Barbara Ann Allen

Little Deer Isle, Maine - Barbara Ann Allen of Little Deer Isle and Tequesta, Fla., passed away peacefully in Blue Hill on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2014. She was born on April 30, 1938, to Donald and Sophie (Barch) Broadhead of Manchester, N.H.In her youth, Barbara Allen spent many summer days with her father at his lodge at Moosehead Lake, becoming a Maine wilderness guide during a time when few women achieved the necessary level of skill. Highlights of her guiding experience included learning to land a seaplane and hosting such celebrity lodge guests as Boston Red Sox Baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams and Academy Award-winning actor Yul Brynner.Barbara Allen earned her degree in pre-medical studies at the University of Maine at Orono, where she met her husband of 54 years, Ned Allen. After college, she worked as a research specialist for Merck Healthcare Company.For many years, Barbara's family owned and operated the Eggemoggin Inn on Little Deer Isle, where she become the innkeeper and her husband became the business manager in the late 1980s. With its classic atmosphere of Downeast charm, the inn continues as a special meeting place for Allen family members, friends and many loyal repeat guests. As Barbara loved to relate, some of the Eggemoggin's most colorful memories involved the times she shared with her pride and joy, her faithful black Labrador, "Adios."Barbara Allen will be sadly missed by her husband, Ned Allen of Little Deer Isle and Tequesta, Fla.; as well as her aunt, Helen Horn; her uncle, Chester Brach; cousins, nieces and nephews in the Manchester, N.H., area; and also by the family of her sister-in-law, Jane Carlson (Russell) of Bristol, N.H.Barbara Allen was preceded in death by her parents and her only brother, Donald Boradhead..

SERVICES: Her interment will follow a 12:30 p.m. memorial service in celebration of her life to be held Oct. 11 at the Bethany Chapel in Manchester, N.H.