Charmaine Allred, 60, of Nederland, died Friday, October 31, 2014, at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas, Port Arthur. A native and lifelong resident of the area, she was born on February 17, 1954, in Port Arthur, to Alice Audrey Griffith Sturrock and Lester Craig Sturrock.

Charmaine worked seven years for the Port Arthur News as an assistant to the advertising manager. She enjoyed her regular dinner parties with her 1972 PNG classmates. Charmaine loved arts and crafts.

Survivors include her son, Adam Allred of Nederland; sister, Donna Tiner and her husband, Kenneth, of Nederland; brother, Lester Sturrock and his wife, Gloria, of Florida; special niece; Hope Anderson and her husband, Chad, of Nederland; special great-niece, Gracie Anderson; and other nieces and nephews, Michelle Jakelis, Todd Sturrock, and Toby Tiner. She was preceded in death by her parents.

 Ms. Allred’s funeral service will be at 10:00 a.m., Monday, November 3, 2014, at Broussard’s, 505 North 12th Street, Nederland, with her interment to follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Park, Port Neches.