Sheryle Ladine Allred Cloward, our beautiful and loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend, passed away peacefully on June 12, 2018.
Sheryle was born on April 21, 1944, to Golden and Josephine Allred in Hill Spring, Alberta, Canada. She moved to Utah when she was 4 where she attended Provost and Maeser Elementary schools, Farrer Junior High and Provo High School.
From a young age Sheryle enjoyed singing, dancing, and playing piano. In the spring before graduating from high school, she participated in the Miss Liberty Belle Pageant (now Miss Provo) and was named Miss Liberty Bell 1962. Winning that contest, and the associated scholarship, opened many doors for Sheryle, giving her the chance to attend BYU, find employment, and even join an award-winning singing trio, "The Sophisticates".
Sheryle was introduced to Sherm Cloward on a blind date while attending BYU. After a whirlwind 10-day courtship, they were engaged. Sherm left for dental school that fall and returned to marry Sheryle during Christmas break. They married in the Salt Lake LDS Temple, December 20th, 1963, before returning to Seattle where they started their family.
Upon graduation from dental school, the young family moved to Victorville, California, where Sherm served in the US Air Force as a Dentist. After two years of service, Sheryle and Sherm moved their growing family back to Provo to start their own practice.
Sheryle loved being a mother and raising her six children. She was also Sherm's biggest supporter as, together, they grew his dental practice and other business ventures.
Sheryle was also committed to serving both in the church and the community she loved so much. As a young mother, she was asked by the Mayor of Provo to serve on the Miss Provo board and as a judge. She also raised money for the Utah Valley Symphony Orchestra, and served as PTA president. In 1994 Sheryle and Sherm were asked to serve as hosts with Provo's Freedom Festival. Two years later she was asked to serve as a vice-president of the Freedom Festival and, in 2001, was honored to serve as President of the Freedom Festival.
Throughout their marriage, Sheryle enjoyed traveling with Sherm to all parts of the world. Many of her happiest memories and deepest friendships were made with the friends who travelled and spent time with them.
In her late thirties Sheryle began to feel the pains of rheumatoid arthritis, a disease that took an ongoing toll on her health. Although she felt frequent pain, and underwent more than 30 surgeries, Sheryle never complained, always smiled, and tried to make everyone around her feel like the most important person in her life.
In 2002, during a short remission in her arthritis, Sheryle and Sherm served an LDS mission at the Los Angeles Temple Visitors Center.
During the past 17 years, Sheryle and Sherm were nearly constant companions until his passing just 11 months ago. She has served with grace as the mother of our family, and provided an example of kindness and selflessness to everyone around her.
Sheryle is survived by her brother, Duane Allred, children Kim (Russ) Tolley, Steve (Ann), Kristie (Tim) Kapp, Scott (Miriam), Kevin (Kristi) and Shannon (Jason) Salmon. She leaves behind 27 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, June 20 at 11:00am at the Edgemont Stake Center, 3700 North 330 West, Provo. Family and friends may visit at a viewing Wednesday evening from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. at Walker Sanderson Funeral Home, 646 East 800 North, Orem, or Thursday morning from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. at the stake center. Interment will be in Eastlawn Memorial Hills Cemetery, 4800 North 650 East, Provo. Condolences may be offered and memories shared online at www.walkersanderson.com .
Our family would like to thank Sheryle's nieces, Wendy Selmos, for her service with hospice, and Gae Robinson, for her constant friendship. We'd also like to thank the many friends, both old and new, who visited Sheryle and always made her day, and for the amazing team at Legacy Village Assisted Living in Provo, who helped us care for her over the past three years of her life.