Grandpa LeRoy: 92 years and counting

Recorded live in the Hana Ward in Maui, Hawaii, Grandpa LeRoy reflects on his 1956 mission to the Hana and Pa branches. He shares memories of walking the road to Kaupo and offers a witness of the Book of Mormon, Jesus Christ and temples.

Picking up when the family returns to a changing Salt Lake City. This episode focuses on LeRoy’s "coming of age" through his legendary 10-mile paper routes for the Deseret News—complete with homemade bicycle tire chains for the winter snow. We hear the comedic side of his teenage years, including a two-week clarinet career, a "tricky bar" somersault that knocked him out cold, and the time a friend hit a fence while they were sneaking into the fairgrounds. The journey concludes with the family’s move to Price, Utah, in 1947 to enter the coal business and a powerful, modern-day reflection on the spiritual testimony that has guided his 92 years

LeRoy takes us back to his earliest memories in Salt Lake City, beginning with his birth in 1934. What did Grandpa do during his father’s 16-hour workdays and his mother’s ability to "make something out of nothing" on their rented 5-acre farm. From hitchhiking up canyons as a nine-year-old to his first job as a caddy at the country club, this episode captures a lost era of childhood independence. The narrative shifts to Herlong, California, in 1943, where the family navigated life on a military base, rationing, and LeRoy delivering groceries with a wagon and setting pins at the local bowling alley.

This special video episode captures the enduring strength of a life built serving the Lord Jesus Christ.In a recent Sacrament meeting talk, Grandpa LeRoy takes us back to the Hawaiian Islands, sharing how his testimony of the Book of Mormon and the Prophet was forged as a young missionary over 70 years ago. At 92, his voice serves as a powerful witness of the Restoration and a roadmap for keeping the faith across a lifetime.