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,...

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....

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 k...