Leonard DeWitt Wilson Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Our cute, happy, gentle, prolific, and slyly humorous husband, father, and grandfather, passed away peacefully at home in Lehi, Utah, on December 19, 2019. He and his wife DeAnn shared twenty-six years of marriage, and during that time they served a mission in Okinawa, Japan. His delightful way of thinking and expressing himself, and his calm, kind, and patient style, won the hearts of family, friends, and all those who knew him. We will dearly miss him. Leonard DeWitt Wilson, known as “Daddy-Dear,” “Cutie Pie,” or “Len,” was born ninety-one years ago, on May 4, 1928 in Hyrum, Utah, to his parents Ezra John “E.J.” Wilson and Margaret “Isabelle” Wilson. He graduated from South Cache High School in Hyrum and attended Utah State University in Logan. Following his marriage to Faye Elvira Davis in June 1948, they raised a family of four daughters, Pamela Vandenaker, American Fork, Utah, Susan Ackerman (Jim), South Jordan, Utah, Janet Leishman, (Chad), North Ogden, Utah, and Cindy Chittester (Keenan), Phoenix, Arizona. Len was a great provider, working as a contract negotiator in procurement at Hill Air Force Base, and retired young, at age fifty-five. He enjoyed RV travel, nature and the outdoors, golfing, tennis, hunting, and fishing. He was a member of the Round Valley hunting lodge near Bear Lake, where he spent many joyful vacations and hunting trips with family and friends. He had a great love for his pet Yorkies, animals, and birds, and was loved in turn by a peacock named Charlie, who nested just outside his window in his former home in Kaysville, Utah, where he and DeAnn lived until moving to Lehi. He served as a high priest and a temple worker in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was an example to us all. Len is survived by his wife, DeAnn, his four daughters, and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Len was known for carrying in his shirt pocket, his life, lists, and loved ones. This included the birthdays of all his grandchildren. He never failed to send a card and cash, always signing with his unique words and signature drawing, a cartoon he referred to as “The Shadow.” During encounters with family and friends he would often offer his trademark wrapped mints and Werther sugar free carmels. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, his wife, Faye, one grandson, and one granddaughter. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, December 26th, at 10:00 am, at the Jordan Willows 2nd Ward (Snow Springs Building), 1801 West 700 South, Lehi, Utah, where greetings of friends and family begin at 9:00 am. Interment at 2:00 pm at the Logan City Cemetery, 1000 North 1200 East. The family wishes to extend our deepest thanks to the attending doctors, nurses, and caregivers who so lovingly attended our husband and father over the past couple of months.

Leonard DeWitt Wilson

May 4, 1928 - December 19, 2019

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