Allen Thomas Pritchard

Allen Thomas Pritchard passed away on March 30, 2026. Born in Topeka, Kansas on August 23, 1942. He is preceded in death by his parents Archie Allen Pritchard, and Pearl Christina (Sellers) Pritchard, his brother William A Pritchard, his ex-wife Elizabeth Anne (Roy) Pritchard and his wife Sherry (Sanders) Pritchard.

An Army brat during the 1940's and 1950's he lived in Germany, Belgium, and California. After WWII ended the family settled in California and had roots in Upland and Rancho Cucamonga and was a member of Grace Lutheran Church and King Of Glory Lutheran Church. In the 1960's he served in the California National Guard.

A graduate from Cal Poly Pomona with a Bachelors in business, Allen was then employed by Kaiser Steel for 20 years before opening a Landscape and Irrigation business in 1985. He went on from there to teach the Landscape Trade to troubled teens at Job Corp in Long Beach, California and retired in 2005.

Allen moved to Arizona in 2017. He was a member of Faith Lutheran Church in Cottonwood, Arizona.

He is survived by his three daughters, Heather (Pritchard) Luzier (Patrick), Allison (Pritchard) Dingman (Todd), and Amanda Pritchard. His four grandchildren, Stewart Luzier, Rachael (Dingman) Proa, Joshua Dingman, Hannah (Dingman) Snyder and two great grandchildren.

Allen loved God and his family. He also enjoyed following USC Football and bacon.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the American Heart Association in his honor at: American Heart Association