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| Name |
Leo Herbert |
| Birth |
7 Mar 1912 |
Douglas, Cochise, Arizona, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
8 Jan 1932 |
SLAKE |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWCN-VRK |
| Death |
10 Aug 1996 |
Springville, Utah, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
14 Aug 1996 |
Springville, Utah, Utah, United States |
| Person ID |
I153656 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Kumen Onhi Herbert, b. 8 Mar 1875, Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States d. 5 Sep 1930, Douglas, Cochise, Arizona, United States (Age 55 years) |
| Mother |
Urilla Whipple, b. 8 Apr 1883, Pine Valley, Washington, Utah, United States d. 8 Nov 1960, Douglas, Cochise, Arizona, United States (Age 77 years) |
| Marriage |
1 Nov 1905 |
Colonia Dublán, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México |
| Family ID |
F39288 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Ruth Smithie Parker, b. 21 Jan 1914, Clear Lake, Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States d. 20 Apr 1981, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 67 years) |
| Marriage |
29 Jun 1937 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Franklin Wayne Herbert, b. 13 Jul 1938, El Dorado, Union, Arkansas, United States d. 16 Jan 2013, Gilbert, Maricopa, Arizona, United States (Age 74 years) |
| | 2. Judith Ellen Herbert, b. 24 Jan 1949, Ruston, Lincoln, Louisiana, United States d. 21 Jul 2009 (Age 60 years) |
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| Family ID |
F39326 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Nov 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 7 Mar 1912 - Douglas, Cochise, Arizona, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 8 Jan 1932 - SLAKE |
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 | Marriage - 29 Jun 1937 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Death - 10 Aug 1996 - Springville, Utah, Utah, United States |
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| Burial - 14 Aug 1996 - Springville, Utah, Utah, United States |
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| Notes |
- Obituary:
Leo Herbert, 84, formerly of Blacksburg, Virginia, passed from this li f e at his home in Springville on Saturday, August 10, after a valiant st ru ggle with cancer.
He was born in Douglas, Arizona, on March 7, 1912, to Kumen Onhi and Uri l la Whipple Herbert. He married Ruth Parker on June 30, 1937, in the Sa l t Lake LDS Temple. She died on April 20, 1981. Leo received his bachelo r’ s degree in 1939 from Brigham Young University. He earned an MBA degre e i n 1941 and a Ph.D. in 1944 from Louisiana State University.
He was a Certified Public Accountant in Utah and Louisiana. Dr. Herber t h eld teaching positions at LSU and BYU before becoming department hea d i n business administration at Louisiana Tech in 1948. He was appointe d Ass istant State Auditor of Louisiana in 1952.
In 1956 he moved to Arlington, VA, and was appointed Director, Offic e o f Staff Management at the General Accounting Office in Washington, D . C. , where he was responsible for recruiting and training professiona l accou ntants. Upon his retirement in 1974, Dr. Herbert became a profess or at Vi rginia Tech and a consultant to the Comptroller General of the U .S., an d the United Nations in Gambia and the Philippines.
He has published numerous books and articles on auditing. At the tim e o f his death, he was Professor Emeritus of Accounting at Virginia Tec h an d was writing a personal favorite book on setting and achieving goal s.
He was an active member of the LDS Church serving a mission in Arkansa s a s part of the Central States Mission in the early 1930's. He held num erou s positions throughout his life and was called as Patriarch in 197 8 in Vi rginia. He was a man who believed in the importance of educatio n and prov ided financial support so his children and grandchildren woul d have the o pportunity to attend college. In 1981, the Leo Herbert Accou nting Scholar ship at Virginia Tech was established.
Dr. Herbert is survived by a son and two daughters and their spouses, Fr a nk and Ina Lee Herbert (Draper, UT), Dahnelle and Roger Overly (Springv il le, UT), and Judy Spencer and William Harris (Hyattsville, MD), 10 gra ndc hildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral service will be Wednesday, August 14, at 11 a.m. in the Kolob St a ke Center, 1230 South 500 East. Friends may call at Wheeler Mortuar y , 2 1 1 East 200 South, Springville, Tuesday from 6 until 8 p.m., or We dn esday at the church from 10 to 10:45 am. Burial will be in the Springv ill e Evergreen Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to his scholarship through VA Tech Foundatio n , Prices Fork and Tom's Creek Road, Blacksburg, VA 24061.
Published: Monday, Aug. 12 1996 12:00 a.m. MDT Deseret News
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