Obituaries

December 16, 1966  to August 20, 2011

ROCHESTER - Christine "Tina" Allen, 44, Delong, passed away Saturday, August 20.

She was born Dec. 16, 1966, the daughter of Melvin and Joann Clingler. She married Alan Allen on June 16, 1984. He survives.

Also surviving are daughter Autumn Adams and husband Nathan, Houston, Texas; son, Austin Allen, Delong; mother, Joann Clingler, Tippecanoe; brothers, William Clingler and his wife Michelle, Culver, and Gary Clingler and his wife Synthia, Rochester; and father-in-law, Rev. G. Floyd Allen, Delong.

She was preceded in death by her father, Melvin Clingler, in 1995.

Though a member of Plymouth Baptist Church in later years, she spent most of her life worshipping at the Delong Gospel Lighthouse Church.

Through her childhood and early adulthood, she became piano and flute student to her teacher, mentor, and friend, Vera Singer Wickline. Through this endeavor she became a graduate of the National Piano Guild and an accomplished pianist. She often sang with her husband and family at home, church, or in other public settings. She became teacher to many piano and flute students.

Visitation is from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday at Good Family Funeral Home, 1200 W. 18th St., Rochester. A celebration of the life will be at 12 noon, Wednesday (Aug. 24), at Delong Gospel Lighthouse Church, Delong, with the Revs. Doug Jividen and G. Floyd Allen officiating. Burial will be in the family plot at Leiter's Ford IOOF Cemetary.