Rachael Alvine Mizell-Coletti-Eggers

It is with great sadness that we announce the loss of Rachael Alvine Eggers, our precious, beloved daughter, sister, mother, wife, aunt and friend, who passed on to a better place on Saturday, May 15, 2021. She was born Rachael Alvine Mizell on April 15, 1979, at Oschner Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana.

As a child and young adult, Rachael was a perfectionist and held herself to a very high, often unattainable standard; a practice she would continue for the rest of her life. She was a straight-A student, taking many honors and AP classes. She graduated high school with honors, and attended the University of Nevada Las Vegas, as well as the University of Nevada Reno. She pursued an education in accounting and worked in that field for many years, in various different industries. Although she worked at the typical accounting firm, as a bookkeeper for small and independent companies, including most recently as the Human Resource Manager and Accounting Manager for Silverwolf Consulting LLC, her real passion was pursuing the various humanitarian causes she chose to support in her personal time, including Advocates for Women, a non-profit organization she was just trying to form and get off the ground within the past few months.

Rachael was incredibly intelligent, witty, and talented in so many ways. She was a true artist. She was a beautiful ballerina, and at the age of 15 was even awarded a scholarship to the Joffrey School of Ballet. Her senior year in high school, she was able to perform her dream role of Sleeping Beauty, dancing the original Petipa choreography. So many people were moved by that performance, and still comment to this day about how beautifully she performed that role. In college she embraced a love of modern dance and was able to choreograph pieces while a member of the Modern Dance Company at UNR. She dabbled in drawing and painting, and she had a natural gift for fashion design and decorating. She made everything beautiful. She LOVED music and singing. She played the piano, the guitar and even tried her hand at songwriting.

Rachael had a courage that came naturally to her, and she always stood up for what she believed was right. She was always her true, authentic self and didn't pretend or modify herself for anyone or anything.

More than anything, Rachael was a committed and loving mother to Naomi and Mia, who she loved more than anything in the world. She was so proud of them, and she lived for her girls. She always planned such fun things for them. Picnics, crafts, outings and camping trips. She loved being outside, especially in the summer when it was warm, and she loved the beach. She took them on adventures to explore the natural world, and encouraged them to connect to that bigger, cosmic love and beauty of which we are all a part, if we just try to tune into that frequency. She always made everything special. Rachael and her husband, Jeremy, loved to travel and experience new things together. In his words, “Nobody embraced the unknown like she did.”

Rachael was a singularly unique and remarkable person. Her radiant smile was the brightest you’ve ever seen, lighting up any room she was in. Everyone who met Rachael loved her immediately and will never forget her. We were all drawn to her by her infectious laugh and magnetic personality, and we are all better people for having known her. She was incredibly beautiful, inside and out. She had such a good heart, she felt very strongly the weight of the injustice of this world, and she cared deeply for anyone who was struggling. Even though she quietly fought her own demons and struggled to reconcile how to live her truth in such a world, she was always the first to lend a hand to others and to try to make the world a more kind, livable place.

Although we are heart-broken that she left us at such a young age, as her husband said in remembering her, “Some people are truly too beautiful for this world.” Rachael, we hope whatever unknown you are embracing now has brought you the peace and happiness you so deserve.

Rachael is survived by her husband Jeremy Eggers, her parents Carolyn and Louis Mizell, her sister Erica Anderson, her children Naomi Crocker and Mia Coletti, along with a very close-knit extended family of aunts, uncles, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews, cousins and her close friends, particularly her “bestie,” Katie Marie Pollard.

She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Alvine Theriot, whose namesake she was so proud to carry, as they had an especially close relationship, as well as her uncle, Lawrence J. Theriot.

Services will be held on Saturday, May 22, 2021, with a viewing at 10:00 am and the service to follow at 11:00 am at Larkin Mortuary, located at 260 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84111. The services were recorded and can be viewed here: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/hCEWMueRO-PB2slUpUVCgrR2ubwW3VCYtYn-2i-zdcmnpq3AmmZwBoHZzrcCemCJ.d3yUjes3kuYgm8SD?startTime=1621701887000

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