Alise Julia Bennett Obituary (1970 - 2012)

To view Alise's Comment Video, Click Here. To view Alise's Life Tribute, Click Here. To view Alise's Celebration of Life service, Click Here. Obituary: Alise Julia Bennett 3/2/70 - 1/19/12 Alise Julia Bennett was born in Chandler Arizona to Nick and Vickie Karkula on March 2, 1970. Growing up in the Gila Valley (Safford, Thatcher, Pima), she attended Safford Adventist School where she met her husband Richard Bennett in the 5th grade. Graduating from Safford High School in 1989, she went on to attend college at La Sierra University in California and Southwestern Adventist College in Keene, Texas. It was on a 12-hour road trip back to Keene in 1995 where she and Richard fell in love. They were married 6 months later, April 6, 1996. Alise and Richard lived in Seattle for four years, before returning to Tucson in 2000 where they have lived ever since. Alise was a self-taught artist who created large, colorful non-objective, abstract paintings in acrylic on canvas. Her work has been shown in Long Beach, CA. and New York City as well as Scottsdale, Tucson and Show Low, AZ. She received the Chelsea Global Showcase Publishing Award for her work in New York City, August 2005. Her work has been sold to collectors across the United States and Mexico. Alise lived to bring happiness to other people. Her vast friendship web via Facebook has revealed that daily she made a positive impact on people's lives far and wide. She lived to make people feel loved, noticed and important. She loved her Lord Jesus very deeply and it showed in everything she did. Her spontenaity, fun-loving open spirit brought out the best in everyone she dealt with from doctors and nurses to folks in line at the grocery store, from children to the elderly. Without a doubt, she was loved by all who knew her. As she was in life, so will she be in her passing: remembered for her love, compassion and 100% genuine nature. She is survived by her husband Richard Bennett, parents Nick and Vickie Karkula and two brothers, Kerby and Tyson Karkula and numerous nieces and nephews.