Richard P. Allen

1936 - 2024

Richard P Allen

January 12, 1936 - April 7, 2024

Lehi, Utah - Richard P. Allen passed away on 07 April, 2024 in Lehi, Utah. He was born on 12 January 1936 in Provo, Utah to Darley and Helen Allen.

Richard obtained his doctoral degree in metallurgical engineering from the University of Washington. While there he met Ann A. Alberts. They were married and sealed for eternity in the Idaho Falls Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 13 June 1963. They had two daughters.

After graduate school, Richard and Ann moved to Richland, Washington, where Richard worked as a research scientist for Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory for thirty years. His professional experience included managing the U.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Nuclear Plant Aging Program at Pacific Northwest Laboratory and designing the transfer of new technologies to the commercial nuclear industry.

During his life Richard was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a young man, he served as a missionary in Texas and California. In Richland, he volunteered in many church leadership and teaching callings. For 30 years he served as the Director of the Richland Family History Center. Richard and Ann also served two years as full-time genealogical missionaries.

Richard was preceded in death by his parents, Darley and Helen Allen, and two brothers, Darley and Stephen (Shauna). He is survived by his wife, Ann, daughters, Rebecca (Tom Gleason) and Susan (Shaffer Buttars), and seven grandchildren, as well as one brother, John (Anne) and two sisters, Kathy, and Marilyn (John Farmer).

Services were held Friday, April 12th, with interment at the Allen Family Plot in the Hyrum City Cemetery, Hyrum Utah.