Dorothy Allene

Hughes

Allene had always wanted to be a teacher, but the US was involved in WWII and women were asked to work in Aircraft Plants since the eligible men were in the Military Service. She put college on hold, and went to work at Douglas Aircraft, now Tinker Field, as a riveter on air scoops for the C-47 planes being built there.

On March 21 ,1944, her fiance, Everett Hughes, came home on a short leave while his ship was being repaired at Mare Island, Vallejo, CA. Allene and Everett were married at Kingfisher, OK, on March 24 ,1944. (This marriage lasted 64 years until his passing in 2008.)  He then returned to his ship four days later and found a place for them to live on Mare Island. They were together six weeks before he had to return to his ship to the South Pacific. They were apart until the war ended.  In the meantime, Allene worked as a counter clerk for a large cleaning company in El Reno. She earned $17 a week until the owner wanted her to keep books for $20 a week. She saved enough money to buy a new Ford tractor. After Everett was discharged from the service, they moved to a farm east of Hinton.

Allene was added to the Lord's church in 1957 through obeying the gospel and being baptized for the remission of her sins, Acts 2:38.  She enjoyed attending church and taught Sunday School Morning Bible study for the young children for several years.

Later the family moved to Oklahoma City where Everett owned a paint and body shop. In 1958, they moved to a farm NW of Blanchard.

After her three daughters were in school, she worked as a substitute teacher for Dibble and Bridge Creek Schools. She was also in direct sales selling Stanley Home Products for 23 years.  Allene enjoyed being a homemaker, and making quilts to give away as presents, and babysitting her grandchildren, and great grandchildren.

Allene was preceded in death by her husband, Everett Hughes; parents, Charles and Marcia Thomas; sisters, Mildred Erickson, Eula Mae Karns and little sister Joanne Thomas; brothers, Virgil and baby Leonard.

Survivors are her daughters, Cheryl and husband Ross Hiatt of Braman, Janis Hughes of Blanchard, and Pamela and husband Kenneth Clinton of Checotah; grandchildren, Chad and wife Shelley Moore, Chandra and husband Scott Robinson, Owen and wife Beth Hiatt, Sara Duncan, Michael and wife Elodia Medina, Jeffrey and wife Shauna Medina; great grandchildren, Ryan and wife Rachael Moore, Ostyn Harris and fiancé Hanna Perez, Bayle Harris and fiancé Jacy Murrell, Tarun Robinson, Colten, Maria, Hayden, Shane, Natalia and Angel Medina, Skylar, Isabel and Hazel Hiatt, Lauren and Carter Duncan; and great great grandchildren, Nevaeh Grace and Brynlee Jane Medina. Allene will be sorely missed by all who loved her.