Allan Russell Wylie, of South Strafford, Vt., passed away on July 19, 2025 at the age 84. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Dec. 13, 1940 to Margaret Ember and Robert Russell Wylie. At the age of three, he moved with his family to Danvers, Mass. He was very active in the Boy Scouts and earned the rank of Eagle Scout. He also delivered newspapers for a number of years. After graduating from Holton High School in 1958 he went to the U.S. Air Force Academy, graduating in 1962 and then moving to Raleigh, N.C. for a graduate degree in Mathematics at NC State.
In 1964, Allan was stationed at the Defense Intelligence Agency and in December of that year he met Janice Heigham. They were married in 1967, shortly before leaving for Colorado Springs, where Allan taught mathematics at the Air Force Academy for four years. Their two sons, Brian and Glenn, were born there. During that time, he served a brief tour of duty in Saigon and then a longer stint in Thailand in 1967-1968. As he was fond of saying, the Air Force figured that if you knew math you must be good with computers, and upon his return from overseas he went to work at the Pentagon on the Unix system.
In 1982, he retired from the Air Force and moved with his family to South Strafford. He served as a computer consultant at Dartmouth College, and over the next 43 years became active in politics serving on the Orange County Republican Committee. He was deeply devoted to his God and worked tirelessly to support his church, both locally and in the diocese.
He is survived by his wife of nearly 58 years, Jan; son Brian, his wife Liesl, and their two sons, Christopher and Matthew; son Glenn, his wife, Amber, and their son, Justin; and also by his younger brother, Scott, of Springfield, Oregon.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in his name to the Dayspring Pregnancy Center of the Upper Valley. A memorial service will be held at the Cabot funeral home in Woodstock, Vt. at 2 p.m. on September 13, 2025.
