V. Dean Allred, 89, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, died April 27, 2012 at his home in Springville, Utah.
Dean was born September 13, 1922 to Angus and Lulu Cram Allred. He was raised on a farm near Delta, Utah. An excellent student, Dean received a scholarship to SUU and later to the University of Utah. He married Alice Jackson on May 9, 1944 in the Salt Lake Temple.
During World War II (1943-1946), Dean served in the United States Army Air Corps as a meteorologist in the Pacific. Upon his return to the U of U, he earned a BS in Chemical Engineering (1948) and a PhD in Fuel Technology (1951).
In 1951, during the Korean War, he was a Captain in the USAF and served at Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. In 1953, he went to work at the National Laboratories of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The family moved to Littleton, Colorado in 1956, where Dean worked as a research scientist for Marathon Oil Company for thirty-two years.
An author and inventor, he holds several U.S. and foreign patents. Dean was internationally recognized as an authority on oil shale processing technology. He served as a consultant to the U of U and USU on faculty and graduate energy-related research programs, as a member of a technical advisory committee for the U.S. Department of Interior's Office of Coal Research, as a technical advisor on specific NSF-RANN sponsored academic research projects, and as a distinguished lecturer.
He often advised and mentored young people in their careers. He was an Eagle Scout and served in many adult leadership positions in the scouting program including district commissioner. His wife, children, and grandchildren knew him as Mr. Fix-it. He always said "if somebody made it, I can take it apart and fix it".
Dean had a firm testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ and served in many LDS Church callings including: branch president, bishop, high councilor, and counselor to two mission presidents. He served as a sealer in the LDS Denver Temple for twenty-two years and sealed nineteen of his grandchildren to their spouses.
Dean was recognized as the Littleton, Colorado Father of the Year in 1978. We know dad regarded his role as husband and father as his most important calling and looks forward to being with his family for eternity.
Dean's mind and sense of humor remained sharp to the end. He continued serving and loving all around him, finally succumbing to the cumulative effect of cancer and Parkinson's Disease.
He is survived by his beloved wife of sixty-eight years, Alice, and six children: David D. Allred (Janice) of Provo, Utah; Thomas J. Allred (Astrid) of Vernal, Utah; Margaret A. Wilkins (Alan) of Provo, Utah; Wendell K. Allred (Darlene) of Sugarland, Texas; Marilyn A. Riddle of Provo, Utah; and Kevin L. Allred (Lynda) of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. He has forty-six grandchildren and sixty-four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, his older brothers, Glenn Angus and Thomas Boyd; and a younger sister, Llonas Miller. He is survived by his twin sisters, Vada A. Beckstead and Ada A. Evans.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 in the Springville Ninth Ward Chapel, 878 West Center Street, Springville. Friends and family may call Monday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Wheeler Mortuary, 211 East 200 South, Springville, and Tuesday at the church from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Burial will be in the Springville Evergreen Cemetery with full military rites accorded by the American Legion.
Published in the Deseret News from April 29 to April 30, 2012.
Dean was born September 13, 1922 to Angus and Lulu Cram Allred. He was raised on a farm near Delta, Utah. An excellent student, Dean received a scholarship to SUU and later to the University of Utah. He married Alice Jackson on May 9, 1944 in the Salt Lake Temple.
During World War II (1943-1946), Dean served in the United States Army Air Corps as a meteorologist in the Pacific. Upon his return to the U of U, he earned a BS in Chemical Engineering (1948) and a PhD in Fuel Technology (1951).
In 1951, during the Korean War, he was a Captain in the USAF and served at Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. In 1953, he went to work at the National Laboratories of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The family moved to Littleton, Colorado in 1956, where Dean worked as a research scientist for Marathon Oil Company for thirty-two years.
An author and inventor, he holds several U.S. and foreign patents. Dean was internationally recognized as an authority on oil shale processing technology. He served as a consultant to the U of U and USU on faculty and graduate energy-related research programs, as a member of a technical advisory committee for the U.S. Department of Interior's Office of Coal Research, as a technical advisor on specific NSF-RANN sponsored academic research projects, and as a distinguished lecturer.
