On his sixty-sixth wedding anniversary, Monday, April 12, 2021, beloved husband and father, Lee LaVell McIntire passed away surrounded by his family at his home in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
LaVell was born in Brigham City, Utah, on August 22, 1929, to Edgar Alexander and Elsa Hunsaker McIntire.
"Long and skinny," as he described himself, LaVell grew up with four siblings in Standrod, Utah.
LaVell joined the United States Air Force at age eighteen and briefly attended the University of Idaho and Brigham Young University.
After serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Netherlands, LaVell married Joan Cline in 1955 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Together they had eight children.
Though he did not expect to, LaVell worked in various industries before becoming a funeral director. LaVell assisted at a Phoenix, Arizona, funeral home for several years and later owned his own business in Parker, Arizona, for thirty-five years. LaVell and Joan also ran "The Shrubbery," a print, flower and pet shop.
LaVell dedicated his life to caring for others, especially through his callings in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including bishop and stake patriarch. In his community, he served as vice mayor, on the city council and in the local rotary club.
LaVell was also instrumental in the establishment of the first hospital in Parker.
In 1996, LaVell returned to the Netherlands, this time with Joan by his side as they served a full-time mission. After their mission, he and Joan resided in Rio Rancho for twenty-one years.
You could always count on LaVell for a warm hug, a sincere testimony and impassioned storytelling. Some of his grandchildren's favorite stories originate during his time as a mortician, including one that involved the hearse running out of gas on the way to a service. LaVell's laugh when he told these stories was particularly infectious and we will miss it very much.
LaVell was preceded in death by his sister and brother, Ethlyn and Edgar Bernell McIntire, son-in-law, Chuck McGovern and granddaughter, Raven Jeffords.
LaVell is survived by his wife, Joan, brother, Kent and sister, Carla Morell, children, Terry, Shelley (Keith), Misty (Dave), Mindy (Mike), Kendall (Kandra), Val (Donna), Kim (Joni) and Trena (Michael), thirty-two grandchildren and twenty-nine great-grandchildren.
A viewing will be held on Friday, April 16, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. and funeral services at 7:00 p.m. at the Bernalillo Latter-day Saint Church Building, 275 Avenida de Bernalillo, Bernalillo, New Mexico. A graveside service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 17, 2021 at the Parker Community Cemetery in Parker, Arizona.
Condolences may be expressed at www.riversidefunerals.com.
The service will be live streamed at the following link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13A3EAINAYt8MQxzFVYh47AEoCbo_IOk1LvDAOyAYoHE/edit
LaVell was born in Brigham City, Utah, on August 22, 1929, to Edgar Alexander and Elsa Hunsaker McIntire.
"Long and skinny," as he described himself, LaVell grew up with four siblings in Standrod, Utah.
LaVell joined the United States Air Force at age eighteen and briefly attended the University of Idaho and Brigham Young University.
After serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Netherlands, LaVell married Joan Cline in 1955 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Together they had eight children.
Though he did not expect to, LaVell worked in various industries before becoming a funeral director. LaVell assisted at a Phoenix, Arizona, funeral home for several years and later owned his own business in Parker, Arizona, for thirty-five years. LaVell and Joan also ran "The Shrubbery," a print, flower and pet shop.
LaVell dedicated his life to caring for others, especially through his callings in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including bishop and stake patriarch. In his community, he served as vice mayor, on the city council and in the local rotary club.
LaVell was also instrumental in the establishment of the first hospital in Parker.
In 1996, LaVell returned to the Netherlands, this time with Joan by his side as they served a full-time mission. After their mission, he and Joan resided in Rio Rancho for twenty-one years.
You could always count on LaVell for a warm hug, a sincere testimony and impassioned storytelling. Some of his grandchildren's favorite stories originate during his time as a mortician, including one that involved the hearse running out of gas on the way to a service. LaVell's laugh when he told these stories was particularly infectious and we will miss it very much.
LaVell was preceded in death by his sister and brother, Ethlyn and Edgar Bernell McIntire, son-in-law, Chuck McGovern and granddaughter, Raven Jeffords.
LaVell is survived by his wife, Joan, brother, Kent and sister, Carla Morell, children, Terry, Shelley (Keith), Misty (Dave), Mindy (Mike), Kendall (Kandra), Val (Donna), Kim (Joni) and Trena (Michael), thirty-two grandchildren and twenty-nine great-grandchildren.
A viewing will be held on Friday, April 16, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. and funeral services at 7:00 p.m. at the Bernalillo Latter-day Saint Church Building, 275 Avenida de Bernalillo, Bernalillo, New Mexico. A graveside service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 17, 2021 at the Parker Community Cemetery in Parker, Arizona.
Condolences may be expressed at www.riversidefunerals.com.
