Margarita “Margie” Allen
Margarita “Margie” Allen, 75, resident of Dickinson, Texas, passed from this life Thursday, July 11, 2024, surrounded by loved ones. She was born in San Benito, Texas, to Raul Peña and Ofelia Hernandez Peña on December 1, 1948. Margie was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. She is preceded in death by her parents and husband, Harold Milton Allen.
Margie grew up near San Benito and attended Los Fresnos High School. One of 10 children, she is survived by siblings Ofelia Gonzalez, Viola Garza, Maria Guadalupe Cruz, Maria Celia de la Garza, Raul Peña, Rodolfo Peña, and Gilberto Peña. She was preceded in death by Petra Balli and Jose Peña. Her son, Sergio, was born in 1967, and she moved with her husband, Harold, to Dickinson, Texas, in the 1970s. Margie and Harold were members of Pine Drive Baptist Church in Dickinson.
Margie spent the majority of her career in retail, working more than 30 years for Walmart in various positions, including district auditor. Mathematically gifted, she spotted and corrected financial errors and easily calculated numbers in her head, even at the end of her life.
Margie leaves behind to cherish a lifetime of memories, her son, Sergio Garcia & wife LeAnne; stepdaughter, Sharon Allen Toth & husband John; and stepson, Harold Ray Allen; as well as grandchildren Mariana Garcia, Robert Allen, Johnny Toth, Bobby Toth, Stephanie Toth Johnson, Ben Seidensticker, Will Seidensticker, and six great grandchildren. She also leaves behind numerous nieces, nephews, and friends.
The family would like to thank Pam Boatright & Maryann Jones for the friendship and support they provided to Margie over many years, especially in her last months, and is grateful for the care Margie and her family received from Compassus hospice.
In Margie’s honor, a visitation will be held Friday, July 26, 2024, from 5:00 – 7:00pm and a funeral service at 10:00am Saturday, July 27, 2024, in the Crowder Funeral Home Chapel in Dickinson. Interment will follow at Grace Memorial Park Cemetery, Hitchcock, Texas.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made in Margie’s memory to Pine Drive Baptist Church in Dickinson or MD Anderson Cancer Center, P.O. Box 4486, Houston, TX 77210-4486 (MDAnderson.org/Gifts).
Dear Margie,
Thank you for all you taught me, and giving me confidence in myself. Thank you for your kindness to me. It was an honor to work with you.
Betty Whitley
She was a wonderful person, and I was blessed to have the opportunity to know her and work with her. She had a heart of gold,and so many of her coworkers loved her.
Heaven has a Angel named Margie.
Oh Margie, what a wonderful person you were here on earth. I hope you know how thankful I am for everything you taught me in my 35 year career at Walmart. The world was definitely a better place with you in it and so many are going to miss you and your laugh, your smile, your kindness and just everything about you. Heaven sure is a better place since you arrived. You have some great company up there, and I’ll see you when it’s my time to join you along with all I love who made the journey before me.
I am so sorry to hear of her passing. Margie was a wonderful woman and I am so blessed to have been able to get to know her. Sending my prayers to Sergio and her family.
Mom and I were heartbroken to hear about Margie. After my mom got off the phone talking with her she always would say that she was such a sweet person. She was beautiful inside and out. We are praying for your family’s peace and comfort during this time of sorrow .
Margie heaven has a new angel that we will all miss if you ever had the opportunity to know Margie for the first time she made you fill as if you knew her all of her life she was quite graceful and elegant and you will be missed by all.