William Roy Allan (83), beloved son of Roy and Gerty Allan, devoted husband of Gay, loving father of Laurena, Lawrence, and Lance, attentive grandfather of Dexter, Aiden, Aida, Wyatt, Kai, and Mattias, passed away in Rancho Santa Margarita, California on July 1, 2020.
He was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on June 29, 1937, along with an identical twin brother, Larry. Sadly, Larry passed away at the young age of 27 from a brain tumor. After his high school graduation, he and some friends took off to Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He successfully completed a Batchelor's in Science in Geology. He met his college sweetheart, Gay Chambers, and they married in 1962 in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia, and enjoyed a honeymoon in San Clemente, California. They resided in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and Roy started his career in the oil industry. From 1961 to 1965 he worked as an Assistant Geologist for British Petroleum North Slope of Alaska and the Cook Inlet, supervised Micro-Paleo lab for British Petroleum, Well-site Geologist for Triad Oil, and Geologist for Triad Oil in South Eastern Alberta, Canada. He and his wife enjoyed the quiet serenity of wild Alberta in search of oil. Here is where their firstborn child, Laurena, was born. After a time, they decided to join Roy's father and mother tending to a curling rink in Victoria, British Columbia that Big Roy had built. During this time, they entered curling tournaments call Bond Spills. They even won a few! The calling to California became too strong to avoid so they packed up to help out with Gay's families slurry business. Roy knew he could run his own business so he started Roy Allan Slurry Seal which is still a successful business today thanks to his two sons, Lawrence and Lance. In 1990, Roy became President of the International Slurry Seal Association, focusing on "Quality is Quantity".
Gay Allan still resides in Santa Margarita, California in the custom-built house designed by Roy. His daughter, Laurena, is a talented Off-Broadway actress living in New York with her husband Scott and son Dexter. Lance Allan lives in California with his wife Minever and their two children, Aiden and Aida. Lawrence also resides in California with his wife Ann-Marie and his three boys Wyatt, Kai and Mattias.
He will be missed dearly!
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