My cousin Dana Allee was diagnosed with the horrible disease of ALS before her fiftieth birthday.
As the ice bucket challenge sweeps the world, I've made my donation in lieu of the dousing. I challenge all our Allee relatives to take the challenge or just pick up your checkbook or credit card and make a donation to the ALS Association as they work toward finding a cure. You can also donate with Paypal or Amazon.
Dana Allee was survived by her husband, parents, children, grandchildren, sister, nephew, niece and many cousins. For the sake of their privacy, I'm not sharing her married name or other identifying details. Her sister wrote a touching tribute for Dana's memorial folder and graciously agreed to share it, along with some of these beautiful photos.
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Dana’s highly distinctive, loving and artistic style can be seen in her magical garden home, and her enormous talent is further revealed with floral and landscaping designs that benefited so many local charities. She participated in the “Martha Stewart Entertaining” Garden Tour and the “[area] Holiday Home Tours”. Dana was selected one of the top floral designers in [the area] by the [newspaper]. She was an extraordinary and amazing person, gifted, and giving, truly an Angel on earth. May her spirit live on!Dana's request that donations be sent to Africa shows that her loving and selfless spirit endured to the end of her life.
Dana bravely concluded her graceful and spirited fight with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) and peacefully closed her eyes on Christmas Eve in her fairy tale home surrounded by those dearest. Her ashes will be scattered at the family ranch in her beloved Colorado.
In lieu of flowers, Dana requested that donations be directed to the family and shall be distributed to the Aids Orphans that captured her heart.
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