Wanda S. Allen

Wanda S. Allen, 70, passed away on Aug. 25, 2021, in La Junta. She was born on Feb. 18, 1951 in Rocky Ford, Colorado to Norman E. and Mildred (Lewis) Dykes.

She is survived by her sons, Chad A. McDonald and wife Margaret and Jason McDonald and wife Shannon; grandchildren; Rosa Duran, Amber Agosto, Nichole Frazier, Marina Casillas, Jayden Eicke, and Braidyn McDonald and several great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Norman Eugene & Mildred Dykes, her sister, Brenda Dykes, her brothers, Larry & Gene Dykes.

Wanda enjoyed crafting, bingo, gambling, traveling, reading and writing, she wrote the following poem for her family;

If we could think of each other as a friend
All this tension and fighting would end…
If you have a problem with something I say ~
Let’s sit down and settle it today.
We have to learn it’s ok to disagree
Without causing trouble between you and me
I promise not to talk badly about you
But I am only human and make mistakes too!
If you feel I’ve wronged you ~ please let me know
That’s the only way a true friendship can grow
We need to work together ~ peacefully as can be
Let’s all give it our best~ we can do it~you’ll see!
Love Mom

Funeral service will be Monday, August 30, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at Peacock Memorial Chapel. Visitation will be Sunday, August 29, 2021 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at Peacock Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow the funeral at Valley View Cemetery in Rocky Ford.

Online condolences may be made at www.peacockFH.com. Peacock-Larsen Funeral Home & Arkansas Valley Crematory is in charge of arrangements.