Alica Price Palmer

I’ll love you forever,

I’ll like you for always,

For this life and after

Our Momma you’ll be.

 Alica Price Palmer —Our Beloved Wife, Mom, Grandma, and Daughter—passed on to be with her Heavenly Father on October 28th, 2024, from complications brought on by a sudden brain aneurysm. Our lovely Alica overcame so much in her final days, and we take comfort in knowing she is now truly at peace. 

 Alica was born in Lansing, Michigan, to Darlyne and Edmund Scott Price. The oldest of four children, Alica and her family moved around often as a child and young adult. As a young girl, Alica had the cutest freckles, was a voracious reader, loved to cook, and make dandelion green salads with her dad. She was a sweet and responsible young woman and loved her family deeply. She suffered great heartache at the sudden loss of her teenage brother, Karl, followed by the death of her father in the same year. --- We are comforted in knowing she is reunited with them in Heaven. 

 Alica met her future sweetheart, Lee Palmer, when she attended Vae View Elementary in Layton for a short time. Alica would always joke that it was not love at first sight because Lee was a geeky hall monitor. In subsequent years at Layton High School, Alica and Lee’s love story began. They were married on June 7, 1975, at the Huntsville Park and sealed in 1987 at the Salt Lake City Temple for time and all eternity. During this period of her life, Alica welcomed five beautiful children, Carly, Robert, Daniel, Sean, and Kelsey. Alica always taught her children to treat others with kindness and inclusion, traits that she exemplified throughout her life. --- We use Alica and Lee’s story as a shining example of love in its truest form. 

 After Sean and Kelsey were older, Alica went back to school to become an elementary school teacher. She worked tirelessly, all while raising two young children, and earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Education from Weber State University in 2003. Throughout her time with the Davis School District at various elementary schools, Alica was known for being the teacher that would volunteer to take a difficult student and would patiently work to uncover how to reach them. Teaching was more than just a profession to Alica; it was an integral part of who she was. Even after her retirement in 2020, Alica sought out opportunities to teach in Sunday School, and at home with her grandkids, and most recently in a service mission through the Brigham Young University (BYU) Pathway program within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. --- We feel so proud of the innumerable contributions our dear Alica made to the lives of her students; young and old. 

 Above all, family is the most important part of Alica’s life. Alica’s pride and joy are her 15 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Our Grandma Alica truly sees each of her grandchildren for who they are. She is the type of grandma that gets on your level and brings you out of your shell. Her influence makes us shine because she saw our potential. These moments when Grandma Alica would get down on the floor and play, dance around, giggle, and just have fun with her grandchildren are etched in our hearts forever. Alica is the true center of our family and our safe haven; the hole left by her absence will be filled with the memory of her love. We know our family will be together again in Heaven and our Grandma Alica will be waiting to welcome us with one of her warm hugs. --- We know she is holding her little angel baby grandson, who we never got to meet, and she is preparing future generations to come to our family and bless us. 

 Alica has a special relationship with her 93-year-old mother, Darlyne, who has lived with or near Alica’s family for 25 years. She cares so deeply about her well-being and health and is truly her best friend. --- We support Darlyne and each other during the loss of her sweet daughter and our beautiful momma. 

 Central to Alica’s life and character is her faith in the doctrine of the LDS Church. Alica found immeasurable comfort in her faith and knew that families can be together forever. In her free time, she researched family history and genealogy, and enjoyed attending the temple with her husband, Lee. --- We find solace in the knowledge she is with her Father in Heaven and awaiting the moment she can welcome her loved ones to the Kingdom of Heaven with open arms. 

 When Lee’s cancer relapsed, Alica and Lee decided to retire and spend their remaining days together. They spent much of their retired life finding ways to be with their kids and grandkids. There were countless road trips to visit family and many more with no destination in mind. Alica and Lee found true companionship in those moments together—most spent talking about their family and how to help them be happy. --- We know Our Mom spent much of her time praying for us to find happiness and we know she is looking down from Heaven to guide us to find it. 

 Alica is survived by her husband of 49 years, Lee; her children, Carly (Lance), Robert (Kelti), Daniel (Lacey), Sean (Danielle), and Kelsey (Indy); her grandchildren, Benjamin, Payton, Addison, Emme, Ella, Manhattan, Brigham, Everly, Starlee, Quinn, Thomas, Conrad, Ellis, and Baby Girl on the way; her first great grandchild, Issac; mother, Darlyne; sister, Marcia; brother, Bill; and many, many friends who were so dear to her. 

 She is preceded in death by her father, Scott; brother, Karl; and baby grandson. 

 Alica received extraordinary care in her final days at The University of Utah Hospital Neuro Critical Care Unit. Each member of her care team provided strength, support, and honesty during the worst event of our lives. Words will never express how much their care has meant to our family—thank you. 

 A small graveside service will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, November 2, 2024, at Lindquist’s Memorial Park at Layton 1867 N. Fairfield Rd. Layton, Utah, to commemorate the amazing person she is. 

 In lieu of donations or flowers, her family asks that you share a kind word or cherished memory you have with Alica so her legacy can live on in all of us.