Leon Arnold Westover^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]}

1915 - 1988  (72 years)

• Name	Leon Arnold Westover
  Birth	27 Oct 1915	Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States
  Gender	Male
  Baptized (LDS)	3 Nov 1923
  Confirmed (LDS)	4 Nov 1923
  Endowed (LDS)	17 Jan 1936	SLAKE
  Death	5 Apr 1988	Concord, Contra Costa, California, United States
  Burial	Memory Gardens Cemetery, Concord, Contra Costa, California, United States
  Person ID	I26	Westover Family Tree
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	Arnold R Westover,   b. 16 Mar 1895, Rexburg, Fremont, Idaho, United States d. 20 Jul 1971, Quincy, Grant, Washington, United States (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Smith,   b. 12 Jul 1896, Victor, Teton, Idaho, United States d. 14 Feb 1959, Quincy, Grant, Washington, United States (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	19 Sep 1914	Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States
  Family ID	F15	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maurine Riggs,   b. 29 May 1916, Kingston, Piute, Utah, United States d. 9 Mar 1987, Concord, Contra Costa, California, United States (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	27 Sep 1940	Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States
  Sealed S (LDS)	27 Sep 1940	MANTI
  Children	+ 1. Kyle Jay Westover, Sr.,   b. 20 Mar 1942, Richfield, Sevier County, Utah d. 16 Nov 2021, Cottonwood Heights, Salt Lake County, Utah (Age 79 years)  [Birth]   2. Alan Westover   3. LaRee Westover   4. Reeves Scott Westover,   b. 22 Sep 1954, Walnut Creek, Contra Costa, California, United States d. 1954, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, USA   5. Keith Westover   6. Stephen Westover,   b. 15 Sep 1959, Concord, Contra Costa, California, United States d. 15 Dec 1959, Concord, Contra Costa, California, United States (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 May 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Concord, Contra Costa, California, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Leon Arnold Westover Son of Arnold and Mary Ann Westover, Leon would become the first of his family to gain a college education. He was an educator, a faithful Latter-day Saint and a devoted father.
  		unnra2.jpg Leon A. Westover, in Europe serving with UNRRA
  		Leon and Maurine Westover In Hawaii, 1984
  		unnra3.jpg Leon A. Westover, in Europe serving with UNRRA
  		unnra4.jpg Leon A. Westover, in Europe serving with UNRRA
  		Leon A. Westover Early in his career
  		unnra5.jpg Leon A. Westover, in Europe serving with UNRRA
  		Leon A. Westover This image was an early colorization. It has been restored to its original state.
  		unnra6.jpg Leon A. Westover, in Europe serving with UNRRA
  		Leon A. Westover This was likely taken in Enterprise (?)
  		unnra7.jpg Leon A. Westover, in Europe serving with UNRRA
  		Leon A. Westover Date and place unknown.
  		unnra8.jpg Leon A. Westover, in Europe serving with UNRRA
  		Leon A. Westover Taken perhaps in the 1950s
  		unnra9.jpg Leon A. Westover, in Europe serving with UNRRA
  		Leon A. Westover From the 1950s
  		unnra10.jpg Leon A. Westover, in Europe serving with UNRRA
  		Leon A. Westover From the 1950s
  		unnra11.jpg Leon A. Westover, in Europe serving with UNRRA
  		Leon A. Westover From the 1960s
  		unnra12.jpg Leon A. Westover, in Europe serving with UNRRA
  		Leon A. Westover A faculty shot from the 1960s
  		unnra13.jpg Leon A. Westover, in Europe serving with UNRRA
  		Leon A. Westover From the 1970s
  		unnra114.jpg Leon A. Westover, in Europe serving with UNRRA
  		Arnold Westover Taken with son Leon A. Westover in the 1940s
  		Mary Ann Smith Westover Shown here with her oldest son, Leon A. Westover

  
  

  Documents

  1950 Census - Leon Westovers Leon Westover and Family - 1950 Census

  
  

  Histories

  History of Arnold Westover A history of Arnold Westover, as compiled by family members.

  
  

  Albums		Leon A Westover - Educator (10) Images from the career of Leon A Westover in education
  		Leon A Westover - UNRRA (13) Images from the service time of Leon A. Westover with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in 1946
  		Living (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
  		Living (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
  		Mary Ann Smith Westover (13) Mary Ann was the daughter of Albert Jr and Mary Ann Humble Smith. She married Arnold Westover in 1914.

  
  

• Notes

  Leon Arnold Westover is the first born of the first generation of Westovers of the 20th century in his branch of the family. Born to Arnold and Mary Ann Smith Westover in 1915, Leon would become the first of his family to serve a mission and to graduate from college. He married Maurine Riggs in 1940. Leon was about 30 years old at the outbreak of WWII but was ineligible to serve due to an injury to his arm he suffered on the farm as a boy. During the war Leon and Maurine served as school teachers at a Japanese Relocation Center in Topaz, Utah. Leon later join UNNRA, a United Nations relief agency dedicated to post-war recovery of Europe. Leon and Maurine had six children - Kyle, Alan, LaRee, and Keith. Two sons, Reeves and Stephen, did not survive birth. Leon and Maurine both had careers in education and dedicate service to the Church, temple and family history work through out their lives.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Jeffery S. Westover, Westover Family History, https://westoverfamilyhistory.org/finding-grandpa-in-topaz/ (Reliability: 3). [S1] Family Search, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWCB-W28. [S2] Jeffery S. Westover, Westover Family History, https://westoverfamilyhistory.org/leon-a-westover-photo-collection-now-available/ (Reliability: 3). [S2] Jeffery S. Westover, Westover Family History, https://westoverfamilyhistory.org/the-topaz-yearbooks/ (Reliability: 3). [S2] Jeffery S. Westover, Westover Family History, https://westoverfamilyhistory.org/happy-100th-birthday-grandpa/ (Reliability: 3). [S2] Jeffery S. Westover, Westover Family History, https://westoverfamilyhistory.org/influencers-in-my-family-history/ (Reliability: 3). [S2] Jeffery S. Westover, Westover Family History, https://westoverfamilyhistory.org/the-power-of-example/ (Reliability: 3). [S2] Jeffery S. Westover, Westover Family History, https://westoverfamilyhistory.org/finding-family-in-the-news/ (Reliability: 3).