Crickett’s Celebration of Life
Crickett Lynn Allen
The family will be hosting celebration of life parties in four of her favorite places: Aalen Germany in the
early Spring; in her previous home of La Jolla, CA; in her current part-time home of Maine in August and
on January 22nd in St. Simon’s Island, GA at 2pm at the King & Prince Hotel. Crickett is survived by her
daughter Kelly Clague, her husband Ren Halverson and their kids, Eric, Reny and Hunter Halverson, sister
and brother-in-law Joy & Jim Goodis, brother and sister-in-law, Glen & Beth Warren, brother and sister-
in-law Tom & Mary Nguyen, nieces and nephews: Matthew and Michael Wright, Abigail, Blake and
Cullen Warren, Daniel, Andrew and Amanda Nguyen, along with so many friends who call Crickett their
adopted ‘mom’ or ‘sister’ and count her impact as life changing.
The family has requested that remembrances be made in the form of contributions to Crickett’s Sunlight
Academy or her daughter Kelly’s SafeTour.org. Crickett’s music is available on Apple Music and Spotify.
In 2020, Crickett used her experience in Germany as the foundation for a book It’s Ok To Do Something
New which pairs a message of self-confidence with original songs. Her vision was to use the book to
bring the Lebenshilfe curriculum to the world. She wanted special needs friends worldwide to
experience music and performance through the story. The book will be published posthumously in
January 2022 and will be available at crickettallen.com.
Crickett Allen began her musical career as a child with the encouragement of her parents who were both polished professional musicians. She started her professional career in Indianapolis playing piano, keyboards, singing and songwriting with excellent funk fusion and jazz bands. Since that time she has enjoyed a wonderful career performing throughout the US, Europe and the Caribbean.
