Wanda Allen

FORT WORTH -- Wanda Amelia Allen, 76, a wonderful, loving wife and mother, passed away Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Memorials: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation at jdrf.org, in lieu of flowers. Wanda was born in Paris, Texas, on Oct. 27, 1936, the daughter of U.L. and Rutha Short. She was director of Ogle School of Hair Design. She touched and influenced many lives both personally and professionally. Wanda was preceded in death by her husband, Don R. Allen. Survivors: Son, Don Allen Jr.; daughters, D'Ann Allen Smith, Donna Allen, Dana Allen Vaughn; grandchildren, John Kershner, Amy Kershner, William Allen, Andrew Allen, Kennedy Allen, Cole Vaughn, Archer Vaughn and Eric Castello; great-grandchldren, Emma, Isaiah and Grace Kershner, Adrian and Alexis Chapa and Hope Skinner; brothers, Kenneth and Jerry Short; numerous nieces and nephews.