Dad loved stories, and if you didn't have one to tell him, he was always glad to share one of his own. Our father Lennis Orville Allen passed away on June 3rd early in the morning, as always getting on with business first thing. He enjoyed his life, often saying that any day he woke up was a good one. He had so many stories because he was fully engaged in all that life and his fellow man had to offer and put in the hard work necessary to make things happen. He was a surveyor, a Marine, a teacher, a mover and shaker for Centralia Little League and the Morton Historical Society, a quarter horse breeder, and most of all a loving husband and father. He raised children with first wife Barbara Carnahan Allen; he raised horses, other animals and a garden, children, and grandchildren with second wife Marlene Atkinson Allen; and he raised heck dancing with his partner Leila Beals; all of whom preceded him in death. His children Bruce, Susan, Brian, and Nora Allen never had a sporting event where Lennis wasn't in the stands hollering at the refs. When sons Curt and Walt Atkinson entered his life he encouraged and supported their continued education and loved them as his own. Proud son of Leonard "Bud" Allen and Viola "Vi" Allen, he graduated from Morton High School. After working as a survey assistant for Kosmos Timber, he joined the Marines and served in the Korean War, then attended Central Washington State College for his Bachelors of Education in 1961, teaching certification and Masters in Education in 1969. He moved his family to Centralia where he served as a teacher at both the junior and senior high school, retiring in 1989. While there he was active in the Jaycees and Centralia Baseball, and chaired the Math and Science Department at CHS. He built and ran the Cinebar Star quarterhorse ranch with wife Marlene before retiring once again to Morton with her, fewer horses, and a dog or two. He was instrumental in leading the Historical Society in moving and refurbishing the train depot and keeping Morton beautiful with hanging plants throughout downtown with wife Marlene. He very much enjoyed dancing and chatting with friends and neighbors at the Morton Senior Center and spent his final years living comfortably and well taken care of at Heritage House, often taken for a ride and lunch by family and friends. Besides his children, he is survived by sisters Darlene Locati and Lenore Kromm, grandchildren Rachael Allen, Craig Allen, Rosie Allen Bucknovitz, Evan Allen Rowe, Sarah Allen Bucknovitz, Shelby Muir, and great-grandchildren Leonard Allen King, Braelyn Monroe Muir, Bristol Ellie Muir, and Jaxon Johnson. His son Walt Atkinson and grand-daughter Darian Atkinson preceded him in death. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in his name to the Darian Atkinson Memorial scholarship c/o White Pass Scholarship fund, PO Box 495, Randle WA 98377.