Alice Bunderson Truman

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Alice Bunderson Truman “Alice the Great” passed away on Monday, Feb. 8, 2016 after a short stay at Kolob Care Center in Cedar City, Utah where she was receiving care after a fall.
Born in Emery, Utah Dec. 22, 1916, to LeRoy Victor Bunderson and Hessie Mae Lee, Alice was the middle child of seven. She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years Woodrow G. Truman and her three older and three younger siblings; Leila Black, Morris V. Bunderson, Victor Lee Bunderson, Rex A. Bunderson, Mack V. Bunderson, and Grace Jensen.
Upon graduating from South Emery High School, she attended Utah State Agricultural College (Utah State University) which was “as far as you could get from Emery County and still go to school in Utah” where she graduated and obtained her teaching credentials. Over the years she taught school in Idaho, Washington, and Utah. Her last teaching assignment was in Cedar City, Utah where she taught Special Education for 20 years.
Active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she and her husband served an LDS Mission to West Virginia. Alice was also very active in Family History research and spent nearly 30 years doing genealogical extraction specializing in old English.
Over the years she traveled widely with her husband and children visiting much of Europe, Eastern Europe, Russia, Japan, Argentina, Mexico, China and Tibet as well as visiting most of the United States. An avid reader, she read as many as three books per week (thank goodness for Nook and Kindle) and also enjoyed her bi-weekly Pinochle sessions with friends.
Her family and children were very important to her. She never forgot a child’s, grandchild’s, or great-grandchild’s birthday. She is survived by her five children; Judy Lee (Terry) Bolander, Scott Truman (Jean), Patricia (Jon) Isom, Kathleen Truman, Elaine Raber; 13 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren with three soon to be born.
Funeral Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016 at the Cedar City 17th Ward Chapel, 256 West 900 South at 10:30 a.m. A viewing will be held Friday, Feb. 12, 2016 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Southern Utah Mortuary, 190 North 300 West Cedar City, Utah. Interment will be in the Cedar City Cemetery under the direction of Southern Utah Mortuary. Online condolences can be made at www.sumortuary.com.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a contribution to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Perpetual Education Fund.