BAR MILLS- David Hatch Allen, 87, also known as Dad, Grampa, and Dave, of Bar Mills, passed away peacefully at home on March 11, after a long illness.
David graduated from Standish High School. He married his high school sweetheart, Connie Gray in 1956. This started a lifelong partnership that resulted in 6 children, many home renovations, career ins and outs, health crises and recoveries, and all of the things that make life challenging and joyous.
David went on to receive a bachelor's degree in education and two master's degrees in math and science with the support of Connie, who managed to help him with his academics while balancing all the joys of pregnancy and motherhood. David taught and served as principal in schools from Downeast to Portland, where he completed his career in education
His love of teaching was practiced on his family as well. There was no home repair job that they were not trained to complete. Pouring concrete was an early skill they all learned, and have strenuously avoided since. There was not an OSHA regulation or child labor law that David did not break in his efforts to ensure that the kids knew how to take care of home and property.
In addition to formal education, David was a lifelong learner who threw himself into whatever was his latest interest. He loved history, especially the Civil War period, learned beekeeping from a former student, started a farm stand, and raised race horses. He was a role model for lifelong learning, setting goals and working to achieve them.
David's children and grandchildren thank him for Easter egg hunts with clues that included advanced math, horseshoe games, poker tournaments, and hours at the race track figuring out odds. Thanks also for loving our mother and believing so completely in family through thick and thin.
David graduated from Standish High School. He married his high school sweetheart, Connie Gray in 1956. This started a lifelong partnership that resulted in 6 children, many home renovations, career ins and outs, health crises and recoveries, and all of the things that make life challenging and joyous.
David went on to receive a bachelor's degree in education and two master's degrees in math and science with the support of Connie, who managed to help him with his academics while balancing all the joys of pregnancy and motherhood. David taught and served as principal in schools from Downeast to Portland, where he completed his career in education
His love of teaching was practiced on his family as well. There was no home repair job that they were not trained to complete. Pouring concrete was an early skill they all learned, and have strenuously avoided since. There was not an OSHA regulation or child labor law that David did not break in his efforts to ensure that the kids knew how to take care of home and property.
In addition to formal education, David was a lifelong learner who threw himself into whatever was his latest interest. He loved history, especially the Civil War period, learned beekeeping from a former student, started a farm stand, and raised race horses. He was a role model for lifelong learning, setting goals and working to achieve them.
David's children and grandchildren thank him for Easter egg hunts with clues that included advanced math, horseshoe games, poker tournaments, and hours at the race track figuring out odds. Thanks also for loving our mother and believing so completely in family through thick and thin.
BAR MILLS- David Hatch Allen, 87, also known as Dad, Grampa, and Dave, of Bar Mills, passed away peacefully at home on March 11, after a long illness.
David graduated from Standish High School. He married his high school sweetheart, Connie Gray in 1956. This started a lifelong partnership that resulted in 6 children, many home renovations, career ins and outs, health crises and recoveries, and all of the things that make life challenging and joyous.
David went on to receive a bachelor's degree in education and two master's degrees in math and science with the support of Connie, who managed to help him with his academics while balancing all the joys of pregnancy and motherhood. David taught and served as principal in schools from Downeast to Portland, where he completed his career in education
His love of teaching was practiced on his family as well. There was no home repair job that they were not trained to complete. Pouring concrete was an early skill they all learned, and have strenuously avoided since. There was not an OSHA regulation or child labor law that David did not break in his efforts to ensure that the kids knew how to take care of home and property.
In addition to formal education, David was a lifelong learner who threw himself into whatever was his latest interest. He loved history, especially the Civil War period, learned beekeeping from a former student, started a farm stand, and raised race horses. He was a role model for lifelong learning, setting goals and working to achieve them.
David's children and grandchildren thank him for Easter egg hunts with clues that included advanced math, horseshoe games, poker tournaments, and hours at the race track figuring out odds. Thanks also for loving our mother and believing so completely in family through thick and thin.
David graduated from Standish High School. He married his high school sweetheart, Connie Gray in 1956. This started a lifelong partnership that resulted in 6 children, many home renovations, career ins and outs, health crises and recoveries, and all of the things that make life challenging and joyous.
David went on to receive a bachelor's degree in education and two master's degrees in math and science with the support of Connie, who managed to help him with his academics while balancing all the joys of pregnancy and motherhood. David taught and served as principal in schools from Downeast to Portland, where he completed his career in education
His love of teaching was practiced on his family as well. There was no home repair job that they were not trained to complete. Pouring concrete was an early skill they all learned, and have strenuously avoided since. There was not an OSHA regulation or child labor law that David did not break in his efforts to ensure that the kids knew how to take care of home and property.
In addition to formal education, David was a lifelong learner who threw himself into whatever was his latest interest. He loved history, especially the Civil War period, learned beekeeping from a former student, started a farm stand, and raised race horses. He was a role model for lifelong learning, setting goals and working to achieve them.
David's children and grandchildren thank him for Easter egg hunts with clues that included advanced math, horseshoe games, poker tournaments, and hours at the race track figuring out odds. Thanks also for loving our mother and believing so completely in family through thick and thin.
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