Nadine T. Allen

Nadine T. Allen, 83 of Sioux City, IA passed away Thursday, May 27, 2010 at Westwood Nursing & Rehab Center after a short illness.

Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at Central Assembly of God with Rev. Kevin Roach officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Graceland Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4:00-8:00 p.m. Monday with the family present 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Condolences may be sent online to www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Nadine was born February 7, 1927 in Harris, IA the daughter of Lowell and Esther J. (Umland) Cox. On April 26, 1944 she married George J. Allen in Altoona, PA. After their marriage the couple lived in Sioux Falls, SD, then returned to Altoona and later moved back to Sioux Falls. In 1951 they made Sioux City their home where Nadine was a lifetime homemaker and a full time mother of their six children.

Nadine and George loved to ballroom dance and bowl. She enjoyed gardening and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. Nadine was proud of the fact that she was a member of The General Society of Mayflower Descendants and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was a longtime member of Central Assembly of God.

She is survived by her 5 sons and their wives, Bob and Barbara Allen of Palm Desert, CA, Joe Allen, Jim and Sherry Allen, Rick and Sheryle Allen all of Sioux City, Doug and Lisa Allen of Charlotte, NC and a daughter and her husband, Amy and Tony Leuch of Owatonna, MN; 13 grandchildren and their spouses, James and Rosa Allen, Michael and Dawn Allen, Jeffrey and Tracy Allen, Jason and P.J. Allen, Holly and Mike Varpness, Nikki Allen, Jenny and Ben Dorenkamp, Julie and David Smith, Andrew Allen, Alana Allen, Amanda and Tim Ress, Greg Leuch and Erin Leuch; and 13 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a sister, Betty Jean Cox and a daughter-in-law, Kim Allen.

Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers will be her grandchildren.