He often advised and mentored young people in their careers. He was an Eagle Scout and served in many adult leadership positions in the scouting program including district commissioner. His wife, children, and grandchildren knew him as Mr. Fix-it. He always said "if somebody made it, I can take it apart and fix it".
Dean had a firm testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ and served in many LDS Church callings including: branch president, bishop, high councilor, and counselor to two mission presidents. He served as a sealer in the LDS Denver Temple for twenty-two years and sealed nineteen of his grandchildren to their spouses.
Dean was recognized as the Littleton, Colorado Father of the Year in 1978. We know dad regarded his role as husband and father as his most important calling and looks forward to being with his family for eternity.
Dean's mind and sense of humor remained sharp to the end. He continued serving and loving all around him, finally succumbing to the cumulative effect of cancer and Parkinson's Disease.
He is survived by his beloved wife of sixty-eight years, Alice, and six children: David D. Allred (Janice) of Provo, Utah; Thomas J. Allred (Astrid) of Vernal, Utah; Margaret A. Wilkins (Alan) of Provo, Utah; Wendell K. Allred (Darlene) of Sugarland, Texas; Marilyn A. Riddle of Provo, Utah; and Kevin L. Allred (Lynda) of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. He has forty-six grandchildren and sixty-four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, his older brothers, Glenn Angus and Thomas Boyd; and a younger sister, Llonas Miller. He is survived by his twin sisters, Vada A. Beckstead and Ada A. Evans.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 in the Springville Ninth Ward Chapel, 878 West Center Street, Springville. Friends and family may call Monday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Wheeler Mortuary, 211 East 200 South, Springville, and Tuesday at the church from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Burial will be in the Springville Evergreen Cemetery with full military rites accorded by the American Legion.
Published in the Deseret News from April 29 to April 30, 2012.
V. Dean Allred, 89, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, died April 27, 2012 at his home in Springville, Utah.
Dean was born September 13, 1922 to Angus and Lulu Cram Allred. He was raised on a farm near Delta, Utah. An excellent student, Dean received a scholarship to SUU and later to the University of Utah. He married Alice Jackson on May 9, 1944 in the Salt Lake Temple.
During World War II (1943-1946), Dean served in the United States Army Air Corps as a meteorologist in the Pacific. Upon his return to the U of U, he earned a BS in Chemical Engineering (1948) and a PhD in Fuel Technology (1951).
In 1951, during the Korean War, he was a Captain in the USAF and served at Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. In 1953, he went to work at the National Laboratories of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The family moved to Littleton, Colorado in 1956, where Dean worked as a research scientist for Marathon Oil Company for thirty-two years.
An author and inventor, he holds several U.S. and foreign patents. Dean was internationally recognized as an authority on oil shale processing technology. He served as a consultant to the U of U and USU on faculty and graduate energy-related research programs, as a member of a technical advisory committee for the U.S. Department of Interior's Office of Coal Research, as a technical advisor on specific NSF-RANN sponsored academic research projects, and as a distinguished lecturer.
He often advised and mentored young people in their careers. He was an Eagle Scout and served in many adult leadership positions in the scouting program including district commissioner. His wife, children, and grandchildren knew him as Mr. Fix-it. He always said "if somebody made it, I can take it apart and fix it".
Dean had a firm testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ and served in many LDS Church callings including: branch president, bishop, high councilor, and counselor to two mission presidents. He served as a sealer in the LDS Denver Temple for twenty-two years and sealed nineteen of his grandchildren to their spouses.
Dean was recognized as the Littleton, Colorado Father of the Year in 1978. We know dad regarded his role as husband and father as his most important calling and looks forward to being with his family for eternity.
Dean's mind and sense of humor remained sharp to the end. He continued serving and loving all around him, finally succumbing to the cumulative effect of cancer and Parkinson's Disease.
