Leona P. (Porter) Allyn

EAST CANAAN — Leona P. (Porter) Allyn, 73, of East Canaan Road, passed away, surrounded by her family at her home, early on Feb. 15, 2009. She was the widow of Paul F. Allyn, who died Dec. 28, 2006. Mr. and Mrs. Allyn were wed May 1, 1954.

Mrs. Allyn was born Oct. 22, 1935, in Winchester, daughter of the late Leonard and Thelma Mae (Besaw) Porter.

Mrs. Allyn was the CEO of Allyndale Corporation in East Canaan.  She joined the company in 1965. She oversaw the daily office operation of the plant.  

Prior to that Mrs. Allyn had been a telephone operator for the Southern New England Telephone Company.  She worked from 1953 to 1955 in the North Canaan office, under the direction of Izzie Decker.  

Mrs. Allyn was a communicant of St. Joseph’s Church in North Canaan, and a member of the Daughters of Isabella Circle #650 in North Canaan. She enjoyed her family and her grandchildren and friends. She looked forward to her class reunions to catch up with her classmates (she was a graduate of Housatonic Valley Regional High School, class of 1953).  She also was associated with The Gilbert School in Winsted, where she started her high school career as a freshman.

Mrs. Allyn was a member of the parents association of the Canaan Little League, and was a founding board member of the Canaan Child Care Center and was a volunteer summer camp counselor for the Canaan Girl Scout troop.

Mrs. Allyn is survived by her three sons, Steven and his wife, Christina, Brian and his wife, Tracy, and Leonard and his wife, Kristin, all of East Canaan; her sister, Gerry Kehoe of Pasadena, Calif.; seven grandsons; two granddaughters; and four great-granddaughters and a great grandson.  

She was predeceased by two sons,  Paul Frederick Allyn Jr. and David James Allyn; and her brother, Robert Porter.

The funeral was held from the Newkirk-Palmer Funeral Home in North Canaan on Feb. 18 and was followed by a Mass of Christian burial at St. Joseph’s Church.  Burial followed in St. Joseph’s Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be sent to the Daughters of Isabella Scholarship Fund, North Canaan, CT 06018; or the Salisbury Visiting Nurse Association, 30A Salmon Kill Road, Salisbury, CT 06068.

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