Alvis Hobart "Al" Stallard
Marriages
Sara Lou West - 1957
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 8A Death Notice - December 2, 2016
Alvis Hobart Stallard, 83, Grand Junction, died Nov. 29, 2016,
at HopeWest and Palliative Care Center.
Services will take place at 10 a.m. Monday at First Presbyterian
Church. Burial service will be in Topeka, Kansas.
Survivors include his wife, Lou; two sons, Steven Jay of Colleyville,
Texas, and Timothy Clay of Lawrence, Kansas; one daughter,
Debra King of Grand Junction; one brother, David Stallard of
Wichita, Kansas; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 8A Obituary - December 2, 2016
Alvis H. Stallard
March 15, 1933 - December 2, 2016
Alvis H. Stallard passed
away peacefully at HopeWest
Hospice Care center on
November 29, at the age of
83.
Al was born March 15,
1933, and grew up in the
farmlands around Perry,
Kansas. He was a proud
Jayhawk, graduating from
Kansas University in 1955.
He joined the U.S. Air Force in 1956, where he was an
instructor in photo-radar intelligence.
In 1957, he married Sara Lou West and they settled in Topeka,
Kansas. They moved to Grand Junction, Colorado in 2013 to be
closer to their daughter.
After leaving the Air Force in 1959, he took a job with the
Kansas Department of Transportation where he worked as an
Environmental Geologist until his retirement in 1993. He was
also adjunct professor of geology at Washburn University for 40
years.
Outside of work, Al was a member of the Auburn-Washburn
School District Board of Education, serving as president for two
years and was a co-founder of the Ken Berry Baseball League in
Topeka. He also served on several other boards, including being
a member of the Technical Advisory Panel for the National
Research Council, and a member of the Technical Advisory
Committee for the Department of Transportation. He authored
numerous papers on Photogrammetery, Remote Sensing, and
Environment. He loved golf, racquetball, bridge, reading, and
was an ardent student of Civil War history.
He leaves behind his wife of 59 years, Lou Stallard; daughter,
Debbie King (Timothy) of Grand Junction, Colorado; sons,
Steve Stallard (Jill) of Ft. Worth, Texas, and Tim Stallard
(Leslie) of Lawrence, Kansas; ten grandchildren; two greatgrandchildren;
his brother, Dave and numerous nieces and
nephews.
He was preceded in death by his granddaughter, Rebekah Joy
King (1990-2010).
There will be a small memorial service here in Grand Junction
at the First Presbyterian Church Fletcher Room, Monday,
December 5 at 10:00 a.m. A celebration of life and his burial
will be held in Topeka, Kansas, on December 10.
The family would like to express thanks to the excellent staff
at HopeWest Hospice. In lieu of flowers, memorial
contributions can be made to HopeWest Hospice or First
Presbyterian Church.
