History of George LeR Burton

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George LeR Burton was born on March 16, 1930. He is the second child of five children from George Ransom and Maud Burton. He was born in Holbook Idaho. As a young boy he milked dairy cows and raised and trained horses. He celebrates his "glad to be alive day" on November 22. He was in a car accident with his uncle who had just returned from his mission. The uncle was killed in the car accident and LeR was left in a a coma from which he recovered in a few days. This experience had a great effect on LeR.
LeR served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Northern States Mission. He served in parts of Canada and Minnesota. He has always loved missionary work and has continued through out his life with a strong desire to share the truth of the Book of Mormon. He tells of the cold northern weather from his mission. He says his eyes froze open as he tracted out areas of Canada. He met his wife, Mary Elizabeth Wiltbank, in the mission field. When they returned to BYU they started dating and in LeR's words, "We met in a revolving door and have being going around together ever since."

LeR and Mary made their home in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are the parents of eight children. LeR received his speech/drama degree from Brigham Young University. He worked at KBYU and KALL radio for the first part of their marriage. LeR quit radio and has since been self-employed in commercial real estate and served as the secretary of the CCIM.

Many friends of LeR's talk about his performances in the Salt Lake temple when he performed in the endowment ceremony. He felt very blessed to be called to work in the temple for nine years. He felt that it was the prayers and sacrifice of his ancestors who had worked to build the temple that helped give him the opportunity to serve the Lord in His house.

(Author and date of this personal history are unknown. LeR Burton died on January 29, 2011 from a brain tumor. - submitted to this blog by Helen Burton Macfarlane)

                                          LtoR Helen, Jared, Kathy, Liz, Cami and LeR Burton