Lawrence ''Roy'' Wills

Roy Wills

OGDEN - Lawrence LeRoy "Roy" Wills, 86, passed away Monday, December 22, 2003 at his home from pancreatic cancer.

He was born Sept. 14, 1917 in Roosevelt, UT to Victor Charles Wills and Lenora Blanche Campbell Wills. He married Clara Elizabeth Baker on Sept. 7, 1937 in Ogden. Their marriage was solemnized on June 9, 1938 in the Salt Lake Temple.

Roy was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army in China, Burma and India.

He was a member of the Wilson LDS 1st Ward, where he was active in Boy Scouts, Home Teaching and Scout Master.

He loved to attend the livestock auction every Tuesday. He also helped Cotton Rosser at the Ogden Pioneer Days rodeo and parade.

Started working at the age of 5 herding cattle, at the age of 8 he was the family chauffer and at the age of 15 worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). He worked at the Ogden Arsenal, Clearfield Naval Depot, Clearfield Nursery and retired from GSA at the IRS after 33 years of service. He then worked as a maintenance man in the kitchen at IRS. He never quit working. He loved his mountain home cabin in Scare Canyon, and going to Jackson, Wyoming to see the Bar J Wranglers once a year. He was well known for his wonderful flower and vegetable garden. We will fondly remember his large caring hands.

Surviving are his wife, Clara Elizabeth Baker Wills; daughters, Karen E. Brown, Connie Lue Hancey, Gaye B. (Rick) Stagge, and Dixie Louise (Gary) Pitlo, all of Ogden; 12 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are two sisters and one brother, Louise Kyriopolous, West Jordan; Betty Baxter and Robert Calvin Wills, both of Ogden.

He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Wilma Minjarez, Mae Schurtz Elda Gibson; and two sons-in-law, John Brown and Lynn Hancey.

Special thanks to IHC Hospice staff, especially Kathy Esplin and Jon Reis and to his loving granddaughter JaLynn for her loving care.

In lieu of flowers, family suggests donations to the Huntsman Cancer Institute, 2000 Circle of Hope, Salt Lake City, UT 84112.
VisitationMyers Mortuary - Ogden
100 Monroe Blvd.
Ogden, UT 84404
December 26, 2003
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
ServiceMyers Mortuary of Ogden
845 Washington Blvd.
Ogden, UT 84404
December 27, 2003
1:00 PM
CemeteryOgden City Cemetery
20th and Madison
Ogden, UT 84404
December 27, 2003