Jean Carol Allen

Loving mother to Donna Allen, Michael Allen, Bobby Allen and Lisa Stovall. Preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Charles Eugene Allen. Grandmother to Matthew Stovall, Justin Allen, Megan Stovall, Timothy Allen and Ryan Allen. Preceded in death by two brothers, John Nugent Jr. and Paul Nugent, Sr., and one sister, Bette Bogart. Also survived by 25 Nieces and Nephews.

She was born on Thanksgiving Day in 1931 in Norwood, Massachusetts. She was the youngest daughter of John E. Nugent Sr., a pressman, and Ethel E. Nugent, a telephone operator for the U.S. Capitol.

At the height of the Great Depression, her father lost his job as a Pressman at Plympton Press. After trying to support his family working under Roosevelt’s WPA. Her father left Massachusetts, travelled to Washington, D.C. where he received a permanent appointment at the Government Printing Office. This eventually brought the Nugent family to Mt. Rainer, MD when she was 7 years old.

In 1950, she worked as a Secretary at Acacia Life Insurance Company where she was introduced to Charles Allen by his sister Dorothy Hyatt. The Allen-Hyatt family vacationed every summer together in Ocean City, MD.

In 1952, she married PFC Charles Eugene Allen. He was in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. They moved to Lockbourne Air Force Base in Columbus, Ohio where their first 2 children were born, Donna and Michael. Moving to Langley Park, MD in 1955, their third son Bobby was born. In 1960, they moved to their family home in Beltsville, MD and in 1963 their youngest child, Lisa was born. After an honorable discharge from the U.S. Air Force, Charles worked at the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission as an Engineer in the water and Sewer Department where he retired in 1981.

After 20 years of homemaking and parenting four children, Jean returned to the business world in 1976 working at the National Observer Newspaper, YMCA and the American Red Cross.

Mrs. Allen was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Beltsville where her husband Charles served as an Usher. She was a graduate of Mt. Rainier High School in 1950.

Mrs. Allen enjoyed writing about her lifelong experiences and the lives of her loved ones. She took classes offered at the Community College through OASIS after her retirement in 1989. In addition, she cared for Lisa’s children when Lisa worked full-time, getting to know the neighborhood children and even walking them to school! Her ability to get along with people made her many friends in life. Her stories documented important family moments and personal details that might have been forgotten.

Family will receive friends at Witzke Funeral Homes, Inc., 5555 Twin Knolls Rd., Columbia, MD 21045 on Sunday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9pm. Funeral services will be held at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 11007 Montgomery Rd., Beltsville, MD 20705 on Monday at 10am. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Maryland SCPA, www.mdspca.org.