St. George, UT - Mollie Allen, age 91, passed away peacefully on March 8, 2011 at the Red Cliffs Regional Care Center after a long illness. The daughter of Frank Chepin and Anna Sekora Chepin, Mollie was born, September 8, 1919, at Engevill, Second Valley, in Southeast Kansas. She grew up in the mining town of Gamerco, New Mexico, near Gallup. She was orphaned at the age of nine and was raised by her sisters Francis and Anna. She graduated from Lincoln High School in Los Angeles in 1937. She grew up with a fascination with red rock country, native American, and Mexican cultures. In 1939, her childhood friend and sweetheart, Luke, flew from Denver in his biplane to marry her. They were married on April 21, in Gamerco, New Mexico, and they flew back to Denver where Luke worked for the Bureau of Reclamation. Later that year, Luke and Mollie flew a Piper Cub from New York to Denver, landing in pastures, staying in farm houses and sometimes hitchhiking to buy gasoline. In August 1940, their circumstances changed as Luke volunteered for the Royal Air force and served in the Army Air Force and the USAF, and Mollie became the wife of a military pilot for thirteen years, living in Dallas, Panama, Florida, Illinois and Idaho. After her son, Jeffrey, was born in 1943, she took him to work with her at Lockheed Aircraft. In 1953, they moved to McAllen, Texas where Luke became a commercial pilot, and they lived there for 41 years. After the difficult years of the Great Depression and World War II, it was their first real home. In 1994, they moved to St. George where they spent their last years with views of red rocks once again. Luke and Mollie celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary in April, 2009 at the Red Cliffs Regional Care Center. Mollie was preceded in death by her seven brothers and sisters and by her husband, Luke. She is survived by her son, Jeffrey Allen of St. George, and nine nieces and nephews. Mollie loved people, her family, bridge, and conversation. She had a bright, insightful wit and an enduring sense of humor that did not fail her even as her health declined. She was President of the McAllen Business and Professional Womens Club, the treasurer of an investment club, and worked in a bank and in the petroleum industry. Mollie was always a devoted wife, mother and sister. Interment will be on March 13 at the Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Colorado with her beloved Luke. Arrangements entrusted to the care of Metcalf Mortuary, (435) 673-4221.