Amil 'Dick' Leavitt Dies at Hospital, Funeral Saturday
Amil "Dick" Leavitt, 64, respected Afton and Grover citizen for many years, died Wednesday about 4 p.m. at the Star Valley LDS Hospital after a long illness.
Funeral services will be conducted in the Afton Second-Third Ward Chapel, under the direction of the Second ward Bishopric, Saturday May 16, at 1 p,m.
The body will be at the family home Friday afternoon and evening, and again Saturday morning until funeral time, where friends may call.
Services Held Saturday for Amil Leavitt
Amil "Dick" Leavitt, 64, well known and respected resident of Star Valley for many years, died Wednesday, May 13 at 4 p.m. at the Star Valley LDS Hospital in Afton, after a long illness. His wife and members of his family were at his bedside.
Funeral services were held Saturday, May 16 at 1 p.m. in the Afton Second-Third Ward Chapel,with Counselor Gale L. Haderlie of the Second Ward Bishopric conducting. Interment was in the Afton City Cemetery.'
Amil Leavitt was born June 14, 1899 at Kemmerer Wyo., a son of Henry Earl and Hephzibah Webster Leavitt. He came with his parents to Star Valley in his early infancy, living in Auburn during his childhood and youth. Because of his family's limited finances, his education was curtailed. He made his own way by working at hard labor during his teens.
"Dick" as he was known by his family and friends, participated in many "firsts" in Star Valley. He worked for the forest services constructing the first telephone lines, roads and trails. When the local school district was first organized, he was foreman of a crew of men doing excavation work for the school buildings built about 1925. He also drove the first high school conveyance from Grover to Afton, using horses, wagons and sleighs. These improved to covered wagons and sleighs with stoves. Later he drove motor-driven school buses carrying elementary and high school students.
Amil worked in the timber as a logger for 25 years, furnishing logs for the Schwab and Gardner Sawmills at Afton, and was one of the first loggers to use trucks for logging.
He married Lovina c. Jensen in the Salt Lake Temple June 25, 1919. After his marriage he lived in Auburn, then moved to Grover where he engaged in farming, supplemented with other work, until his health began to fail. Seventeen years ago he sold his farm and home and moved to Afton to live. He continued to drive school buses and for several years was superintendent in charge of the care of the Lincoln County Fairgrounds. He worked for nine years as custodian at the Star Valley LDS Hospital and helped with emergencies. Here he enjoyed a close association and friendship with the hospital staff and doctors, especially "Dr. Sam" (Worthen) who cared for him faithfully through the years. Dick was very appreciative of the care and attention given him during his illness.
He worked in defense plants in Ogden while his oldest son, Lawrence, was training and serving in the Pacific for the assault on Japan.
Dick was a friendly, happy person with a keen sense of humor, and was always a hard worker at whatever he was engaged in. He was dependable, sincere and patient during his long illness. He was a loving, considerate and understanding husband and father, who loved his wife and family and home above all else. He was immaculate and orderly in his personal habits, was quiet and unassuming. He was dearly loved by his wife, children and grandchildren.
He had been ill for the past 10 years, and was an invalid for the last five years, suffering intense discomfort and pain.
He was an elder in the LDS Church, and served as a ward teacher, and as a dance committeeman for several years in the Grover Ward. He assisted numerous ward and civic projects. He had a deep and abiding faith in his Heavenly Father.
He is survived by his widow; four sons and four daughters, Mrs Wayne (Carma) Skinner, Grover; Mrs John E. (Wyoma) Hale, Hyde Park, Utah Lawrence J. "Jake", Shelly, Idaho; A. Ross, Shelley, Idaho; Mrs Basil Bennett, Meeteetse Wyo.
Leavitt, Amil (Dick) (13 May 1964) Star Valley Independent
Amil "Dick" Leavitt, 64, respected Afton and Grover citizen for many years, died Wednesday about 4 p.m. at the Star Valley LDS Hospital after a long illness.
Funeral services will be conducted in the Afton Second-Third Ward Chapel, under the direction of the Second ward Bishopric, Saturday May 16, at 1 p,m.
The body will be at the family home Friday afternoon and evening, and again Saturday morning until funeral time, where friends may call.
Services Held Saturday for Amil Leavitt
Amil "Dick" Leavitt, 64, well known and respected resident of Star Valley for many years, died Wednesday, May 13 at 4 p.m. at the Star Valley LDS Hospital in Afton, after a long illness. His wife and members of his family were at his bedside.
Funeral services were held Saturday, May 16 at 1 p.m. in the Afton Second-Third Ward Chapel,with Counselor Gale L. Haderlie of the Second Ward Bishopric conducting. Interment was in the Afton City Cemetery.'
Amil Leavitt was born June 14, 1899 at Kemmerer Wyo., a son of Henry Earl and Hephzibah Webster Leavitt. He came with his parents to Star Valley in his early infancy, living in Auburn during his childhood and youth. Because of his family's limited finances, his education was curtailed. He made his own way by working at hard labor during his teens.
