May 7, 1934 — Aug. 1, 2025

Leland Ogden Sheets, age 91, passed away surrounded by his family on Aug. 1, 2025, in Washington, Utah. Lee was born in Sugarhouse, Utah on May 7, 1934, to Leland B. and Ina O. Sheets. He spent summers during his early years in Brighton, Utah helping his parents run the town store and post office. When Lee was about 10 years old, he made money by rowing fishermen across Silver Lake, even though he didn’t know how to swim.

Lee attended Maeser Elementary and Holladay grade schools, Provo High School, and graduated as co-valedictorian from Payson High School in 1952.

After completing 2 years at Brigham Young University, without a clear major or definite schooling plans, he was called to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. His cal

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