Terry J. Allen
November 12, 2011
Terry Allen was born May 16, 1946 in Manhattan, Kansas and passed away Saturday, November 12, 2011. A celebration of life memorial visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. with a prayer service at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 17, 2011 at Hamilton’s Southtown Funeral Home, 5400 SW 9th Street.
Terry graduated from the University of Missouri at Kansas City and received her MBA from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. She was a managing director of the Financial Valuation Group. Terry was a CPA, was accredited in business valuation (ABV), and taught business valuation world-wide.
Terry was a loving, caring and generous person who was devoted to her family. She valued the natural world and lived her life to the fullest. She will be greatly missed by all.
Terry is survived by her husband of 43 years, David Allen; sons, Matthew (Heather) Allen, Christopher (Melissa Allen-Branham) Allen, Andrew (Whitney) Allen; grandchildren, Elizabeth Allen, Chloe Allen, David Branham; brother, Richard Jacoby; sisters, Paula Donham, Lynn Holec and mother, Lois Jacoby.
In lieu of flowers, the family recommends donations to Parkinsons Disease Foundation
www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com
Cris Pertzborn
12/19/2011
My deepest sympathy to all of you. I just realized today that Terry passed away. I had cut Terry's hair for years. I will miss her. She was so proud of everyone! I hope you find peace and healing in the future.
My thoughts & prayers are with you all.
Cris Pertzborn
pertz9@msn.com
John Ciavarella
11/20/2011
To the Allen Family:
There are no words that come to my mind at this time but great sadness for the loss of a very inspiring person.
Yes, Terry helped me on many occassions with technical assistance on business valuation matters. I trusted her conservative approach to these matters that I encountered.
I believe most of all, I valued her family values and how she would take time to ask how my family members were doing. The discussions we had were not always business and often centered around life in general and family.
She truely cared about people!
She is with our creator and in a better place for eternity. She will have a new responsiblity of being an angel to those assigned to her on this earth by our creator. I just hope we meet up again when it is my time to be with our lord and savior.
Lil Perry
11/18/2011
I just got back from a continued education class and got the email about Terry.I have known her for several years through ASA. We were for a long time the only women who attended the chapter meetings. Terry always encouraged all the other ASA's in their educational persuits and in their personal lives. She will be missed in many ways and by many people. I sm so sorry for your loss. Lil Perry, ASA, Washington, Iowa.
Donna Walker
11/17/2011
I was deeply saddened to hear of Terry's passing. Terry gave tirelessly to ASA and her profession. She will be missed. Please accept my condolences.
Sincerely,
Donna Walker
Portland, Oregon
Robert Podwalny, FASA
11/16/2011
Terry:
I was saddened to hear of your passing. You will be dearly missed. I valued our personal and professional relationship. You were a dear friend and I will miss our working together to better the appraisal profession.
Deepest sympathey,
Bob
Jess Ford
11/16/2011
I was blessed with the opportunity to attend ASA courses taught by Terry. She was a very special person who gave so much of her herself to help and to educate others in the profession. She was adored by many and will be greatly missed by all. My heart goes out to her family for your loss.
Brian Keough
11/16/2011
To Terry's family:
We are all truly saddened by the untimely passing of our friend and colleague, Terry Allen. I am a Canadian business valuer, resident in Halifax, Nova Scotia on the east coast of Canada. I had the good fortune to work with Terry these past 2 years on the creation and development of the International Institute of Business Valuers (IIBV).
Terry was a tireless worker for the advancement of her chosen profession. She was exceptionally highly regarded in international circles for her wealth of expertise, acute business acumen, extraordinary communication abilities and genuine humanity towards all.
But it's not always about business. Terry often spoke of her wonderful family, and proudly extolled their many accomplishments. She was no doubt a wonderful daughter, wife, mother and grandmother.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful person with us - Terry was a catalyst in getting things done and a much sought after voice of reason when we needed a bridge between divergent opinions. As a teacher she was highly regarded for her articulate and well crafted presentations.
