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Lawrence H. Lee |
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February 8, 1927 ~ October 18, 2017 |
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October 25, 2017 |
Lawrence H. Lee, known to friends as “Larry,”
was born in 1927 in Santaquin, Utah. He died
October 18, 2017. His funeral
will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, November 4, at
the LDS Salt Lake Stake Center, 142 West 200
North, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Burial will be in the Provo City Cemetery.
He attended Bryant Jr. High and graduated from
East High School in Salt Lake City, Utah. During
World War II he joined the Navy and served in
the Pacific Theater in the Naval Air Transport
Service.
Larry began his airline career in 1943 at the
Salt Lake City Airport as a baggage handler for
Western Airlines.
During his career, he worked in many different
field and administrative positions. In 1982, as
Senior Vice President Transportation Services,
he established Salt Lake City as Western’s first
major “hub” operation. In 1983, when Western
Airlines was suffering financial difficulty, he
accepted the position of President and Chief
Executive Officer.
During the next few years he designed and
implemented a plan that resulted in a dramatic
financial turnaround of the airline. Having
proven the value of the Salt Lake City “hub” and
establishing record profits, Western became an
attractive merger entity and was sold to Delta
Air Lines in 1986, shortly after Larry retired
as Chairman of the Board.
Larry received his MBA degree from California
State University Domingues Hills and later
served on the President’s Advisory Board. He
also served on other state and national boards
and was involved in several business, civic, and
cultural organizations in Utah.
During his lifetime, Larry served in various
service and leadership roles in the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including
Bishop of the Scottsdale Arizona Ward, and
missionary in London, England, with his wife,
Marjorie. He also presided over the England
Leeds Mission.
Larry’s hobbies and interests included playing
guitar, jewelry making, cooking, and
chocolatiering. In his retirement years he
enjoyed writing and became a lyricist and
award-winning poet.
He married Marjorie Anne Lewis in 1946. They
were married 71 years.
Surviving Larry are his children, Richard and
wife Suzanne, Bonners Ferry, Stacy Shelley and
husband Rick, Tempe, Arizona, and Randolph and
wife Laura, Longmont, Colorado, 11
grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren, and one
great-great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Marjorie,
his parents and brothers Thomas, Rector, Fredric
and Harry. |
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