HARTFIELD - Shirley Seidel Allan, of Hartfield, Va., died peacefully as a result of a stoke on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church surrounded by all her family.
Shirley is survived by her husband, Philip; her children, Denise Allan and husband, "Flip" of Chesapeake, Va., Mark Allan of Princeton, N.J., and Jacqueline Allan Whitesman of Los Angeles, Calif.; her sister, Norma Seidel Decker and husband, "Phil' of Borrego Springs, Calif.; and seven grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Lillian Huey Seidel and Norman Seidel.
Shirley was born in Patterson, N.J. and grew up in Packanack Lake, N.J. She majored in English and received a Liberal Arts degree from The College of Wooster in Ohio. After marriage, she established and maintained homes in Los Altos Hills, Calif., Rochester, N.Y., Cascais, Portugal, Vienna, Austria, Rome, Italy, Greenlawn, N.Y., and lastly Hartfield, Va. During her lifetime, she was a public school teacher, a coffee importer, an oral surgeon's assistant and a real estate broker. After moving to Hartfield, she volunteered at various organizations in the area. Her most successful and important contributions, however, were as a wife, mother, and friend. Shirley was a voracious reader who could easily read and comprehend two novels a day. She loved American history and her senior study paper in college addressed recurring themes in American civil war literature. Shirley's life was based on a strong set of values and a keen insight of right and wrong. She was an active champion of women's rights issues, intellectual honesty, openness and compassion. Good friends, good food, good wine, fine art, music and travel were all part of her enjoyment. She will be missed terribly, but we know she enjoyed her life and would probably not have changed anything, except possibly spending some time as a Broadway dancer when she was younger.
A memorial service will be arranged at a later date. View and post condolences on our online guestbook at dailypress.com/guestbooks.
Published in Daily Press from December 19 to December 20, 2010
Shirley is survived by her husband, Philip; her children, Denise Allan and husband, "Flip" of Chesapeake, Va., Mark Allan of Princeton, N.J., and Jacqueline Allan Whitesman of Los Angeles, Calif.; her sister, Norma Seidel Decker and husband, "Phil' of Borrego Springs, Calif.; and seven grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Lillian Huey Seidel and Norman Seidel.
Shirley was born in Patterson, N.J. and grew up in Packanack Lake, N.J. She majored in English and received a Liberal Arts degree from The College of Wooster in Ohio. After marriage, she established and maintained homes in Los Altos Hills, Calif., Rochester, N.Y., Cascais, Portugal, Vienna, Austria, Rome, Italy, Greenlawn, N.Y., and lastly Hartfield, Va. During her lifetime, she was a public school teacher, a coffee importer, an oral surgeon's assistant and a real estate broker. After moving to Hartfield, she volunteered at various organizations in the area. Her most successful and important contributions, however, were as a wife, mother, and friend. Shirley was a voracious reader who could easily read and comprehend two novels a day. She loved American history and her senior study paper in college addressed recurring themes in American civil war literature. Shirley's life was based on a strong set of values and a keen insight of right and wrong. She was an active champion of women's rights issues, intellectual honesty, openness and compassion. Good friends, good food, good wine, fine art, music and travel were all part of her enjoyment. She will be missed terribly, but we know she enjoyed her life and would probably not have changed anything, except possibly spending some time as a Broadway dancer when she was younger.
A memorial service will be arranged at a later date. View and post condolences on our online guestbook at dailypress.com/guestbooks.
Published in Daily Press from December 19 to December 20, 2010
HARTFIELD - Shirley Seidel Allan, of Hartfield, Va., died peacefully as a result of a stoke on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church surrounded by all her family.
Shirley is survived by her husband, Philip; her children, Denise Allan and husband, "Flip" of Chesapeake, Va., Mark Allan of Princeton, N.J., and Jacqueline Allan Whitesman of Los Angeles, Calif.; her sister, Norma Seidel Decker and husband, "Phil' of Borrego Springs, Calif.; and seven grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Lillian Huey Seidel and Norman Seidel.
Shirley was born in Patterson, N.J. and grew up in Packanack Lake, N.J. She majored in English and received a Liberal Arts degree from The College of Wooster in Ohio. After marriage, she established and maintained homes in Los Altos Hills, Calif., Rochester, N.Y., Cascais, Portugal, Vienna, Austria, Rome, Italy, Greenlawn, N.Y., and lastly Hartfield, Va. During her lifetime, she was a public school teacher, a coffee importer, an oral surgeon's assistant and a real estate broker. After moving to Hartfield, she volunteered at various organizations in the area. Her most successful and important contributions, however, were as a wife, mother, and friend. Shirley was a voracious reader who could easily read and comprehend two novels a day. She loved American history and her senior study paper in college addressed recurring themes in American civil war literature. Shirley's life was based on a strong set of values and a keen insight of right and wrong. She was an active champion of women's rights issues, intellectual honesty, openness and compassion. Good friends, good food, good wine, fine art, music and travel were all part of her enjoyment. She will be missed terribly, but we know she enjoyed her life and would probably not have changed anything, except possibly spending some time as a Broadway dancer when she was younger.
A memorial service will be arranged at a later date. View and post condolences on our online guestbook at dailypress.com/guestbooks.
Published in Daily Press from December 19 to December 20, 2010
Shirley is survived by her husband, Philip; her children, Denise Allan and husband, "Flip" of Chesapeake, Va., Mark Allan of Princeton, N.J., and Jacqueline Allan Whitesman of Los Angeles, Calif.; her sister, Norma Seidel Decker and husband, "Phil' of Borrego Springs, Calif.; and seven grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Lillian Huey Seidel and Norman Seidel.
Shirley was born in Patterson, N.J. and grew up in Packanack Lake, N.J. She majored in English and received a Liberal Arts degree from The College of Wooster in Ohio. After marriage, she established and maintained homes in Los Altos Hills, Calif., Rochester, N.Y., Cascais, Portugal, Vienna, Austria, Rome, Italy, Greenlawn, N.Y., and lastly Hartfield, Va. During her lifetime, she was a public school teacher, a coffee importer, an oral surgeon's assistant and a real estate broker. After moving to Hartfield, she volunteered at various organizations in the area. Her most successful and important contributions, however, were as a wife, mother, and friend. Shirley was a voracious reader who could easily read and comprehend two novels a day. She loved American history and her senior study paper in college addressed recurring themes in American civil war literature. Shirley's life was based on a strong set of values and a keen insight of right and wrong. She was an active champion of women's rights issues, intellectual honesty, openness and compassion. Good friends, good food, good wine, fine art, music and travel were all part of her enjoyment. She will be missed terribly, but we know she enjoyed her life and would probably not have changed anything, except possibly spending some time as a Broadway dancer when she was younger.
A memorial service will be arranged at a later date. View and post condolences on our online guestbook at dailypress.com/guestbooks.
Published in Daily Press from December 19 to December 20, 2010
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