| Etty Allen, mother of former Va governor, dies |
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| Written by Admin |
| Monday, 07 January 2013 09:03 |
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Henriette ``Etty'' Allen, matriarch of the Washington Redskins football family and mother of former Virginia Gov. George F. Allen, has died. She was 90. According to a statement from the Allen family, she died Jan. 2 after a long illness. A private funeral is planned for her Tuesday in California. The daughter of an anti-Nazi resistance fighter in occupied Tunisia, she immigrated after World War II to Iowa where she met and married George H. Allen, a small-college football coach. Over the next four decades, Allen coached winning teams with the Los Angeles Rams and Washington Redskins and earned a spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He died in 1993. Her son Bruce Allen is general manager of the Redskins. |
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