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Richard “Leo” Spencer

Birth: 29 Nov 1884
Indianola, Sanpete County, Utah, USA
Death: 23 Jun 1970 (aged 85)
Provo, Utah County, Utah, USA
Burial: East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery

Provo, Utah County, Utah, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 40.2981934, Longitude: -111.6476631
Memorial ID: 102828826 View Source

Richard Leo Spencer, always known as Leo, was the oldest son of Richard Henry Spencer, of the Indianola Spencers, and Annie Harriet Reynolds. He married Grace Adalaide Nelson on 7 Nov. 1907. They had seven daughters and two sons, many of them born in small cabins in Indianola.

Leo was primarily a sheep farmer in Indianola and then later Mount Pleasant, and after losing his farm in the great depression, worked as a guard at Geneva Steel near Springville (1935), and later in Provo. He died in Provo in a nursing home in 1970. He was preceded in death by his wife Grace in 1968.

Richard Leo Spencer, always known as Leo, was the oldest son of Richard Henry Spencer, of the Indianola Spencers, and Annie Harriet Reynolds. He married Grace Adalaide Nelson on 7 Nov. 1907. They had seven daughters and two sons, many of them born in small cabins in Indianola.

Leo was primarily a sheep farmer in Indianola and then later Mount Pleasant, and after losing his farm in the great depression, worked as a guard at Geneva Steel near Springville (1935), and later in Provo. He died in Provo in a nursing home in 1970. He was preceded in death by his wife Grace in 1968.

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Grace Adalaide Nelson Spencer

1884–1968 (m. 1907)

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Maintained by: Steven H
Originally Created by: Judy Montoya Curbow
Added: Dec 30, 2012
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102828826/richard-spencer: accessed ), memorial page for Richard “Leo” Spencer (29 Nov 1884–23 Jun 1970), Find a Grave Memorial ID 102828826, citing East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery, Provo, Utah County, Utah, USA; Maintained by Steven H (contributor 48932539).

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