Allan Jordan Brady passed away peacefully Sunday, August 6, 2023, in his home in Austin,Texas. Services will be held Saturday, August 12 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 1000 Rutherford Lane in Austin. A viewing will take place in the Relief Society room at 10:00 a.m., immediately followed by a Celebration of Life in the chapel at 11:00 a.m.
Allan was born on Monday, May 23, 1927, in Fairview, Utah, to Jordan “Frank” and Laura Garlick Brady. Allan graduated from North Sanpete High School in 1945 and shortly afterwards was drafted into the US Army and assigned to an Engineering unit in Fort Richardson, Alaska. He was discharged in 1947 and enrolled at Utah State University before transferring to University of Utah to study Physics, where he met Dorothy Abbott.
Allan and Dorothy were married in the Salt Lake City Temple on September 5, 1952, shortly before Allan started a PhD program in Physiology at the University of Washington. Daughter Susan was born in 1955, in Seattle. After completing his program in 1956, the Bradys moved to Cambridge, England, to participate in a post-doctoral fellowship. At the conclusion of this fellowship, Allan was invited to join a new research lab at UCLA. Son David was born in 1959 in Los Angeles.
Allan was a pioneer in the field of muscle electrophysiology and his unique education and research allowed him to create a software simulation of the cardiovascular system and how it interacts with the nervous system. An updated version of this program is still in use at the physiology labs at UCLA.
In March 1989, Dorothy passed away after a battle with cancer. Allan took a sabbatical at the University of Texas in Austin, where he met and eventually married Sharon Thomas on October 30, 1992 (sealed on December 3, 1996). In 2010, Allan and Sharon served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Long Island, New York. Sharon passed away on November 9, 2016 due to cancer.
Allan spent his life in the pursuit of knowledge and wisdom. This pursuit helped him develop a close, personal relationship with his Heavenly Father and Allan spent many years serving in a variety of callings within the Church. He was also fiercely dedicated to his family, both those living and those who had passed on before him.
Allan was preceded in death by his mother and father, Laura and Frank Brady; brother Lloyd (Bertha) Brady; brother Cloy Brady; brother Ralph Brady; brother Kent Brady; first wife Dorothy; second wife Sharon; and son David Brady.
He is survived by his brother, Earl Brady; his daughter, Susan Farnsworth and husband Glen of Fountain Valley, California; daughter-in-law Mandy Brady of San Jose, California; stepdaughter Elizabeth Andrews and husband Tyler of Austin; stepdaughter Carrie Jaramillo and husband Miguel of Austin; nine grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, and 27 great-grandchildren.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.wcfishnorth.com for the Brady family.
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