Obituary: Nora Helen Allen

Nora Helen Allen, age 76, of Stockbridge, MI, passed away peacefully on March 4, 2021 at Medilodge of Livingston in Howell, MI. Nora was born on June 11, 1944 in Bad Axe, MI, daughter of Rex and Pauline (Collins) Bates. On November 2, 1963, Nora married Lloyd Allen, and he preceded her in death on April 11, 2008.

Nora lived in the Stockbridge area most of her life. She loved her family, and she had a soft heart for goats on the farm, too. She was a great mother to her children and grandmother to her grandchildren.

Survivors include children, Monica Allen of Stockbridge, Michael (Emily Bartley) Allen of Stockbridge, and Bobby Crane of Rives Junction, MI; six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren; siblings, Beverly Bates and Donna Fischer, both of Haslett, MI. In addition to her parents and husband, Lloyd, she was predeceased by brothers, Ronald Bates and James Bates.

Services for Nora are private. Expressions of sympathy in memory of Nora may be made directly to the family, with checks payable to Monica or Michael Allen. Arrangements by Caskey-Mitchell Funeral Home, Stockbridge.