Richard E. Allison, 89, of 165 Mannor Road, Franklin, died at 9:23 a.m. Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at UPMC Northwest in Seneca.
Born Aug. 15, 1922, in Oil City, he was a son of the late Frederick and Minnie Beery Allison. He was the first caesarean section baby born in the Oil City Hospital.
Dick was a 1940 graduate of Cranberry High School.
He served in the US Navy during World War II aboard the USS Rendova, in the catapult crew.
Dick was first employed at Curtis Wright in Beaver in the experimental department welding airplane propellers.
After he returned from the service, he worked in the circulation department of Venango Newspapers, becoming the circulation manager in the early 1960s. He retired in 1987.
He also raised and sold Christmas trees in the 1950s and 1960s from his home off Bredinsburg Road.
Dick was recognized for voting 50 years in a row.
He will be remembered for his fun loving, kind and gentle nature.
Dick was a member of the Seneca United Methodist Church and the Oil City Izaak Walton League. He served on the Cranberry School Board during the 1960s.
Dick was an avid hunter, outdoorsman and amateur (Ham) radio operator, call letters WA3HYO.
He was married Aug. 7, 1976, in the St. Stephen Chapel by the Rev. Charles Hocking, to the former Jean Jerko, and she survives.
Also surviving is a daughter, Shirley Allison Fowler and husband Gary of San Marcos Texas; a son, James Allison and wife Mary Anne Moran Allison of Centennial Co.; three grandchildren (triplets), Katie Allison, Jackson Allison and Colleen Allison, all of Centennial Co.; and numerous nieces and nephews, among who is a special niece, Mary Beth Jerko.
He also is survived by in-laws Bernice Faller of Oil City, Ann and Scott Shaffer of Greenville, Richard Mong of Seneca, Doris and Al Bucholz of Prosperity, S.C. and Sally Winger of San Diego Calif.
In addition to his parents, Dick was preceded in death by his first wife, the former Phoebe Pryor, and his second wife, the mother of his children, June Winger.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Morrison Funeral Home.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Stephen Church.
Interment will follow in Rockland Cemetery.
The Derrick: April 13, 2012
Born Aug. 15, 1922, in Oil City, he was a son of the late Frederick and Minnie Beery Allison. He was the first caesarean section baby born in the Oil City Hospital.
Dick was a 1940 graduate of Cranberry High School.
He served in the US Navy during World War II aboard the USS Rendova, in the catapult crew.
Dick was first employed at Curtis Wright in Beaver in the experimental department welding airplane propellers.
After he returned from the service, he worked in the circulation department of Venango Newspapers, becoming the circulation manager in the early 1960s. He retired in 1987.
He also raised and sold Christmas trees in the 1950s and 1960s from his home off Bredinsburg Road.
Dick was recognized for voting 50 years in a row.
He will be remembered for his fun loving, kind and gentle nature.
Dick was a member of the Seneca United Methodist Church and the Oil City Izaak Walton League. He served on the Cranberry School Board during the 1960s.
Dick was an avid hunter, outdoorsman and amateur (Ham) radio operator, call letters WA3HYO.
He was married Aug. 7, 1976, in the St. Stephen Chapel by the Rev. Charles Hocking, to the former Jean Jerko, and she survives.
Also surviving is a daughter, Shirley Allison Fowler and husband Gary of San Marcos Texas; a son, James Allison and wife Mary Anne Moran Allison of Centennial Co.; three grandchildren (triplets), Katie Allison, Jackson Allison and Colleen Allison, all of Centennial Co.; and numerous nieces and nephews, among who is a special niece, Mary Beth Jerko.
He also is survived by in-laws Bernice Faller of Oil City, Ann and Scott Shaffer of Greenville, Richard Mong of Seneca, Doris and Al Bucholz of Prosperity, S.C. and Sally Winger of San Diego Calif.
In addition to his parents, Dick was preceded in death by his first wife, the former Phoebe Pryor, and his second wife, the mother of his children, June Winger.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Morrison Funeral Home.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Stephen Church.
Interment will follow in Rockland Cemetery.
