January 20, 2024
ALAN BERT ALDRICH born July 31, 1942 in Oak Park Illinois, passed away peacefully as the snow fell and the sun rose on January 20, 2024, aged well 81 years. Known as “Al” to his countless good friends, Alan was a larger than life character whose love, generosity, good works, humor and contributions to his community will live far beyond him.
Born to Alice (Coates) and Bert Aldrich, Alan was raised in suburban Chicago but was proud to have experienced his parents’ Iowan roots with several summers spent laboring on the farms of family friends. The value of hard work was further infused by a job delivering newspapers around the neighborhood as a boy. Growing up in a very musical family Alan became an accomplished musician, attending Interlochen Center for the Arts where his clarinet mastery ultimately earned him first chair in his school orchestra.
