David Dirk Allart

On March 23, 2026 in Bountiful, Utah, David Dirk Allart proved to the world one last time that he's as awesome as his dad by dying on his granddaughter's birthday, just like his dad died on his grandson's birthday in 1998. He came into this world on November 7, 1955, in Salt Lake City, Utah, determined to make everyone take notice and wonder what on earth he would do next. He is the third of five children born to Dirk Allart and Truus Van Leer. His two older sisters, Johanna (Keith) Widdison and Mary Jane (Sarkis) Emrazian, thought they were getting a little perfect boy to help their mom raise, but soon found that he was determined to run life totally different. He was known for never sleeping at a normal time and for annoying everyone so much that a family friend would be chasing after him, hitting him with her prosthetic leg (Thanks, Melanie Ploharz) and he had been rumored to have blown up more than a few things. When he was young, he loved getting into fights with anyone who would dare pick on his younger brother, Lawrence (Nedra) Allart. He was especially close to his youngest brother, Richard (Susan) Allart, and they loved joking around and enjoying nature. He was with Richard out on a lake trying to ski one time, when he pulled a masculine muscle and needed a crutch. Richard poked around the shore and found a perfectly sized and shaped branch that became David's "Staff of Life" that he used for decades. David grew into a rebellious youth who rocked a blonde afro and toured the U.S. with the singing group, "A New Day." Determined to choose his own path, he bet his dad that he could prove his faith in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was false. His dad returned the challenge by telling him to read the Book of Mormon and live its teachings for 6 months, then come back and let him know which parts were false. David took his dad's challenge, while also doing anything crazy he could come up with, like hitchhiking to California and disappearing to live off-the-grid. At the end of the 6 months, he conceded the battle, declared his testimony, and put in his mission application. David served his LDS Mission in The Philippines from 1975-1977. He was known for organizing football competitions with the Navy, driving then Elder Gordon B. Hinckley around in a convertible sports coupe, and for salvaging a branch of the church on a small island because they didn't have enough experienced priesthood holders. After being "Dear Johned," he told Elder Hinckley that he was never going to get married. Elder Hinckley challenged him and said that he would be expecting a phone call to officiate at his wedding to "a far better woman" after he got home. David returned from his mission and got right back into life. He was called as a home teacher to a "new convert woman" in 1979. He showed up with his companion to meet her and became enamored almost immediately. He proposed to Jana Leigh Milroy while she was horribly sick with the flu, which she never let him forget! They were sealed for Time and All Eternity in the Salt Lake Temple by Elder Gordon B. Hinckley on May 1, 1980 and boy have the last 46 years been a ride! In 1981, David and Jana moved to Missouri to help her father. They say something must have been in the dirty Missouri water, because she almost immediately conceived their oldest of four children, Chelsea (Kyle) Woodruff. Next came Yohauna (Joel) Kunze in 1983, then Jaunathan in 1987. David worked as a janitor while attending Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. He was known for pushing boundaries and challenging institutional tradition as he worked with teams that developed the first mass spectrometer (they're still used in airport security to this day) and the first computer program that could analyze weather reports to track how much local rainfall made it into the ground. In 1991, David graduated with a Bachelors of Science Education degree. The family moved to Utah, where David accepted a science teaching position at Farmington Jr. High School. David and Jana's youngest son, Schuyler (Moniz) Allart was born in 1993 in Layton, Utah. In 1995, David transferred to Syracuse Jr. High so that he could teach his two daughters (of course, Chelsea got A's and Yohauna got F's because he was sure that people would say that he played favorites). He became so good at managing the computer systems, that Davis School District created a new position - a Systems Technology Specialist. As computer networks became more complicated and interconnected, they continued to create new position titles to describe what he did until he eventually was working at the district offices managing the network of over 30,000 devices. He developed code that saved the district hundreds of thousands of dollars by managing the power at all of the district's schools remotely. David was known for his quirky ideas, glasses that had one round lens and one square lens, ugly sweaters, and persistent attitude. If a problem existed, but a solution did not, he would work tirelessly to ensure that the problem was solved and prevented for the future. David and Jana bought his parents' home in Salt Lake City in 1999, where he served as a councilor, then bishop of 19th Ward of The Salt Lake Stake. They lived there until they moved to Bountiful, Utah in 2014. Just after that time, David was diagnosed with Stage 4 Prostate Cancer. He chose to fight the cancer with everything he had and we are so glad he did. As he was known to love pulling pranks, his wife and children have been called to the hospital no less than 7 times when we were told he had less than 24 hours to live - only to see his symptoms disappear a few days later and see him return to life very little worse for wear. We are so grateful to the Huntsman Cancer Institute, Huntsman At Home and CNS Home and Hospice for blessing us with more time and with peace as we were able to spend his last days with him. David lost one kidney and had to have a transplant to reconstruct his ureter, but kept kicking. Before his diagnosis, he had 3 grandchildren - EmmaLeigh and Grant (Chelsea and Kyle) and Hazel (Schuyler and Moniz). He insisted that he stay around to corrupt the rest as they came. Truus, Soren, Adriana, and Arie (Yohauna and Joel) and Liliana and Rune David (Schuyler and Moniz) have all been born and developed close relationships with their Opa since his diagnosis. On Sunday, March 15th, he gathered his posterity and gave each a Father's blessing and announced that it was time for him to leave us. We cherished every minute we had with him and we are ecstatic that he is reunited with his parents and now able to tease us without pain. Throughout his life, David has always asked to be cremated and stored in a styrofoam container - we're not so sure about the styrofoam, but he will be cremated following the services. There will be a Viewing on Friday, March 27th, 6PM-8PM. On Saturday, March 28th, there will be a Viewing from 10:00-10:45, and the Funeral Services will begin at 11:00 am at the LDS Church located at 1250 S Main St. Bountiful, UT 84010. Please join us to reminisce about our most unique, fun-loving, hard-working, spiritual brother, husband, father, grandfather, and friend any of us have ever known.

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