"Dick" as he was known by his family and friends, participated in many "firsts" in Star Valley. He worked for the forest services constructing the first telephone lines, roads and trails. When the local school district was first organized, he was foreman of a crew of men doing excavation work for the school buildings built about 1925. He also drove the first high school conveyance from Grover to Afton, using horses, wagons and sleighs. These improved to covered wagons and sleighs with stoves. Later he drove motor-driven school buses carrying elementary and high school students.
Amil worked in the timber as a logger for 25 years, furnishing logs for the Schwab and Gardner Sawmills at Afton, and was one of the first loggers to use trucks for logging.
He married Lovina c. Jensen in the Salt Lake Temple June 25, 1919. After his marriage he lived in Auburn, then moved to Grover where he engaged in farming, supplemented with other work, until his health began to fail. Seventeen years ago he sold his farm and home and moved to Afton to live. He continued to drive school buses and for several years was superintendent in charge of the care of the Lincoln County Fairgrounds. He worked for nine years as custodian at the Star Valley LDS Hospital and helped with emergencies. Here he enjoyed a close association and friendship with the hospital staff and doctors, especially "Dr. Sam" (Worthen) who cared for him faithfully through the years. Dick was very appreciative of the care and attention given him during his illness.
He worked in defense plants in Ogden while his oldest son, Lawrence, was training and serving in the Pacific for the assault on Japan.
Dick was a friendly, happy person with a keen sense of humor, and was always a hard worker at whatever he was engaged in. He was dependable, sincere and patient during his long illness. He was a loving, considerate and understanding husband and father, who loved his wife and family and home above all else. He was immaculate and orderly in his personal habits, was quiet and unassuming. He was dearly loved by his wife, children and grandchildren.
He had been ill for the past 10 years, and was an invalid for the last five years, suffering intense discomfort and pain.
He was an elder in the LDS Church, and served as a ward teacher, and as a dance committeeman for several years in the Grover Ward. He assisted numerous ward and civic projects. He had a deep and abiding faith in his Heavenly Father.
He is survived by his widow; four sons and four daughters, Mrs Wayne (Carma) Skinner, Grover; Mrs John E. (Wyoma) Hale, Hyde Park, Utah Lawrence J. "Jake", Shelly, Idaho; A. Ross, Shelley, Idaho; Mrs Basil Bennett, Meeteetse Wyo.
Leavitt, Amil (Dick) (13 May 1964) Star Valley Independent
Amil 'Dick' Leavitt Dies at Hospital, Funeral Saturday
Amil "Dick" Leavitt, 64, respected Afton and Grover citizen for many years, died Wednesday about 4 p.m. at the Star Valley LDS Hospital after a long illness.
Funeral services will be conducted in the Afton Second-Third Ward Chapel, under the direction of the Second ward Bishopric, Saturday May 16, at 1 p,m.
The body will be at the family home Friday afternoon and evening, and again Saturday morning until funeral time, where friends may call.
Services Held Saturday for Amil Leavitt
Amil "Dick" Leavitt, 64, well known and respected resident of Star Valley for many years, died Wednesday, May 13 at 4 p.m. at the Star Valley LDS Hospital in Afton, after a long illness. His wife and members of his family were at his bedside.
Funeral services were held Saturday, May 16 at 1 p.m. in the Afton Second-Third Ward Chapel,with Counselor Gale L. Haderlie of the Second Ward Bishopric conducting. Interment was in the Afton City Cemetery.'
Amil Leavitt was born June 14, 1899 at Kemmerer Wyo., a son of Henry Earl and Hephzibah Webster Leavitt. He came with his parents to Star Valley in his early infancy, living in Auburn during his childhood and youth. Because of his family's limited finances, his education was curtailed. He made his own way by working at hard labor during his teens.
"Dick" as he was known by his family and friends, participated in many "firsts" in Star Valley. He worked for the forest services constructing the first telephone lines, roads and trails. When the local school district was first organized, he was foreman of a crew of men doing excavation work for the school buildings built about 1925. He also drove the first high school conveyance from Grover to Afton, using horses, wagons and sleighs. These improved to covered wagons and sleighs with stoves. Later he drove motor-driven school buses carrying elementary and high school students.
Amil worked in the timber as a logger for 25 years, furnishing logs for the Schwab and Gardner Sawmills at Afton, and was one of the first loggers to use trucks for logging.
He married Lovina c. Jensen in the Salt Lake Temple June 25, 1919. After his marriage he lived in Auburn, then moved to Grover where he engaged in farming, supplemented with other work, until his health began to fail. Seventeen years ago he sold his farm and home and moved to Afton to live. He continued to drive school buses and for several years was superintendent in charge of the care of the Lincoln County Fairgrounds. He worked for nine years as custodian at the Star Valley LDS Hospital and helped with emergencies. Here he enjoyed a close association and friendship with the hospital staff and doctors, especially "Dr. Sam" (Worthen) who cared for him faithfully through the years. Dick was very appreciative of the care and attention given him during his illness.
