Leah Amacher Holmstead is the daughter of Adolph Amacher and Amalia Hollenweger and the niece of Emma Hollenweger.
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Leah
Amacher Holmstead passed away peacefully at home Monday, Oct. 24, 2011,
surrounded by family, due to complications from a stroke. Leah was
born Oct. 29, 1924, Logan, Utah to Swiss immigrates, Adolph Amacher and
Amalia Hollenweger Amacher. She was an active member of The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and faithfully lived true to its
teachings her whole life.
Leah was a graduate of Logan
High School and LDS Seminary where she participated in band, student
government and many extra curricular activities. She was an
accomplished musician and won awards for performing on the flute and in
vocal chorales. She also loved to dance and attended weekly dances.
She attended Utah State University where she met her husband, Earl "Hap"
Holmstead. They were married March 31, 1944, in the Logan LDS Temple.
They enjoyed 67 happy years together until his death May 9, 2011.
Hap
and Leah were the parents of nine children, and Leah devoted her time
to being an exemplary mother. She raised her children with love,
patience, honor and devotion. A natural leader, she served in many
church callings and presidencies including Primary, Stake Primary, Young
Women, Relief Society and Stake Relief Society. She loved singing with
the ward choir. Leah also held positions in the state and local PTA
from 1955 to 1972.
Leah was always active and busy.
She taught flute lessons and performed locally with her sister. She was
very compassionate and loved to serve others. She kept her family busy
taking in dinners and delivering bread to friends and neighbors. Her
home was always filled with children and grandchildren, and all who came
felt her love and left happier than when they entered.
She
was an excellent cook and homemaker. She was a friend to all. In
later years she served with her husband for 16 years in the Logan
Hospital Branch. She also worked diligently on genealogy, a trait
passed down from her father.
Her acts of goodness are
monumental. She lived a shining life of charity. She calmed storms,
fed multitudes, watched over the sick, cheered the weary, showered love
on us all and taught us truth. She lived a great life patterned after
the Master she loved.
She is preceded in death by her
parents, two brothers, one sister, and two daughters, Janine (Preston)
Ward and Jalaine (O'Dell) Speth. She is survived by her children, Terri
(Brent) Weidman, Winnie (Stan) Thomas, Lee (Jeanne) Holmstead, Michele
(Jeff) Cundick, Mary (Brad) Vaterlaus, Kellie (J.R.) Bylund and Evan
(Geri) Holmstead. She is also survived by 38 grandchildren and 63
great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral
services will be held Friday, Oct 28, 2011, at noon in the 19th Ward
church house, 1255 N. 600 East. A viewing will be held Thursday, Oct 27,
from 6 to 8 p.m. at Nelson Funeral Home, 162 E 400 North, Logan, and
Friday at the church from 10:30 to 11:30a.m. Interment will be in the
Logan City Cemetery. Condolences may be extended to the family online at
www.allenmortuaries.net.
This obituary appear in The Herald Journal Newspaper, Logan, Utah, on Thursday, October 27, 2011
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