Jean M. Allen
  
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   85
  
  , passed away on March 29, 2023, in St. Augustine, FL. Jean was born February 16,
 
 
  1938, in Lorain, OH to Parents
  
   –
  
  Freeburn Smiley & Dorothy (Frederick) Bishop. She graduated from
 
 
  Medina H.S. in 1956. In her younger days, she loved dancing at the VF
  
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  anywhere music was being
 
 
  played; Jean was a collector o
  
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  anything with Panda Bears. Jean will always be remembered for being
 
 
  Nanny to her grandchildren and quickly became
  
   “
  
  N
  
   anny”
  
  to all who knew her and loved her. Her memory
 
 
  will be cherished by her grandchildren who were blessed to have her in their lives. She thought about and
 
 
  loved all of them sovery much. She had a big heart that wanted tohelp everyone shemet and was sometimes
 
 
  generous to a fault.
 
 
 
 
  Jean was preceded in death by her husband, Ed Allen and her son Jimmy Curtis. She is survived by sons,
 
 
  Jack Curtis and Robbie Boggs; daughter Michelle Hunt (John Marks); brother George (Dolores) Smiley;
 
 
  Diane & Dave Rondinelli; grandchildren, Jackie Allen, Dixie & Jamie Curtis, Leah Droege (Dylan), Laura
 
 
  Rondinelli (Luke), Becky Badilla (Danny), Tyler Hunt and great grandchildren, Courtney Badilla; Carlee
  
   ;
  
 
 
  Roland and Reid Pushard; great-great grandchildren, Addilynn and Waylon; numerous nieces, nephews,
 
 
  grandnieces and grandnephews.
 
 
 
 
  Jean and Ed always said, when they passed, they did not want any public memorial, instead they wanted us
 
 
  to toast them with their favorite cocktail
  
   !
  
  Therefore, as per J
  
   ean’s wishes there will be a private memorial
  
 
 
  at a later date and we will toast to the lives of Jean and Ed Allen.