Aileen K Allen Lance Cochrane, age 73, of La Verkin, Utah, passed away Nov. 6, 2022, surrounded by loved ones after a long and hard-fought battle with scoliosis, and the side effects of multiple surgeries.
Aileen was the daughter of Robert Allen and Margaret Stobes Allen, and was born March 27, 1949, in Grand Junction, Colorado. Aileen was their third child, with a brother Robert Allen Jr, and a sister Norma Allen Hardman. She attended school in Palisade and graduated in 1967. After her graduation she married her high school sweetheart Lavern Lance. They moved to Utah in the early 1970s and raised their family there. They had three children, Alicia Gibson, Justin Lance, and Conrad Lance.
Lavern passed away in 1986. Aileen met her soon to be husband Lonnie Cochrane in 1989 and they moved to La Verkin, Utah, in the spring of 1998. Aileen sold real estate, worked for the local veterinarian, and worked for local grocery stores in Hurricane and La Verkin, and retired in 2011.
She leaves behind her husband Lonnie, her daughter, two sons, two stepsons (Casey and Jacob Cochrane), and was preceded in death by her father, mother, and brother.
Aileen loved animals of all kinds. She enjoyed for many years riding on the back of their motorcycle through many Western states and served as an officer of the GWRRA Association.
Special thanks to Peter Hill and Brian Stephens of Integrated Hospice Care.
Funeral services will be held Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, at 12 p.m. at the La Verkin LDS Chapel, 70 S. 300 West, La Verkin, Utah. A visitation will be held prior to services from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. at the same location. Interment will be in the Santaquin City Cemetery, 100 E. 300 South, Santaquin, Utah, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, at 1 p.m. Memories may be shared at www.serenitystg.com.