Steve Allen, a highly respected owner-operator of an agricultural spraying and seeding business in Walnut Grove, perished on January 11 in an aerial collision with a temporary weather station tower. He was 58.
Born in Lodi, California in 1952, he graduated from Elk Grove High School and worked in the family dairy business before beginning a flying career in 1971. His specialized training in agricultural application began three years later.
After a long established reputation in the industry, he and his wife bought Alexander's Ag Flying Service in 2006, and continued to serve the client base that had followed Steve for more than two decades.
Survivors include his wife of 23 years, Karen of Rio Vista; daughter Gail Back of Sacramento; daughter Angela Lucero of Sacramento; grandson Brenden Back; and six brothers and sisters.
A memorial service is scheduled for Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 1:30pm in the Our Lady of Fatima Society Portuguese Hall in Thornton. Donations are welcome to the California Agricultural Aircraft Association fund seeking to require marking and notification of tower installations.
Published in Lodi News-Sentinel from January 15 to January 22, 2011.
Born in Lodi, California in 1952, he graduated from Elk Grove High School and worked in the family dairy business before beginning a flying career in 1971. His specialized training in agricultural application began three years later.
After a long established reputation in the industry, he and his wife bought Alexander's Ag Flying Service in 2006, and continued to serve the client base that had followed Steve for more than two decades.
Survivors include his wife of 23 years, Karen of Rio Vista; daughter Gail Back of Sacramento; daughter Angela Lucero of Sacramento; grandson Brenden Back; and six brothers and sisters.
A memorial service is scheduled for Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 1:30pm in the Our Lady of Fatima Society Portuguese Hall in Thornton. Donations are welcome to the California Agricultural Aircraft Association fund seeking to require marking and notification of tower installations.
Published in Lodi News-Sentinel from January 15 to January 22, 2011.
Steve Allen, a highly respected owner-operator of an agricultural spraying and seeding business in Walnut Grove, perished on January 11 in an aerial collision with a temporary weather station tower. He was 58.
Born in Lodi, California in 1952, he graduated from Elk Grove High School and worked in the family dairy business before beginning a flying career in 1971. His specialized training in agricultural application began three years later.
After a long established reputation in the industry, he and his wife bought Alexander's Ag Flying Service in 2006, and continued to serve the client base that had followed Steve for more than two decades.
Survivors include his wife of 23 years, Karen of Rio Vista; daughter Gail Back of Sacramento; daughter Angela Lucero of Sacramento; grandson Brenden Back; and six brothers and sisters.
A memorial service is scheduled for Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 1:30pm in the Our Lady of Fatima Society Portuguese Hall in Thornton. Donations are welcome to the California Agricultural Aircraft Association fund seeking to require marking and notification of tower installations.
Published in Lodi News-Sentinel from January 15 to January 22, 2011.
Born in Lodi, California in 1952, he graduated from Elk Grove High School and worked in the family dairy business before beginning a flying career in 1971. His specialized training in agricultural application began three years later.
After a long established reputation in the industry, he and his wife bought Alexander's Ag Flying Service in 2006, and continued to serve the client base that had followed Steve for more than two decades.
Survivors include his wife of 23 years, Karen of Rio Vista; daughter Gail Back of Sacramento; daughter Angela Lucero of Sacramento; grandson Brenden Back; and six brothers and sisters.
A memorial service is scheduled for Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 1:30pm in the Our Lady of Fatima Society Portuguese Hall in Thornton. Donations are welcome to the California Agricultural Aircraft Association fund seeking to require marking and notification of tower installations.
Published in Lodi News-Sentinel from January 15 to January 22, 2011.
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