NB: As the Gazette-Times' Jeff Welsch mentioned at AHT's memorial service,
dad's use of the phrase 'favorite wife' in his articles for them often raised
problems at the copy desk.  This problem apparently remained with him even after 
his death, as seen below.

From: XXX@lee.net [Corvallis Gazette-Times News Desk]
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 9:53 AM
To: Throopa@peak.org
Subject: Obit Edits and Fees


Janet,

The GT and the DH have slight style differences, so I am including the
edited versions from both papers below. Please let me know if you require
any changes. The only major change I am making for the GT is to this
sentence: "On December 27, 1966, he married his favorite wife, Janet A.
Meyer." The adjective "favorite" implies that there were others not
mentioned, and as an editor I would strike it. Please let me know if you
would prefer to let that sentence stand as Allen wrote it.

Thank You,

xxx@lee.net,
Gazette-Times News Clerk

CORVALLIS GAZETTE-TIMES:

Allen H. Throop
April 25, 1944 - April 12, 2004
Longtime Corvallis resident Allen H. Throop died Monday, April 12 from
ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 59.

He was born on April 25, 1944 to Charles and Lucille Throop and was raised
in Monessen, Penn. He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Colby College
in Waterville, Maine, a Master of Science degree from Arizona State
University, and a teaching degree from the State College of Victoria at
Hawthorne in Australia.

He married his favorite wife, Janet A. Meyer on December 27, 1966.

He was employed as a mining and exploration geologist in Canada, Arizona and
Australia. He also worked in the coal processing industry in Pennsylvania.
The family moved to Oregon in 1979. He was employed by the Oregon Department
of Geology and Mineral Industries in Albany for over 19 years. In recent
years, he taught geology courses at Linfield College and Linn Benton
Community College and was a geological consultant. He was a frequent
contributor of articles to the Venture section of the Corvallis
Gazette-Times.

Over the years he was active in and president of the Greenbelt Land Trust,
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis, Yawners Toastmasters, The
Mid-Valley Bicycle Club, Crossroads International and the Oregon Section of
the Society of Mining Engineers. For many years, he played in the Corvallis
Recorder Circle.

He was an avid backpacker, bicyclist, cross-country skier and canoeist. He
contributed to guidebooks on canoeing and bicycle touring in Oregon.
He is survived by his wife Janet; son, Henry in Boulder, Colo.; daughter,
Heather in Tucson, Ariz.; sister, Carol Pollak of Mill Valley, Calif.; and
brother Terry of Sacramento.

Memorials can be made to the Greenbelt Land Trust endowment fund, the 
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis, or the Benton Hospice
Service.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 18, at the 
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2945 N.W. Circle Blvd., in Corvallis.