Max Leon Harvey's Obituary
Max L. Harvey passed away July 24, 2013 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born August 18, 1928 to Raphael Anderson Harvey and his wife Sarah Rebecca Hawkins in Blanding, Utah. He was the second of eight children.
Max is a life long Utah resident. His family lived in Blanding, Lewiston, Benson, and Logan before settling in Tooele when Max was a sophomore in high school. This is where and when he met the love of his life Emma Lou Gunther. The two were high school sweethearts and later married.
Max played football at Tooele High and his junior and senior years. In his senior year, no team scored against Tooele in regular season play. They did lose in a playoff game against Bingham, who became the state champions in 1945. He played all but five minutes of the entire season his senior year. He was listed as Honorable Mention on the All State Team that year. He also received the coveted Dean Barrus Gold medal for best football athlete at Tooele High School. He graduated from Tooele High School in 1946. Max and Emma Lou were crowned ‘King and Queen’ of the dance their senior year.
He married Emma Lou Gunther on August 18, 1947. They were sealed by Joseph Fielding Smith in the Salt Lake Temple. They celebrated sixty-four wedding anniversaries before Emma Lou passed away in 2011. They have six children: Leon (Leslie), William (Marilyn, deceased), Alan (Patrice), Randall (Debbie), Dennis (Melanie), and Deanna King (Shawn). They have 24 grandchildren, and 28 great-grandchildren.
Max is survived by all of his children, and their families, along with his brother Dick, and by his sisters Betty, Mildred, Shauna, and Bonnie. His brothers Clair and Jay preceded him in death.
Max and his brothers, Jay, Dick, and Clair were the foundation of the Tooele Archery Club for many years.
He loved archery, golf, gardening, camping and canoeing. He loved to tell stories and jokes to everyone. He loved being the life of the party and being with his family and friends.
Max had various employment including: Droubay’s Dairy, Allen’s Grocery Store, J.C. Penney, Metropolitan Life Insurance, Barrus Motor Company, International Smelting and Refining Co., Best Realty, and Tooele Army Depot. He worked at the Depot from 1965 until 1988 when he retired with over 27 years of service. He also served in the National Guard from 1949 to 1952, where he earned the rank of Sergeant.
Max was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, where he served in various callings over his lifetime, including that of a temple worker in the Salt Lake Temple.
Max will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 27, 2013 at 10 a.m. the Valley View Stake Center, located at 332 East 1000 North in Tooele. Family and friends may visit with family starting at 9:00 am to the service. Interment will take place in the Tooele cemetery.
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