He worked in defense plants in Ogden while his oldest son, Lawrence, was training and serving in the Pacific for the assault on Japan.
Dick was a friendly, happy person with a keen sense of humor, and was always a hard worker at whatever he was engaged in. He was dependable, sincere and patient during his long illness. He was a loving, considerate and understanding husband and father, who loved his wife and family and home above all else. He was immaculate and orderly in his personal habits, was quiet and unassuming. He was dearly loved by his wife, children and grandchildren.
He had been ill for the past 10 years, and was an invalid for the last five years, suffering intense discomfort and pain.
He was an elder in the LDS Church, and served as a ward teacher, and as a dance committeeman for several years in the Grover Ward. He assisted numerous ward and civic projects. He had a deep and abiding faith in his Heavenly Father.
He is survived by his widow; four sons and four daughters, Mrs Wayne (Carma) Skinner, Grover; Mrs John E. (Wyoma) Hale, Hyde Park, Utah Lawrence J. "Jake", Shelly, Idaho; A. Ross, Shelley, Idaho; Mrs Basil Bennett, Meeteetse Wyo.
Leavitt, Amil (Dick) (13 May 1964) Star Valley Independent
Amil "Dick" Leavitt, 64, respected Afton and Grover citizen for many years, died Wednesday about 4 p.m. at the Star Valley LDS Hospital after a long illness.
Funeral services will be conducted in the Afton Second-Third Ward Chapel, under the direction of the Second ward Bishopric, Saturday May 16, at 1 p,m.
The body will be at the family home Friday afternoon and evening, and again Saturday morning until funeral time, where friends may call.
Services Held Saturday for Amil Leavitt
Amil "Dick" Leavitt, 64, well known and respected resident of Star Valley for many years, died Wednesday, May 13 at 4 p.m. at the Star Valley LDS Hospital in Afton, after a long illness. His wife and members of his family were at his bedside.
Funeral services were held Saturday, May 16 at 1 p.m. in the Afton Second-Third Ward Chapel,with Counselor Gale L. Haderlie of the Second Ward Bishopric conducting. Interment was in the Afton City Cemetery.'
Amil Leavitt was born June 14, 1899 at Kemmerer Wyo., a son of Henry Earl and Hephzibah Webster Leavitt. He came with his parents to Star Valley in his early infancy, living in Auburn during his childhood and youth. Because of his family's limited finances, his education was curtailed. He made his own way by working at hard labor during his teens.
"Dick" as he was known by his family and friends, participated in many "firsts" in Star Valley. He worked for the forest services constructing the first telephone lines, roads and trails. When the local school district was first organized, he was foreman of a crew of men doing excavation work for the school buildings built about 1925. He also drove the first high school conveyance from Grover to Afton, using horses, wagons and sleighs. These improved to covered wagons and sleighs with stoves. Later he drove motor-driven school buses carrying elementary and high school students.
Amil worked in the timber as a logger for 25 years, furnishing logs for the Schwab and Gardner Sawmills at Afton, and was one of the first loggers to use trucks for logging.
He married Lovina c. Jensen in the Salt Lake Temple June 25, 1919. After his marriage he lived in Auburn, then moved to Grover where he engaged in farming, supplemented with other work, until his health began to fail. Seventeen years ago he sold his farm and home and moved to Afton to live. He continued to drive school buses and for several years was superintendent in charge of the care of the Lincoln County Fairgrounds. He worked for nine years as custodian at the Star Valley LDS Hospital and helped with emergencies. Here he enjoyed a close association and friendship with the hospital staff and doctors, especially "Dr. Sam" (Worthen) who cared for him faithfully through the years. Dick was very appreciative of the care and attention given him during his illness.
He worked in defense plants in Ogden while his oldest son, Lawrence, was training and serving in the Pacific for the assault on Japan.
Dick was a friendly, happy person with a keen sense of humor, and was always a hard worker at whatever he was engaged in. He was dependable, sincere and patient during his long illness. He was a loving, considerate and understanding husband and father, who loved his wife and family and home above all else. He was immaculate and orderly in his personal habits, was quiet and unassuming. He was dearly loved by his wife, children and grandchildren.
He had been ill for the past 10 years, and was an invalid for the last five years, suffering intense discomfort and pain.
He was an elder in the LDS Church, and served as a ward teacher, and as a dance committeeman for several years in the Grover Ward. He assisted numerous ward and civic projects. He had a deep and abiding faith in his Heavenly Father.
He is survived by his widow; four sons and four daughters, Mrs Wayne (Carma) Skinner, Grover; Mrs John E. (Wyoma) Hale, Hyde Park, Utah Lawrence J. "Jake", Shelly, Idaho; A. Ross, Shelley, Idaho; Mrs Basil Bennett, Meeteetse Wyo.
Leavitt, Amil (Dick) (13 May 1964) Star Valley Independent
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