We had many chats by the wood stove in his workshop. He's now with his good friend, Winston Churchill. I will miss him.

Allan was a dear friend to both Kathy and myself - He was one of the historians of PGCA history and knowledge. I often said to Allan that the folks that started the PGCA and those who followed closely behingd and stayed the course of the PGCA should record electronically their recollections of the people, events, history and experiences and memories, both good and not so good, for the posterity of the organization... to which he said "You've gotta be shittin' me - that'll never happen!" and unfortunately it never did...
but Allan was a Class Act if there ever was one. His lovely wife Jean was even more of a class act and now she is left with the memories of Allan... What a guy!! He was a friend and certainly a mentor to me. Somehow he saw potential in me and encouraged me to run for a BOD position and supported me as Editor of Parker Pages for the 11 or so years I held that position. i will forever be thankful for Allan's support as it has led me into the workings of the PGCA and I hold the organization and all of its members in the highest esteem - some of my very best friends I've met through the PGCA and Allan was one of the first good people I met in the PGCA. He was a fellow Life Member and was one of the first, if not the first, Life members to have been bestowed with that enviable, if not prestigious, Invincible Life Member rating.
Kathy loved him for his candid humanity and true friendship and I will always remember Allan for his true friendship and his dedication to the PGCA and what it meant to him.

We are very diminished by the loss of Allan H. Swanson, our true friend.





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I will miss him. He was a great friend and mentor to many of us. He told me earlier this year of his condition and he was hopeful for a few more years talking about Parker guns but it didn't happen. I'm glad I got to see him at our last Parker meeting banquet. You certainly knew Allan was in the room when you entered it. That loud New England accent booming in the room. He was a good Parker salesman, he talked me into buying a nice D grade lifter from him and a 20ga. VH at the Old Baltimore Gun show. I learned to keep my check book at home when around him :rolleyes:

Prayers to Jean and his family. Goodbye my friend!

What sad news. I spoke with him just a few weeks ago on the phone and of course visited with him a bit at the Vintage cup in September. You never know when you see or speak to someone if it may be the last. What a great man and friend to the PGCA.

Our thoughts and prayers for his family. He will be missed greatly by all who knew him!

Prayers and condolences to his family and friends. Tough at this time of year

Sounds like Allan was a man that I would have enjoyed learning to know.

May He Rest in Peace, prayers and condolences to his Family

never met allan but read some of his posts he sure was a good asset for this organization....my respects to family and friends.....charlie

At the annual meeting this year, Allan needed a ride from the Vintagers back to the hotel, so he rode with me and Mills and we got a great visit. Now hearing this sad news, I am even more grateful I took that opportunity to visit with him one more time.

Definitely a special guy , I talked to him at last year's Vintagers and he remembered me and the Parker DH I bought from him at the Baltimore Show .He was one of those people you don't forget after you meet him.