The service will be live streamed at the following link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13A3EAINAYt8MQxzFVYh47AEoCbo_IOk1LvDAOyAYoHE/edit
On his sixty-sixth wedding anniversary, Monday, April 12, 2021, beloved husband and father, Lee LaVell McIntire passed away surrounded by his family at his home in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
LaVell was born in Brigham City, Utah, on August 22, 1929, to Edgar Alexander and Elsa Hunsaker McIntire.
"Long and skinny," as he described himself, LaVell grew up with four siblings in Standrod, Utah.
LaVell joined the United States Air Force at age eighteen and briefly attended the University of Idaho and Brigham Young University.
After serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Netherlands, LaVell married Joan Cline in 1955 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Together they had eight children.
Though he did not expect to, LaVell worked in various industries before becoming a funeral director. LaVell assisted at a Phoenix, Arizona, funeral home for several years and later owned his own business in Parker, Arizona, for thirty-five years. LaVell and Joan also ran "The Shrubbery," a print, flower and pet shop.
LaVell dedicated his life to caring for others, especially through his callings in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including bishop and stake patriarch. In his community, he served as vice mayor, on the city council and in the local rotary club.
LaVell was also instrumental in the establishment of the first hospital in Parker.
In 1996, LaVell returned to the Netherlands, this time with Joan by his side as they served a full-time mission. After their mission, he and Joan resided in Rio Rancho for twenty-one years.
You could always count on LaVell for a warm hug, a sincere testimony and impassioned storytelling. Some of his grandchildren's favorite stories originate during his time as a mortician, including one that involved the hearse running out of gas on the way to a service. LaVell's laugh when he told these stories was particularly infectious and we will miss it very much.
LaVell was preceded in death by his sister and brother, Ethlyn and Edgar Bernell McIntire, son-in-law, Chuck McGovern and granddaughter, Raven Jeffords.
LaVell is survived by his wife, Joan, brother, Kent and sister, Carla Morell, children, Terry, Shelley (Keith), Misty (Dave), Mindy (Mike), Kendall (Kandra), Val (Donna), Kim (Joni) and Trena (Michael), thirty-two grandchildren and twenty-nine great-grandchildren.
A viewing will be held on Friday, April 16, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. and funeral services at 7:00 p.m. at the Bernalillo Latter-day Saint Church Building, 275 Avenida de Bernalillo, Bernalillo, New Mexico. A graveside service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 17, 2021 at the Parker Community Cemetery in Parker, Arizona.
Condolences may be expressed at www.riversidefunerals.com.
The service will be live streamed at the following link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13A3EAINAYt8MQxzFVYh47AEoCbo_IOk1LvDAOyAYoHE/edit
LaVell was born in Brigham City, Utah, on August 22, 1929, to Edgar Alexander and Elsa Hunsaker McIntire.
"Long and skinny," as he described himself, LaVell grew up with four siblings in Standrod, Utah.
LaVell joined the United States Air Force at age eighteen and briefly attended the University of Idaho and Brigham Young University.
After serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Netherlands, LaVell married Joan Cline in 1955 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Together they had eight children.
Though he did not expect to, LaVell worked in various industries before becoming a funeral director. LaVell assisted at a Phoenix, Arizona, funeral home for several years and later owned his own business in Parker, Arizona, for thirty-five years. LaVell and Joan also ran "The Shrubbery," a print, flower and pet shop.
LaVell dedicated his life to caring for others, especially through his callings in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including bishop and stake patriarch. In his community, he served as vice mayor, on the city council and in the local rotary club.
LaVell was also instrumental in the establishment of the first hospital in Parker.
In 1996, LaVell returned to the Netherlands, this time with Joan by his side as they served a full-time mission. After their mission, he and Joan resided in Rio Rancho for twenty-one years.
You could always count on LaVell for a warm hug, a sincere testimony and impassioned storytelling. Some of his grandchildren's favorite stories originate during his time as a mortician, including one that involved the hearse running out of gas on the way to a service. LaVell's laugh when he told these stories was particularly infectious and we will miss it very much.
LaVell was preceded in death by his sister and brother, Ethlyn and Edgar Bernell McIntire, son-in-law, Chuck McGovern and granddaughter, Raven Jeffords.
LaVell is survived by his wife, Joan, brother, Kent and sister, Carla Morell, children, Terry, Shelley (Keith), Misty (Dave), Mindy (Mike), Kendall (Kandra), Val (Donna), Kim (Joni) and Trena (Michael), thirty-two grandchildren and twenty-nine great-grandchildren.
A viewing will be held on Friday, April 16, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. and funeral services at 7:00 p.m. at the Bernalillo Latter-day Saint Church Building, 275 Avenida de Bernalillo, Bernalillo, New Mexico. A graveside service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 17, 2021 at the Parker Community Cemetery in Parker, Arizona.
Condolences may be expressed at www.riversidefunerals.com.
The service will be live streamed at the following link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13A3EAINAYt8MQxzFVYh47AEoCbo_IOk1LvDAOyAYoHE/edit
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