December 7, 1945 - October 28, 2025 (age 79)

Albert Wallace Mitchell III, 79, of Cove, Utah, died in his home in Cove, Utah, surrounded by his family on October 28, 2025.

He was born on December 7,1945, in the Bushnell Army Hospital in Brigham City, Utah, to his parents, Albert Wallace Mitchell Jr. and Geneva Naomi Cliff. He spent his childhood on a dairy farm with his two brothers and sister in Payette, Idaho where he learned the value of hard work. Wallace was always described by his family as a happy child, a trait that he maintained throughout his entire life, including through life’s inevitable challenges.

Wallace attended Utah State University and the MacKay School of Mines at the University of Nevada, Reno, where he studied Geology, which led him to a career that would take him a

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