Allan Henri Avellanet (Al, Grandpa, Dad), 76, of Richardson, Texas, passed away on September 3rd, 2015.The Memorial Service will be held at 11:00am, Saturday, September 19th at North Dallas Funeral Home, 2710 Valley View Lane, Farmers Branch TX, 75234. Pastor Jerry Hays will be officiating.Allan was born in Teaneck, New Jersey on April 26th, 1939. He received a scholarship to Rice University in Houston, Texas and graduated with an Economics degree. Allan was married to Carol for 56 years.Allan worked as a Programmer Analyst at Western Electric in Kansas City, Missouri. Allan moved the family in 1964 to Richardson Texas, where he worked for Texas Instruments. In 1979, Allan joined a couple of partners and formed a company, Computers for Business Inc. CBI was known for being the Southwest Region Distributor for TeleVideo computers. In the early 90s, Allan joined Banking Solutions in McKinney, Texas as a business consultant. In October 2002, Allan founded Avellanet Financial LLC, which is a lending and consulting company today. He enjoyed spending time with his family, his grandchildren, playing pool volleyball, and vacationing in St. Martin.Allan is survived by his wife Carol, brother Ralph, sister Cheryl, children: Bruce, Wayne, Glen, Mark, Michelle, grandchildren: Christine, Joshua, Nicole, Sarah, Zachariah, Aaron, step-grandchild: Shauna and other family and friends.Allan is preceded in death by his parents, Alphonse Raphael Avellanet and Helene Beraud Avellanet.Please join the Avellanet family and enjoy this video in celebration of Al's life, https://youtu.be/VguFwlEl4Zg