~ Delton Maxwell Allen ~
August 17, 1950 - March 7, 2009

This large collage of images was displayed at Delton's funeral.
He had made a request to his sisters that his life in Lesotho be represented at his funeral.

{Following is the Bio information we were finally able to wrestle from Delton just prior to our reunion in 2008. He never liked to talk about himself. He was truly an example of a life well lived. Rest in Peace Delton}

I lived in Lesotho from July 1980 to August 1995. Jobs in Lesotho were primarily Agricultural programs and some Small Business Development (The Lesotho Arts and Crafts Festival) in the nineties.

My first job in the U.S. after returning was with the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and then began working with The Washington Post in the Advertising Department (Property Management Group and Express) I was at the Post for over 11 years.

I am now working for Gannett Healthcare Group.

Hobbies are collecting arts and crafts, photography, cooking and traveling. (Enjoy working with youth)

Well Linda, I married at a very young age of 19(long before I joined Peace Corps) It's another long story and that marriage ended in a bitter divorce and I basically decided that once was enough. I am still single and will remain that way forever. We are at Peace with each other and have been for years. The marriage lasted less than 2 years. I could write a book about that but not at the moment. My former wife Patricia was 23 when we married and had 2 children from her previous marriage. We had a son together that passed shortly after birth. Need I say more? It was a truly wonderful experience for most of the time but one that I would never want to repeat again.

Both of my parents passed while I was in Lesotho during the early nineties. I decided to return to the states a couple of years after that to be reunited with their siblings as well as my own most of whom reside in WV or nearby on the East coast. They have been very supportive of my Peace Corps tenure.

Salang Ka Khotso,
Motlalepula