Paula T Allen Kofoed

December 29, 1941 – March 25, 2016

Richland, WA 

Paula (Allen) Kofoed, 74, passed away peacefully March 25, 2016 after a lengthy illness.

Paula was born to Paul and Mary Frances Allen December 29, 1941 in Muskogee, OK.  At the age of 2 after a brief stay in St. Paul, MN, the family moved to Richland, WA for Paula’s father to continue working for Dupont at the Hanford Nuclear Site.  Four years later her brother John made his debut and the family was complete.  Growing up in Richland, the family always looked forward to summers in Oklahoma and Arkansas. 

Paula attended Jefferson Elementary and Chief Joseph Jr. High and graduated from Columbia (Richland) High School in 1960.  She then attended Holy Names Academy in Spokane.

She had a several jobs throughout her life, she worked at the old Desert Inn Hotel as a switchboard operator, she was a dental assistant for Dr. Hewett and finally for Atlantic Richfield as a Chemical Technician.  It was there she met a young chemist from Chicago who she would later marry and spend the rest of her life with.  They married in May of 1967 and had 1 daughter in December of 1968 and at that point she stayed home to raise their daughter. 

Over the years she volunteered at the Kadlec Auxiliary, Christ the King School and Sausage Fest.  She enjoyed shopping, neighborhood parties, and spending time with friends and trips to the Oregon Coast were her favorite. 

She is survived by her husband of 48 years, Raymond; her daughter, Christine and son-in-law Thomas ‘Dewey’ Ortega; brother, John Allen and special friends: Melinda and Larry Sabala, Mary Jean and Ray Foley, Jim and Evelyn Kennedy, Yvonne and Maynard Plahuta  and Betsy Fuller Calloway. 

In lieu of flowers please make a donation to St. Jude’s Hospital 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105