CENTERVILLE, Utah - Dennis Lee Alleman, 73, passed away at his home in Centerville on July 14, 2012.
He was born in Montpelier, Idaho, on May 27, 1939, to Lee and Ruth Minnig Alleman. He attended first through fifth grades at the Nounan School, attended junior high and high school in Montpelier and graduated in 1957.
On September 15, 1960, he married his wife, Carol Stoddard, in Nounan at his parent's home. They had their first two children, LeeAnn and Michael and then moved to Moscow, Idaho, where he attended the University of Idaho. He graduated in 1968, with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. He then moved his family to Boise, where he started a career at Mountain Bell. In 1969, they had their third child, Jeffery. They lived in Boise until 1983, at which time his job transferred him to Salt Lake City, Utah. They resided in Centerville, where he retired in 1989, after 21 years. He then purchased a farm in Nounan, where he and Carol spent their summers.
Dennis is survived by his wife Carol; children, LeeAnn (Brad) Woolstenhulme, Michael (Angela) Alleman and Jeffrey (Amber Banks) Alleman; brother, Kent (Paulette) Alleman; and sister, Janice (Terry) Bartschi; grandchildren, Shelena (Cody) Nate and Shilo Crane; great-grandchildren, Ryder Brown, Maleah and Remmick Nate.
Funeral services will be held Friday, July 20 at 11 a.m. in the Georgetown LDS Chapel. The interment will be in the Georgetown Cemetery with the services under the direction of Matthews Mortuary of Montpelier.
Larry Grimes (1958)
I was sorry to hear of Dennis' passing. Though he came across to many as rather a "hayseed" type guy, he, like many from farm backgrounds loved to portray that image, but underneath was a completely different story. One day not too many years ago Doc Skinner and I were out looking over that part of the old Skinner ranch that bordered the Bear River and we stopped by where Dennis was futzing around with a small spring-fed pond. Upon a closer look I noticed that he had hooked up some kind of a perpetual motion pump that was pumping the spring water uphill withou utilizing electricity. I wasn't capable of completely understanding what he had concocted, but, essentially, he had read about something completelly unrelated that he juryrigged to this use. It seemed ingenious and worked! He and I were at U of I during the same period and though I never saw Dennis socially, Pre-law liberal arts and econ majors didn't frequent the Engineering complex, I was aware of how well he was regarded through an associate Dean who was a church member. He was an ingenious genius. No doubt. MHS can be proud of this "Hayseed", as it is of many others. Larry Grimes