 2008, in Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital, Dover. She was 88.
She was born on Oct. 17, 1919, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to the late George and Catherine Fredericks Arrington.
She was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church, and the Dover Lioness Club.
Mrs. Allen and her husband owned and operated several businesses in the Camden area.
She kept the books and did the paperwork for their dairy farm, grocery store, liquor store and Allen's Auto Sales.
In her later years, Mrs. Allen served as president of the Lioness Club and served on a committee on problems of the Aging for Kent County.
She loved the challenge of the Stock Market. She loved and enjoyed her family and friends and going out to eat.
Mrs. Allen was preceded in death by her husband, O. Alvin Allen; and grandson, Mark A. DiFelice.
She is survived by daughter, Brenda Allen DiFelice of Wilmington; brother and his wife, George W. and Joan Arrington of Mt. Pleasant, S.C.; sister and her husband, Audrey and Clarence Billings of Milford; grandson, Joseph A. DeLar of Wilmington; and many nieces and nephews.
Mass of Christian Burial Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday in Holy Cross Catholic Church, Dover, where friends may call one hour prior.
Burial will be at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Camden.
The family requests that memorial contributions be given to Holy Cross Catholic Church, 631 South State Street, Dover, DE 19901.
