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Daniel Allan

San Mateo, California

1940 - 2018

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Daniel Spencer Allan

July 12, 1940 - July 24, 2018

Dan died on July 24, 2018 after a full and eventful seventy-eight years of life. He survived metastatic prostate cancer for two years and remained full of life and in good spirits to the end.Predeceased by his parents and brother...

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Dan,

"Of what avail art thou
To serve us now?..."

...but thanks so much
for all you have done
to bring camaraderie
and joy to the Stanford
Savoyards and decades
of audiences.

Much loved friend and neighbor for 32 years will be missed for all the great times together, shared martinis, and really bad red wine from Dan's personal collection (and many good ones too!). Love to Liz, Nora and Tim.

I sang with Dan in many venues and his humor and enthusiasm will be missed!

An Allan Christmas photo

For my annual April visit to see Dan and Liz, Dan would prepare a musical quiz to stump me. The quiz would be four musical selections each by a well-known composer, but idiosyncratic. I would have to name the composer. Dan allowed three guess for each selection.

He took great pride in the quizzes and even great pleasure when I was stumped. Sometimes I would bat 1,000, sometimes only 500 but we always enjoyed the game. Though it pains me to admit, I did learn things about music...

Quelle triste nouvelle que la disparition de Dan, notre très estimé collègue de SRI International, aussi brillant ingénieur qu'homme de coeur et ami fidèle.
Nous sommes avec vous, Liz, Tim et Nora.

My condolences.

I am so sorry for your loss. May you receive strength and comfort from God. "He will make you firm, he will make you strong, he will firmly ground you." - 1Peter 5:10

I have fond memories of sharing meals at Harry's Hofbrau and Sixteen Mile House while we listened to our spouses play in the San Francisco Banjo Band. He was always warm and gracious and fun.
Marilyn Cooney