Mary Leona Dunn

   Ancestral File Number: 2WMN-0M.

  General Notes:

MARY LEONA DUNN (1905 - 1992)

Mary Leona Dunn was born June 14, 1905 at Tooele, Utah. She was the seventh child and fifth daughter of Joseph Owen and Mary Ann Craner Dunn. Twenty-two years later, she married Benjamin McCarrey Doty in the Logan Temple on June 15, 1927. They lived for a couple of years in Provo, Utah while finishing college. They moved to Honolulu, Hawaii where they were employed as teachers in the public schools. Ben taught high school band and music while Leona was teaching in the junior high school. Ben was also employed by radio station KGO as a news announcer. It was shortly after the attack of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 that the family moved to Los Angeles, California where they lived most of their lives. Ben was employed as a radio engineer at American Broadcasting Co., managed the radio engineer's union, and later worked in the technical management of National Broadcasting Co. television. Leona worked for many years at the University of Southern California in the Bulletin Mailing Department.
Leona and Ben are the parents of three children: George Richard, Donald Benjamin, and Mary Ann.
Leona has always been a devoted member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She spent over 20 years teaching three-year old children in Junior Sunday School.
Those who knew Leona well loved her and admired her as a lady who was always kind and gracious. She had a pleasant word for everyone and rarely raised her voice. She was a loving and patient person who devoted her life to her husband and children. Her manner of discipline was by way of expectation and encouragement rather than force. She kept a very neat home, cooked tasty and wholesome food and mastered all the skill of homemaking. While patiently conforming to the desires of those around her, Leona was at the same time capable of great independence and would do for herself rather than inconvenience anyone. In conversations she was a listener and a great supporter yet had many good ideas of her own which she would share when asked. She was very pleasant to be around.
Leona died October 20, 1992 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was buried October 23, 1992 also in Salt Lake City, Utah.


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  LDS Information:

Baptism: 2 Aug 1913

Endowment: 15 Jun 1927, Logan Utah Temple

Sealed to Parents: BIC

She was sealed to her spouse on 15 Jun 1927 at Logan Utah Temple. (Benjamin Mccarrey Doty was born on 7 Oct 1904 in Richmond, Cache, Utah, USA, died on 10 Aug 1990 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA and was buried on 14 Aug 1990 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA.)