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Allen Forbes Hurford died unexpectedly on January 5, 2002. He was born April 12, 1920 in Keene, NH. With his parents, William and Hortense Hurford, he lived in eight cities throughout the Northeast. He attended high schools in Indianapolis, IN, Rocky River, OH and Mt. Lebanon, PA. After graduating from Oberlin College in 1942, he served as a weather forecaster in the Army Air Corp during WWII. He met Natalie (Lee) Dingman when he was a cadet at the weather school in Grand Rapids, MI and they were married on June 12, 1943. He earned an MS degree from Stevens Institute of Technology while working for RCA in NJ. He then served as quality control manager at RCA in Cincinnati, OH. They moved to Albuquerque, NM in 1952 where he worked at Sandia National Labs in various engineering assignments until his retirement in 1985. He then served as a Docent at the NM Museum of Natural History & Science, and volunteered as an ombudsman, visiting the residents at the West Mesa Health Care Center. Allen was a longtime member of Immanuel Presbyterian Church where he served as an Elder, and Deacon, and he and his wife sang in the choir for 20 years. He is survived by his wife Lee; three daughters, Cathy Jones (James) of Albuquerque, Susan Forbes (Ron Padgett) of N. Little Rock, AK, and Dana Cantwell (Mike), of Norman, OK.; his brother, Walter J. Hurford of Westwood, MA; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 114 Carlisle SE, on Tuesday, January 8, 2002 at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Salvation Army.
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