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Alan Lynn Bugg

Colorado Springs, CO, USA

September 21, 1952 - September 1, 2020

Sep 21, 1952 - Sep 1, 2020

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Alan Lynn Bugg, of Colorado Springs CO, age 67, passed away September 1st, 2020 in Lehi, UT.

Alan was born September 21st, 1952 to Donald and Sally in Monticello, UT. Alan and his brothers and sisters grew up close, moving several times between small towns in eastern Utah and western Colorado. The second eldest of eight children, he contributed to his family's love of music, and singing. Music and laughter characterized his family from the beginning, and Alan’s big, clear voice was a great part of that. Whether singing as a family, at church, or with his Dad, song characterized much of his life.

Alan attended Brigham Young University, receiving his undergrad in Sociology. While attending school, he met and courted Nancy Anne Nielson. After a near-proposal at a school basketball game (of which Nancy would have none of it), he later succeeded, leading to their marriage in the LDS Salt Lake Temple in 1976. He continued on in his education, graduating with a Juris Docorate from J. Rueben Clark Law School in 1979. Alan and Nancy went on to have seven children - Lori Lyn, Mark Alan, Matthew Aaron, Cheryl Elizabeth, Jonathan Michael, Carolyn Margaret, and Scott Donald.

Alan worked hard for several law firms to support his family, moving throughout Colorado, finally settling long term in Colorado Springs, CO, where he established his own Family Law and Bankruptcy practice. He became known in the community as a good man set on helping people struggling through some of the hardest parts of their lives. A generous soul, Alan often let clients work off their debt if they were unable to repay him directly. He was kind to those who wronged him, showing compassion when he had money stolen from his business, and always strived to be a force of good in his community, and for his family.

He worked long hours supporting a large family, but always showed his wife and children love in the ways he knew best. Regularly bringing home flowers to his wife, and attending what sports and musical events he could among seven children, he took pride in his role within the family. He would often break out into song, filling the home with the music he grew up singing. He was recognized as a wonderful teacher, bringing insight to those lucky enough to have him as an instructor in both in religious and academic settings. He had a great love of history, both of families and of the world. He was an avid reader, as the walls lined with books of his home can attest. Reading anything of interest he had, he was constantly encouraging, begging, and even attempting to bribe his children to read more, knowing the good it would do them in their lives. He loved movies - no matter the quality of them. But most impressively, he used all of his talents, loves, and skills together. He would at times, "correct" a movie, reciting original lines from the book, and give the back story of why it was better left the way it was, and go into the history surrounding the scene. Or at times, he would simply enjoy his family being with him, doing something he loved together.

His love for his family never waned or faltered. As his memory and cognition faded in his final years, his love was still there, just hidden under a disease and troubled mind. He would sing to his grandchildren, not knowing who they were, but knowing he loved them. His surviving family will miss his songs, and miss who he was to them, and most importantly who he was for them.

Alan is survived by his mother, Sally; six of his seven siblings; Nancy Aileen Benner, Patricia Ann Dahlin, Thomas Blaine Bugg, Peggy Lee Cross, Richard Dean Bugg, Donald Neal Bugg; his aforementioned seven children, fifteen grandchildren, and his wife. We all miss him dearly.

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