1. | Leon Arnold Westover was born on 27 Oct 1915 in Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States; died on 5 Apr 1988 in Concord, Contra Costa, California, United States; was buried in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Concord, Contra Costa, California, United States. 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.
Leon married Maurine Riggs on 27 Sep 1940 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. Maurine (daughter of William Reeves Riggs, Jr. and Muriel Snow) was born on 29 May 1916 in Kingston, Piute, Utah, United States; died on 9 Mar 1987 in Concord, Contra Costa, California, United States; was buried in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Concord, Contra Costa, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Kyle Jay Westover, Sr. was born on 20 Mar 1942 in Richfield, Sevier County, Utah; died on 16 Nov 2021 in Cottonwood Heights, Salt Lake County, Utah; was buried on 20 Nov 2021 in Larkin Sunset Gardens, Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
- 3. Alan Westover
- 4. LaRee Westover
- 5. Reeves Scott Westover was born on 22 Sep 1954 in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa, California, United States; died in 1954 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, USA.
- 6. Keith Westover
- 7. Stephen Westover was born on 15 Sep 1959 in Concord, Contra Costa, California, United States; died on 15 Dec 1959 in Concord, Contra Costa, California, United States.
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