The Derrick: April 13, 2012
Richard E. Allison, 89, of 165 Mannor Road, Franklin, died at 9:23 a.m. Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at UPMC Northwest in Seneca.
Born Aug. 15, 1922, in Oil City, he was a son of the late Frederick and Minnie Beery Allison. He was the first caesarean section baby born in the Oil City Hospital.
Dick was a 1940 graduate of Cranberry High School.
He served in the US Navy during World War II aboard the USS Rendova, in the catapult crew.
Dick was first employed at Curtis Wright in Beaver in the experimental department welding airplane propellers.
After he returned from the service, he worked in the circulation department of Venango Newspapers, becoming the circulation manager in the early 1960s. He retired in 1987.
He also raised and sold Christmas trees in the 1950s and 1960s from his home off Bredinsburg Road.
Dick was recognized for voting 50 years in a row.
He will be remembered for his fun loving, kind and gentle nature.
Dick was a member of the Seneca United Methodist Church and the Oil City Izaak Walton League. He served on the Cranberry School Board during the 1960s.
Dick was an avid hunter, outdoorsman and amateur (Ham) radio operator, call letters WA3HYO.
He was married Aug. 7, 1976, in the St. Stephen Chapel by the Rev. Charles Hocking, to the former Jean Jerko, and she survives.
Also surviving is a daughter, Shirley Allison Fowler and husband Gary of San Marcos Texas; a son, James Allison and wife Mary Anne Moran Allison of Centennial Co.; three grandchildren (triplets), Katie Allison, Jackson Allison and Colleen Allison, all of Centennial Co.; and numerous nieces and nephews, among who is a special niece, Mary Beth Jerko.
He also is survived by in-laws Bernice Faller of Oil City, Ann and Scott Shaffer of Greenville, Richard Mong of Seneca, Doris and Al Bucholz of Prosperity, S.C. and Sally Winger of San Diego Calif.
In addition to his parents, Dick was preceded in death by his first wife, the former Phoebe Pryor, and his second wife, the mother of his children, June Winger.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Morrison Funeral Home.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Stephen Church.
Interment will follow in Rockland Cemetery.
The Derrick: April 13, 2012
Born Aug. 15, 1922, in Oil City, he was a son of the late Frederick and Minnie Beery Allison. He was the first caesarean section baby born in the Oil City Hospital.
Dick was a 1940 graduate of Cranberry High School.
He served in the US Navy during World War II aboard the USS Rendova, in the catapult crew.
Dick was first employed at Curtis Wright in Beaver in the experimental department welding airplane propellers.
After he returned from the service, he worked in the circulation department of Venango Newspapers, becoming the circulation manager in the early 1960s. He retired in 1987.
He also raised and sold Christmas trees in the 1950s and 1960s from his home off Bredinsburg Road.
Dick was recognized for voting 50 years in a row.
He will be remembered for his fun loving, kind and gentle nature.
Dick was a member of the Seneca United Methodist Church and the Oil City Izaak Walton League. He served on the Cranberry School Board during the 1960s.
Dick was an avid hunter, outdoorsman and amateur (Ham) radio operator, call letters WA3HYO.
He was married Aug. 7, 1976, in the St. Stephen Chapel by the Rev. Charles Hocking, to the former Jean Jerko, and she survives.
Also surviving is a daughter, Shirley Allison Fowler and husband Gary of San Marcos Texas; a son, James Allison and wife Mary Anne Moran Allison of Centennial Co.; three grandchildren (triplets), Katie Allison, Jackson Allison and Colleen Allison, all of Centennial Co.; and numerous nieces and nephews, among who is a special niece, Mary Beth Jerko.
He also is survived by in-laws Bernice Faller of Oil City, Ann and Scott Shaffer of Greenville, Richard Mong of Seneca, Doris and Al Bucholz of Prosperity, S.C. and Sally Winger of San Diego Calif.
In addition to his parents, Dick was preceded in death by his first wife, the former Phoebe Pryor, and his second wife, the mother of his children, June Winger.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Morrison Funeral Home.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Stephen Church.
Interment will follow in Rockland Cemetery.
The Derrick: April 13, 2012
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