Birth date: Jul 3, 1947 Death date: Dec 26, 2021
Dan William Allen 1947-2021 Dan William Allen was born July 3, 1947, in Salina, Utah, to Bill and Ruth Allen. He grew up in Spanish Fork, Utah and served an LDS mission in Palmyra, New York. He went to BYU where he met his beauti Read Obituary
I have many great memories of being with Dan at scouting activities when Dan was a counselor in bishopric with Richard Stout & Bishop Scott Hardy. I remember we went to fish Lake with the priest quorum and Dan brought his rubber raft, it was lots of fun for the boys but when they were supposed to be in bed at night we noticed that some of the boys were missing. We went down to the lake to find them and found Dan's boat missing and heard voices out on the lake on a moonlit night. We couldn't figure out what's going on cuz we could hear both boys and girls voices . So we hollered for them to bring that boat into Shore immediately. The boys had invited some girls from from nearby Campground for a ride on Dan's rubber raft.
This is just one of our many adventures together. Kathy and I have enjoyed being friends with the Allen family especially during the time we were together in the old Bluff Dale First Ward in the 1980s and send you our sympathy for your loss but also share our faith and hope for the Glorious Resurrection.
Quinton and Kathy Adair
Dan is present in so many of my memories of McCloy family activities! One of my favorite activities being our week at Lake Powell every year for 20 summers. We the whole group had been hiking in one of the many canyons we explored. Dan was driving the boat back to the houseboat that I and a few others were riding in. It was already dark and we all were a little anxious because we really couldn't see where we were going. Always trusting Dan we relaxed and suddenly there was a bit of a crash and a huge noise. We discovered we had run into a floating log. Dan calmly surveyed the situation, got the boat started and we safely arrived at the houseboat a few minutes later.
Dan amazed me how calm he could be in the middle of chaos! A dozen kids could be jumping on couches, screaming crying, having a ball(sometimes literally} and he could be sitting there quietly reading a book! Dan was always pleasant to have around, well informed on any topic, able to find a way to fix most everything and we all loved him.
