Alice Evans Allred, 89, died peacefully on August 5th, at her home in the woods above Oakley UT with daughters by her side and a beautiful view, through cabin skylights, of the towering pines she loved her entire adult life. After a 23-year separation, she is finally enjoying a glorious reunion with her husband, Dal Allred. Five days before she died, when asked if she had seen Dal yet, she exclaimed, “No, but he better hurry up!”
Beloved Mother, Sister, Aunt, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, dear friend, ardent animal lover, and exemplar, she will be dearly missed. Her defiance of the cancer that eventually took her life was astounding to behold. Just one-week prior to her death, with limited mobility, she took a last ride on her new Jazzy chair, insisting on going further (without assistance) than any family members imagined possible. Driving down the road, she threw back her head, raised her arms and exulted, “I love feeling the sun on my face!”
Entering the world at the height of the 1920’s depression, Alice Evans was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her childhood home was directly across the street from the newly built East High School, from which she graduated in the class of 1943.
Alice graduated from the University of Utah with an English major and a degree in teaching and then married Dal Allred in 1947. They built a home in Salt Lake City on Browning Avenue, just a few miles from her childhood home, where they stayed 48 years and raised five children.
She began her years of teaching in the Salt Lake City school district early in her marriage, returning years later to teaching for twenty years, most of it spent in Highland Park school, located in Sugarhouse.
Alice loved to travel, sing, cook, entertain, and organize, especially when she was in charge! Her formal dinner parties were legendary, building and cementing friendships that lasted throughout her lifetime. When her husband passed away in 1993, Alice chose to serve a full-time proselyting mission to Atlanta, Georgia. Returning home, and stating emphatically that she was too young to sit on the back row at church with the other widows, she decided to move to a different part of the state and start a new life.
With only one sibling, David, living in St George, Southern Utah had strong appeal. Not one to sit on the sidelines, Alice joined Daughter’s of the Utah pioneers, the Audubon Society; took Dixie State extension classes: jeep adventures, hiking, square dancing, swimming, golfing, and computer, and served as a temple worker. A big portion of her time was spent volunteering; at Dixie Regional hospital, Dixie Chamber of Commerce, the Dixie Art Museum, Huntsman Senior Games, Saint George Marathon, and as President of her neighborhood HOA.
She joined a group that was set up by local grandparents’ to help raise money for worthy scholarship recipients to attend Dixie State College in 1997. Managing and directing those scholarship recipients’ has been a major focus of her life for the last 15 years. Her heart’s desire is to continue this great work posthumously. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Alice Allred memorial scholarship at http://www.dixie.edu/giving/direct_my_gift.php. Click other, then type in Alice Allred Scholarship.
She is survived by her brother David Evans (Sherill), daughters; Julie, Marilynn Monson (Dwight) Barbara Williams (Alan) WenDee Russon (Gary) son Alan, 22 grandchildren, and 46 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by Dal Allred, son-in-law Paul, and grandson Jonathan.
Graveside service will be held on Wednesday August 10 at 12:00 p.m. in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, 3401 South Highland Drive, Salt Lake City, UT. A viewing will be held August 10th from 10:00 to 11:00 am at the LDS Colonial Hills chapel, 1455 South 1700 East Salt Lake City, UT,
The Funeral service will be held at 11:00 am August 13th at the LDS Green Valley chapel located at 1282 West 500 South Circle, Saint George, Utah. Online guestbook available at www.russonmortuary.com Funeral Directors: Russon Brothers Mortuary
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