Deeann Malone

DEEANN A. MALONE IDAHO FALLS, ID -- DeeAnn Alvey Malone, 63, of Idaho Falls, died April 27, 2005, surrounded by loved ones. She was born August 6, 1941, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Alfred Lionel and Sarah Elizabeth Finn Alvey. She attended Hawthorne Elementary, O.E. Bell Jr. High and Idaho Falls High School in Idaho Falls. On August 8, 1957, she married Raymond Willard Malone in Idaho Falls. Their marriage was solemnized in the Los Angeles Temple on June 24, 1965. DeeAnn and Ray moved to California in 1959. There, DeeAnn became affiliated with Skousen Tax Service and a lifelong vocation of preparing tax returns began. Later, a company called TCA hired her to move back to Idaho to open the area for their company. In 1979, DeeAnn and Ray opened their own office, Data Tax and Bookkeeping Service. This successful business became Data Tax, Inc., which they operated until 1999, when they retired, leaving the business for the next generation. DeeAnn was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in many callings including Visiting Teacher, Choir Director, Gospel Doctrine Teacher, Primary Teacher, Young Women’s Advisor, Stake Homemaking Leader and Stake Relief Society Historian. This last calling gave her the opportunity to speak at a session of General Conference. She served as a temple worker and did extraction work for the church. She was an avid genealogist, leaving her family a wonderful history of their ancestors. DeeAnn was an accomplished musician. She was classically trained on the violin, sang as a soprano in several choirs, played the guitar and taught piano lessons for many years. She served as a Pink Lady at the Idaho Falls Riverview Hospital. She was an enthusiastic bowler and bowled on many leagues. She loved to sew, crochet and can her garden produce. She loved to camp and to out-fish her husband. In the end, the only thing that stopped her from doing the things she loved was being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. For the past two years, she had resided at the Good Samaritan Care Center in Idaho Falls. DeeAnn lived an enthusiastic life, always trying new things and was devoted to service of others. She leaves a wonderful legacy for her family and we will all miss her very much. Survivors include her husband of 47 years, Raymond Malone of Idaho Falls; daughter, Christine (Eugene) Scott of Annis; sons, Douglas Malone of Ogden, Utah, Gregory (Krissy) Malone of Citrus Heights, California, and Sean Malone of Idaho Falls; foster daughter, Christina White Ekstrom of Salt Lake City, Utah; her mother, Sarah Alvey, of Idaho Falls; brother LaVar (Marlene) Alvey of Idaho Falls; sister, Yvonne (Wayne) ) Olsen of Iona; 10 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. DeeAnn was preceded in death by her father, Alfred Alvey and sister-in-law, Elaine Alvey. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, May 2, 2005, at the Ammon LDS 16th Warch, 4459 E. Katcina Drive, with Bishop Kerry Ball conducting. The family will visit with friends Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Wood Funeral Home East Side, 963 South Ammon Road, and Monday for one hour prior to services at the church. Burial will be in Ammon Cemetery under the direction of Wood Funeral Home East Side. The family would like to express appreciation to the staff of the Good Samaritan Care Center for their loving care of DeeAnn, and to Hospice of Eastern Idaho for their help. ---------------------------------------------- Condolences received online: Sean Mom, I will miss you forever, and always. I look forward to the day we can be reunited as a family. Love you forever, your son. Sean