Terry has left big shoes to fill at the IIBV. I join with all my colleagues in Canada and the US as we mourn Terry's death and extend our deepest sympathy to Terry's family on this sad occasion.
with warmest personal regards, Brian Keough
Vice Chair of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators
Member Board of Directors IIBV
Jim Brown
11/16/2011
I knew Terry from her involvement in American Society of Appraisers. This news was a surprise to all of us who served with her on boards and committees. She was a relentless advocate for excellence that was beneficial to all.
Scott Nammacher
11/16/2011
I had the opportunity to meet and know Terry through the ASA and see her tireless efforts on behalf of the entire valuation industry to help bring the profession forward, both in the US and around the world, through education and her ASA leadership. She brought valuation knowledge to key early movers and shakers in some pretty amazing countries.
She was an impressive lady, and will certainly be missed in many ways, by many people. I hope you and your family members appreciate, from these kinds of notes, and from other ways people have expressed their feelings, how widely known, respected and valued she was in the industry.
I will miss her, as will many across the profession. I wish to extend my sincerest condolences to you and the family at her sudden passing and hope you can take some consolation at how positive her impact in life has been across a profession as well as with her own family.
Deepest sympathies,
Scott
Josie Stiles
11/16/2011
So sorry for your families loss. Thinking of you much.
~Josie Stiles
Olathe East High School
Kathleen Hetzer
11/16/2011
David, I'm so sorry to hear of Terry's passing. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Kathleen Hetzer - former Zoo Foundation employee
Steve Stewart
11/16/2011
Hello.
I have been in the appraisal industry for 25 years and a member of the ASA for over 20 years and can honestly say that within my profession I have only met a few folks that were as kind and as caring as Terry. She was truly, one of a kind.
I will miss Terry for the professional and friend that she was.
I will keep all of you in my thoughts and prayers.
Kindest regards,
Steve Stewart
Judith L. Bradley
11/16/2011
I was so saddened to read of Terry's passing. We were , once, VERY young Southeast Junior High School teachers with rooms next to each other. She was an excellent teacher and a very caring person--even with 7th graders!! We shared many conversations while on "hall duty". One memory I hold especially dear on "hall duty" was the early summer (June probably) Terry was going to have her first child. It was terribly hot and the school had no a/c, so we were all wearing sandals and comfortable , loose clothing. One of her 7th graders approached the door to the room and stopped abruptly in front of Mrs. Allen. He proceeded to LOUDLY proclaim, " Mrs. Allen, you have TOES!!!!!" As you can imagine, when I think of Terry and SEJR., I have a laugh---as we all did that day!!! When she and her husband moved to Colorado, I truly missed her collegial spirit , professional attitude and warm personality.
Bruce Johnson, ASA
11/16/2011
Dear Allen Family,
I just wanted to share with you that we were so sorry to hear of Terry's passing. She was helpful to me early in my career. I remember teaching one of my first CAVs classes in Chicago and Terry spoke with me afterward to encourage me as an instructor. That was 10 years ago but she was the first to give me feedback and support me. I appreciated that she took the time to talk to me and I have always had a lot of respect for her.
Your family is in our prayers,
Bruce Johnson
San Antonio, Texas
Carl Merton, CBV
11/15/2011
I had the pleasure of working with Terry for the last four years building an International Business Valuation organization (IIBV). Getting the IIBV started was something Terry believed strongly in, something she championed in the ASA and spent considerable personal time working on. Our organization will greatly miss her involvement, dedication and passion for our cause.
Throughout our four years working together, we met several times across Canada and the United States. After saying our hellos, Terry quickly provided us with her whirlwind activites of since our last meeting. Those updates always involved her family, visiting someone, planning for a wedding. Terry was a business woman with a purpose, which she wasn't afraid to tell you but she was always thinking of her family.
On behalf of the IIBV, we extend our condolences to David, Matthew, Christopher and Andrew. Terry will be greatly missed.