Extracted from The Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT)
Monday, August 22, 2005

Duane Owen Allred
1938 ~ 2005

AMERICAN FORK - Duane Owen Allred, age 67, of American Fork, died peacefully at his home August 18, 2005.

He was born February 4, 1938 in Salt Lake City, Utah, son of Owen Child and Lavon Biddinger Allred. He married Cloverne King, August 19, 1960 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Duane graduated from Brigham Young University in physics. He worked for the Navy and civil nuclear facilities as a nuclear engineer. He was a teacher and Dean at the Heald Technical College in California. He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was a worker at the Mt. Timpanogos Temple. He loved scouting and had served as a scoutmaster and explorer leader. He served as a Seventy, a stake missionary, and stake mission president. Duane was an accomplished pianist and loved music. He enjoyed electronics, camping, hiking, shooting, and practical jokes.

Survived by his wife, Cloverne of American Fork; three sons and three daughters, Mark (Kellie), Concord, CA; Michael (Theresa), Lehi; Robert (Stephanie), American Fork; Tamara (Jeff) Heath, McKinney, TX; Catherine (William) Duncan, Lehi; Debra Allred, West Jordan; 23 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two brothers and two sisters, David (Carol) Allred, Issaquah, WA; Douglas (Loretta) Allred, Atherton, CA; Donna (James) Beecroft, Kennewick, WA; and Dianne (Dale) Welton, Gig Harbor, WA.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, August 23, 2005 at 1:00 p.m. in the American Fork Sunset Hills 2nd Ward Chapel at 939 N. 540 W. Interment will be in the Lehi City Cemetery. Funeral directors, Wing Mortuary, Lehi.