He is survived by his beloved wife of sixty-eight years, Alice, and six children: David D. Allred (Janice) of Provo, Utah; Thomas J. Allred (Astrid) of Vernal, Utah; Margaret A. Wilkins (Alan) of Provo, Utah; Wendell K. Allred (Darlene) of Sugarland, Texas; Marilyn A. Riddle of Provo, Utah; and Kevin L. Allred (Lynda) of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. He has forty-six grandchildren and sixty-four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, his older brothers, Glenn Angus and Thomas Boyd; and a younger sister, Llonas Miller. He is survived by his twin sisters, Vada A. Beckstead and Ada A. Evans.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 in the Springville Ninth Ward Chapel, 878 West Center Street, Springville. Friends and family may call Monday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Wheeler Mortuary, 211 East 200 South, Springville, and Tuesday at the church from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Burial will be in the Springville Evergreen Cemetery with full military rites accorded by the American Legion.
Published in the Deseret News from April 29 to April 30, 2012.
Dean was born September 13, 1922 to Angus and Lulu Cram Allred. He was raised on a farm near Delta, Utah. An excellent student, Dean received a scholarship to SUU and later to the University of Utah. He married Alice Jackson on May 9, 1944 in the Salt Lake Temple.
During World War II (1943-1946), Dean served in the United States Army Air Corps as a meteorologist in the Pacific. Upon his return to the U of U, he earned a BS in Chemical Engineering (1948) and a PhD in Fuel Technology (1951).
In 1951, during the Korean War, he was a Captain in the USAF and served at Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. In 1953, he went to work at the National Laboratories of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The family moved to Littleton, Colorado in 1956, where Dean worked as a research scientist for Marathon Oil Company for thirty-two years.
An author and inventor, he holds several U.S. and foreign patents. Dean was internationally recognized as an authority on oil shale processing technology. He served as a consultant to the U of U and USU on faculty and graduate energy-related research programs, as a member of a technical advisory committee for the U.S. Department of Interior's Office of Coal Research, as a technical advisor on specific NSF-RANN sponsored academic research projects, and as a distinguished lecturer.
He often advised and mentored young people in their careers. He was an Eagle Scout and served in many adult leadership positions in the scouting program including district commissioner. His wife, children, and grandchildren knew him as Mr. Fix-it. He always said "if somebody made it, I can take it apart and fix it".
Dean had a firm testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ and served in many LDS Church callings including: branch president, bishop, high councilor, and counselor to two mission presidents. He served as a sealer in the LDS Denver Temple for twenty-two years and sealed nineteen of his grandchildren to their spouses.
Dean was recognized as the Littleton, Colorado Father of the Year in 1978. We know dad regarded his role as husband and father as his most important calling and looks forward to being with his family for eternity.
Dean's mind and sense of humor remained sharp to the end. He continued serving and loving all around him, finally succumbing to the cumulative effect of cancer and Parkinson's Disease.
He is survived by his beloved wife of sixty-eight years, Alice, and six children: David D. Allred (Janice) of Provo, Utah; Thomas J. Allred (Astrid) of Vernal, Utah; Margaret A. Wilkins (Alan) of Provo, Utah; Wendell K. Allred (Darlene) of Sugarland, Texas; Marilyn A. Riddle of Provo, Utah; and Kevin L. Allred (Lynda) of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. He has forty-six grandchildren and sixty-four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, his older brothers, Glenn Angus and Thomas Boyd; and a younger sister, Llonas Miller. He is survived by his twin sisters, Vada A. Beckstead and Ada A. Evans.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 in the Springville Ninth Ward Chapel, 878 West Center Street, Springville. Friends and family may call Monday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Wheeler Mortuary, 211 East 200 South, Springville, and Tuesday at the church from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Burial will be in the Springville Evergreen Cemetery with full military rites accorded by the American Legion.
Published in the Deseret News from April 29 to April 30, 2012.
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