Russell Ovid Allen, 97, of Scottsdale passed away peacefully on September 6, 2022.
Russell was born to Ovid and Esther Allen on January 25, 1925, in Pasco Washington. At age two his family moved to Kasota, Minnesota where he lived and married the love of his life, Elaine Newman.
Russell graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College with honors and in 1956 moved his family to Phoenix and began his career in the insurance industry. Russell was a veteran of WW2 having served in the Army Air Corp in the Philippines as a radio operator. He was very active in serving his community in many ways through the Rotary, Masons, Shriners and was a dedicated member of Vasa Order of America lodge 677. He served as Vasa Chairman from 1983-1984 and again in 1986. He also served as Swedish American Consul for twenty years receiving the Royal Order of the Polar Star honors in Sweden.
He is proceeded in death by his angel and wife of seventy-one years Elaine Newman Allen and survived by his Children Brent Allen his wife Theresa Allen of Scottsdale, His daughter Kathy Allen Whitten of Phoenix and his four grandchildren Blake Allen, Grant Allen, Greg Whitten and ...[more]