Allison Margaret Lowe

Allison Margaret Lowe

Allison Margaret Lowe, 33, passed away unexpectedly on January 16, 2021. We have lost a brilliant heart and she will be sorely missed.

Alli spent almost her whole life in Marin County, California, attending Las Gallinas (now Venetia Valley) Elementary, Davidson Middle School, and Terra Linda High. Her early life was filled with gymnastics, art projects, and horses. It was at Davidson that she fell in love with the cello, joining the middle school Crescendo program, and graduating to the Marin Symphony Youth Orchestra. She later toured China with the American Philharmonic (Santa Rosa) and became a cello teacher.

Allison went on to work in legal administration while continuing her education at College of Marin. Her favorite classes were English, public speaking, and dramatic improvisation. Improv gave her the space to use her infinite imagination, sense of humor, and light-speed creativity while engaging with others.

Since she was a small child, Alli wanted to have fun, and wanted everyone else to have fun too. She had a unique viewpoint on life which gave her a quirky but always kind sense of humor. For example, she could do the most amazing voice-overs to nature films, perfectly capturing the internal monolog of the animals. Wherever she worked, she always created a warm and fun atmosphere.

Allison's compassion, gentleness and courage showed in all she did -- her music, her art and her delightfully warm humor. Allison enjoyed her friends, her family, children and animals, and was known as the "cat whisperer." She wanted nothing more than for those around her to have fun and to have good lives. Whenever you spoke with her, you knew you were the center of her attention. She remembered the small things that people liked in ways that startled us and made us feel appreciated. Under all of this was a core of courage not immediately visible even to those who loved her. The world is darker without her.

Allison is survived by her father Scott Lowe (Deborah), her mother Valerie Taylor, her brothers Benjamin (Emily) and Elliot, her loving grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, and nieces as well as devoted friends.

An online memorial will be held at 1:00pm (Pacific) on Saturday, February 20, 2021. For information on how to attend, please visit https://www.forevermissed.com/allison-lowe/.

Allison's family has established a fund to provide tuition to talented low-income middle-school musicians through the Marin Symphony Association. To donate, please visit the Allison Lowe Scholarship Fund.