Alan Otis Call

In the early morning hours of July 27, 2026, our loving Papa, Alan Otis Call, was reunited with his eternal companion, our beautiful mother, Rowene Call.

Alan will be remembered by all who knew him as a truly remarkable man. He was a beloved son, brother, husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and friend.

Alan was born on February 12, 1936, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was the third of four children born to Otis Monroe Call and Sylvia Nelson Call. Alan’s three siblings were Maurice, Virginia, and Linda, who all preceded him in death.

Alan grew up in Bountiful and graduated from Davis High School in 1954. He married his high school sweetheart, Rowene Riley, on April 28, 1955, in the Salt Lake Temple. After living in Salt Lake, Provo, and Washington Terrace in Ogden, they built and settled into their family home on Main Street in Farmington. Their home was surrounded by a flourishing fruit orchard and sprawling pasture, where countless hours of work became cherished memories made together. This is where they raised their four children: Vicky, Sally, Pamela, and Michael. After living in Farmington for 47 years, he moved to Kaysville in 2015. 

Over the past two decades, Alan enjoyed spending his winters in Mesa, Arizona, and his summers at his lake house on Strawberry Reservoir. Alan and Rowene were married for 59 years until Rowene’s passing in 2014. In 2016, Alan was blessed to find love and companionship again when he married beautiful Joan Nielson Shaw, sharing ten happy years together.

Alan served in the United States Army Reserve as a Sergeant First Class (E-7), where he made lifelong friends. He worked for Pratt and Lambert Paint Co., Kinney Wall Coverings, and Imperial Wallcoverings as a Regional Sales Manager. To Alan, customers always came first, integrity was of utmost importance, and he possessed a tremendous work ethic that earned him numerous awards. He became a manager in his early twenties, and he welcomed every premature gray hair because it gave him credibility. Always a hard-working, diligent provider, he also understood the critical importance of having fun. He labored long and hard to ensure there were times and places for his family to replenish, share amazing adventures, laugh, and enjoy each other’s company. From camping to inner tube rides to making sure every kid got plenty of time to fish at Strawberry Reservoir to the cabin in Farmington Canyon (built primarily by his own hands), he invested much in creating special memories for his loved ones.

Alan was a faithful, dedicated member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in various callings over the years. Some of the most notable were as a Scout leader, advisor in the Young Men’s organization, counselor in the bishopric, and as a temple worker in the Bountiful Temple. He served as a full-time missionary with his wife, Rowene, in the Denver North Mission. He was a gifted and dedicated mentor. For many decades, he took hundreds of Boy Scouts camping in the mountains, creating fun experiences and teaching them survival skills. He always focused on building character. Anyone who knew his woodwork knew that he was a truly masterful artistic genius. He loved to share what he knew about woodworking, whether with his grandchildren making pinewood derby cars and chess sets, or with his dear friends in the Arizona wood shop. He had endless patience in teaching people to waterski and taught that often elusive skill to dozens of kids. Whether scouts, fellow woodworkers, or his own family, he spent his life teaching and passing on a legacy of excellence, character, and beauty.

The hallmark of his well-lived life was his endless willingness to serve others, which he did constantly throughout his life. Whether it was helping his children build their homes or spending decades shoveling driveways for widows after each snowfall.

To say that he was ingenious would be a profound understatement. As a young boy, he made a pistol from a piece of junk pipe, a marble, and a firecracker. Countless broken toys, leaky plumbing, faulty farm implements, recreational vehicles, and even livestock were set right by him in ways that even the famous Angus MacGyver of TV fame would never have thought of.

After contracting rheumatic fever as a child, he spent more than a year confined to bed while doctors questioned whether he would ever fully recover. Rather than allowing those circumstances to define him, he developed an enduring, contagious zeal for life. He learned to hunt, fish, camp, race, dance, build museum-quality furniture, paint intricate designs, create fine lapidary work, leatherwork, and more. He was high-marking steeply drifted snowbanks on a snowmobile at 71 and caught a 36-pound striper at age 89. Just this summer at the age of 90, he took many of his grandkids and great-grandkids fishing.

He worked and loved tirelessly to the very end.

Above all, Alan loved deeply. He devoted his life to his family, his faith, his country, and his Savior. He leaves behind not only beautiful furniture, cabins, and memories, but generations of people who are stronger, kinder, more capable, and more faithful because he took the time to teach them. All who had the privilege of knowing him felt lavishly loved and richly blessed.

Alan is survived by his wife, Joanie Call; his children, Vicky (Phil) Wright, Sally (Jeff) Plott, Pam (Rick) Pewtress, and Michael (Corrie) Call; his 13 grandchildren; his 33 great-grandchildren; and his stepchildren and step-grandchildren, all of whom will miss him dearly. He was preceded in death by his eternal companion, Rowene Riley Call; his parents; his siblings; and his grandson, Lance Pewtress.

A viewing will be held on Friday, August 7, 2026 at Russon Brothers Mortuary, 1941 N. Main Street, Farmington, Utah from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Fairfield Building), 555 N. 100 E., Kaysville, Utah, with a viewing from 9:00 to 9:40 a.m. Interment at Bountiful City Cemetery, 2224 South 200 West, Bountiful, Utah.