Leda, the 7th of 12 children, was born on May 1, 1916 in Treasureton, Idaho to Henry Clipson Atkinson and Charlotte Henretta Dawson.

Married Willis Allen Biggs on July 1, 1934. They had two sons, but soon the marriage went sour and they divorced.

Leda found herself raising her two young boys by herself in the middle of the Great Depression. They moved into a small apartment in Preston and she got a job at the diner as a waitress. A lady in her apartment complex would watch Leda’s sons at night while she worked graveyard shift, and Leda would then be able to spend the days caring for them.

Meanwhile, John Sampson was the manager of the Preston Pool Hall. Many nights, after the pool hall closed, John would stop in at the diner to eat. Leda, seeing the quiet guy at the end of the counter, once asked him, “What does your wife think of you eating out every night?” John, being a man of few words simply replied, “Not married”. Well if he had any aspirations they were quickly dashed when she said, “You don’t know how lucky you are, you should keep it that way!”

John didn’t “keep it that way” though and soon he was walking the pretty young waitress home each night.

Leda married John Sampson on Jan. 12, 1942. in Soda Springs, Idaho. He adopted her two sons, Bill and Stephen, as his own.

The family moved to Salt Lake City during World War II, and bought a house from John's sister Goldie. It stands at 1340 W 900 S.

Her life was changed forever in February 1951 when her 11-year-old son Stephen was hit and killed by a drunk driver while riding his bicycle. Afterwords, Leda never drove a car again and John never drank again.

Leda was a long time employee of the Hotel Utah where she met people from all over the world and many of the church general authorities and prophets.

She served faithfully in the Poplar Grove Ward in numerous callings all of her life. She was loved by all she served.

She was always thoughtful of other people and did whatever she could to make their lives more comfortable. Her family and her faith were always her highest priorities.

Leda died at her home Feb. 14, 2014 in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the company of her family.