CLARK NV Archives Obituaries.....[WHITNEY, Lela L. 3/6/2007]
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 Moapa Valley Progress, March 7, 2007 

Lela Whitney

Lela L. WHITNEY, age 89, died Tuesday, March 6, 2007, at Valley 
Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born November 5, 1917 in 
St George, Utah, to Robert Charles and Elizabeth Orpha LUND. She 
married Stowell Cleo WHITNEY January 31, 1942 in Kingman, 
Arizona. They were later sealed in the St George Temple. He preceded 
her in death on May 27, 1993.

Lela grew up in St George, she graduated from Dixie College, then 
she received her teaching degree from Brigham Young University. 
As a youth she worked hard to become a very talented pianist and 
organist, a talent she would use throughout her life. She finished her 
student teaching in Santa Clara, Utah, then she began her 30 year 
career with the Clark County School District in the Moapa Valley. 
She retired in 1976. She served faithfully in the LDS Church throughout 
her life.

Survivors [omitted] She was preceded in death by a son, Robert 
Cleo "RC" WHITNEY, a son-in-law Kirk LEONARD; and two 
sisters, Joyce and Renee.

Funeral services will be Saturday, March 10, 2007, at 11 a.m. at the 
Overton LDS 2nd Ward Chapel. Visitation will be from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. 
prior to services in the Logandale Cemetery under the direction of 
Moapa Valley Mortuary, 702 398-3600