He was born Jan. 15, 1890, in Lakeshore, Utah. He moved from Lakeshore to Provo, Utah when he was a small boy and attended schools there, including Brigham Young Academy. He married Ruth Rose McQuivey April 10, 1910, in Provo. They homesteaded in the Uintah Basin near Myton, Utah. He also operated a trap line in the Uintah Basin while he was farming. They returned to Provo in 1925. He worked at the Geneva Steel Mills for several years and also the gold and silver mines in Eureka, Utah while they were living in Provo. Mrs. Leetham died Jan. 14, 1939. He married Amelia I. Davis Sept. 2, 1941, in Pioche, Nev., and they moved to Boise in 1946. He represented Periodical Publishers of Boise until he retired in 1965.

Surviving are his wife of Boise; three sons, Maurice Leetham of Boise, Mack Leetham of Santa Clara, Calif., and Paul Deuel of San Jose, Calif.; seven daughters, Mrs. Estella Steioff of Canoga Park, Calif., Mrs. Nellie Dee Allman of Elko, Nev., Mrs. Eva Ruth Milford of California, Mrs. Helen Leetham of Boise, Mrs. Fawn Shell and Mrs. Afton Johnson, both of Orem, Utah, and Mrs. Emogine Collins of Martinez, Ca.; a sister Mrs. Nellie Miller of Salt Lake City; 40 grandchildren; 73 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three daughters, Iona Western, Norma Jean Leetham and June Simpson.

Friends may call at Relyea Chapel today from 9 a.m. unto 8:30 p.m. and Wednesday from 9 a.m. until time of services.

IDAHO STATESMAN (Boise, Idaho), Tuesday 20 May 1980, p.2B