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LeRoy Jay “Roy” Leavitt

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LeRoy Jay “Roy” Leavitt Veteran

Birth
Provo, Utah County, Utah, USA
Death
10 Jun 2001 (aged 64)
Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA
Burial
Boulder City, Clark County, Nevada, USA Add to Map
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LeRoy Leavitt

LeRoy "Roy" Leavitt, 64, died June 10 at home.

He was born Aug. 23, 1936, in Provo, Utah. A retired Air Force veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars, he was an aircraft maintenance worker for a crash recovery crew and a 61-year resident of Las Vegas.

He is survived by his wife, Emily; sons, Charles, Douglas and Willy; all of Las Vegas; daughters, Jenny Laub of Las Vegas and Juanita Bates of Idaho; mother, Eldona of Las Vegas; brothers, Vern of Texas, Evan of Bunkerville and Larry of Arizona; sisters, Dorothy Ross of Iowa, Martha Morris of Florida, and Vera Christensen and Lorena Wagasky, both of Las Vegas; 14 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Services were held Tuesday at the Viewpoint Ward chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints followed by burial at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Nevada Funeral Service-Nevada Cremation or Burial Society handled arrangements.

Published Las Vegas Review Journal June 20, 2001
LeRoy Leavitt

LeRoy "Roy" Leavitt, 64, died June 10 at home.

He was born Aug. 23, 1936, in Provo, Utah. A retired Air Force veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars, he was an aircraft maintenance worker for a crash recovery crew and a 61-year resident of Las Vegas.

He is survived by his wife, Emily; sons, Charles, Douglas and Willy; all of Las Vegas; daughters, Jenny Laub of Las Vegas and Juanita Bates of Idaho; mother, Eldona of Las Vegas; brothers, Vern of Texas, Evan of Bunkerville and Larry of Arizona; sisters, Dorothy Ross of Iowa, Martha Morris of Florida, and Vera Christensen and Lorena Wagasky, both of Las Vegas; 14 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Services were held Tuesday at the Viewpoint Ward chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints followed by burial at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Nevada Funeral Service-Nevada Cremation or Burial Society handled arrangements.

Published Las Vegas Review Journal June 20, 2001

Bio by: Scherrie Adams-Ambré


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