William(Bill) Arthur Allen

William (Bill) Arthur Allen, 85, of Eagle Mountain, Utah, passed away on Tuesday June 23, 2026 at the hospital in Provo, Utah. He was born on November 12, 1940, in Mesa, Arizona. His parents are Lula Lorena Rust Lines Allen and Lewis Allen. He was sealed to Tenna Ann Turley in the Mesa Arizona Temple on March 15, 1962. Bill is the only child between his father and mother. Both his parents had spouses that passed away leaving his mother with three boys and one girl and his father with seven boys, making ten boys and one girl. Most of his half-siblings had left the house before Bill came along. He lived in the same house, at 341 East Broadway in Mesa, Arizona, until he was 21 years old. All of his schooling was in Mesa where he graduated from Mesa High School. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Arizona State University in Agricultural Business. He worked in agriculture professionally for 40 years but started working for his dad at the age of 12. His dad had a crop dusting business and a fruit stand in the summer. Bill was a hard worker and loved staying busy. Some of his days would start at 4 am and work until 10 am. Then go home and sleep and rest until 4 pm, go out again until 9 or 10pm, or until the job was finished. He would pray for rain on Saturdays so he could go to the stake dance at the Mezona or what ever Western dance was being held in town. He loved to go into the desert and shoot targets, or anything he could find to shoot at. He had a .22 rifle and a .22 colt pistol. He played the clarinet in the high school band but he really liked to drag race. He had two cars in high school. A 1955 Chevrolet Bel-Air. It was two tone, white on top and yellow on the bottom. It had a V-8 engine, 185 hp with a four barrel carburetor and automatic transmission. The other was a 1956 Ford pick-up. It had a straight six-cylinder engine with a four speed stick shift transmission. Later on in life he loved working in the yard and garden, figuring out irrigation systems, helping things grow with fertilizer, working on cars, lawn mowers, and things around the house. He loved to serve the Lord and served in many different callings from scout master to bishop to missionary work to a stake patriarch. He always said, “None of these callings would have been possible without my dear Tenna, she is a rock to me, without her, I would not be who or where I am today. She is my life.“ He also said, “You do not know the influence you have on your children. As I look back on my life, being close to my children was the best thing I could do. You can never spend too much time with your children, always listen and strive to put them first, behind their mother.” He is survived by: his wife, Tenna Ann Allen. His children, Mary Lou Hawkley, Shalynn Rae Cross, Wade Arthur Allen, Steven Lewis Allen, Blaine Jared Allen, Rial Tolton Allen, 20 grandchildren 23 great-grandchildren Preceded in death by: Grand-daughter, Jessica Cross. Funeral service: Monday June 29th Visitation 9am-945am Service 10am-11am Thank you all to our friends and family for your love and support. Reference the memorial and obituary on the website as follows: please share memories and condolences at www.serenityfhs.com

William(Bill) Arthur Allen

November 12, 1940 - June 23, 2026