Alan Richard James passed away peacefully on December 11, 2020, at Billings Clinic in Billings, Montana due to complications of COVID-19.
He was surrounded by the Savior’s love and watched over by his wife and daughters, as they could not be in the room with him.
Alan was born on Mother’s Day, May 8, 1949, in Provo, Utah to Lorna Matkin and Richard James, he was the oldest of four children. He grew up in Rock Springs, Wyoming where he graduated from Rock Springs High School in 1967.
Alan worked as a carpenter, in the oil field, selling sporting goods on the road which brought him to Montana where he met Sandy Miller while working for Boss Office Supply. They were married on June 21, 1980, in Glendive, Montana.