Memorial service for Nellie “Lorine” Allen will be 10 a.m., Sat., Aug. 25, at the Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Chapel with Rev. David Ray Newlun officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Lorine died Thurs., Aug. 16, 2007, at Claremore Regional Hospital at the age of 92.

The daughter of Sam Alonso and Dora Victoria (Cotton) Bryson was born Dec. 13, 1914, in Decatur, AR. Lorine was married to William Lester Newlun from 1931-36. In 1942, Lorine married Jess Allen in Tulsa. They made their home in Tulsa, and she has lived the past 14 years in Claremore. She was a champion rivetor with Douglas Aircraft during World War II, and worked in manufacturing electronics most of her working life. Lorine retired from Davis Oil Field Equipment in 1975.

Lorine is survived by her sons: Donald Ray Newlun and wife, Barbara of Edmond, and Gene Newlun and wife, Dee Ann of Claremore; brother, Sam Lon Bryson, Jr. and wife, Esther of Collinsville; grandchildren: David R. Newlun, Micheal Newlun, Star Fernetta Newlun, Philip Gene Newlun, Rhonda E. Campbell, Kevin M. Newlun, and Joe Don Newlun; 16 great-grandchildren; 6 great-great-grandchildren; half-sisters: Lonetta Bryson Davis and Janice Bryson Walker both of Arkansas; step-sister, Reba Hill of Arkansas; and niece, Pamela Sue Pilgrim and husband, Stanley of Rogers County.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and 2 sisters that died in infancy: Henryetta and Vera Claudine.