Dorothy Belle Allen Dorothy Allen, a self-employed beauty operator for 30 years, died Monday at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Walnut Creek. She was 75. The native of Tennessee lived in Walnut Creek for 29 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Humboldt, Tennessee. She enjoyed feeding and identifying wild birds. She is survived by her husband of 29 years, James Verlon Allen of Walnut Creek; sisters, Jeanette Adams of Salt Lake City, Utah, Dawn Trull of Memphis, Tennessee, and Joan Millard of Pomfret, Md., and Harriet Ellis of Mt. Morris, Ill.; and brother Houston Bennett of Humboldt, Tennessee. Services: Memorial 3 PM Saturday at Hull's Walnut Creek Chapel. Burial will be private. Memorial gifts: American Heart Association, 2151 Salvio Street, Suite 267, Concord, CA 94520, or to charity. |