Frank Leslie Maxwell, Jr., 65, died Tuesday, November 30, 1999 at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo.He was born April 4, 1934, in Salt Lake City, Utah, a son of Frank Leslie and Fern Danforth Maxwell.
He was reared in Duchesne and Salt Lake, graduating from East High School and the University of Utah where he received a civil engineering degree. He also attended BYU where he was a pole vaulter on the track team. He served his country in the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers in Fort Belvore, Virginia. He married Janice Miller Olsen, September 8, 1970, in Carson City, Nevada.
He worked as an engineer for Thikol, Hercules and for the State of Utah before forming his own company, Maxwell Engineering and Construction. He had many interests; camping, rockhounding, Paleontology, Geology and historical markers. He was a member of the Timpanogos Gem and Mineral Society and Sigma Pi Fraternity. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was a fourth generation descendant of early pioneer families of Utah who settled and developed Duchesne and Summit areas. He always enjoyed going to the Uinta Basin.
He is survived by his wife, Janice, of Orem; three stepchildren: Danny (Robin) Olsen, Orem; Kay (Ruth) Olsen, Mapleton; Kristy (Rick) Elles, Orem; 11 grandchildren; one brother, Paul J. (Karen) Maxwell, Salt Lake City. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Eva Pauline Battey.
Funeral was at the Sharon Stake Center, 545 S. 800 East, Orem.Walker Sanderson Funeral Home, 646 E. 800 North, Orem
Burial was in the Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Obituary: Eva Pauline Maxwell Battey ""Paula""
By Deseret News Jun 17, 1999, 12:00am MDT
Eva Pauline Maxwell Battey "Paula", age 70, of Bloomfield Hills, MI, and Panama City Beach, FL, died June 14, 1999, after a long illness.
Born in 1929 in Salt Lake City. She received a B.A. in Education and a M.A. in Linguistics from Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. Daughter, Barbara said "Mom was the natural born teacher and mother. Her greatest gift to the world was her ability to help children believe in themselves." Her husband recalls their nightly games of gin rummy, saying, "On the day she died she beat me at gin again, as usual."She is survived by her husband of 50 years, Leslie James Battey, Jr., "Jim", six children, Barbara Curtis, Jim (Judy Muse) Battey, Karen (Alan Machcinski) MacKay, Alice (Kevin) Yash, Paul Battey, and David (Patricia) Battey, as well as 13 grandchildren; and brothers, Frank L. Maxwell, Jr. and Paul J. Maxwell of Salt Lake City.
She gave 22 years of dedicated service as an English teacher at Lincoln Jr. High and Best Jr. High Schools of Ferndale, MT. She enjoyed traveling around the world with her husband. One exciting adventure was walking the Great Wall of China. She imparted her love and awe of nature to all her family, as well as her lively curiosity in all things. She loved the natural world, and delighted in the wildlife at their homes on a wooded lot in Bloomfield Hills and on a lagoon in Panama City Beach. Her greatest joy in life was spending time with her husband, children and grandchildren. Her many gifts to her family are priceless and eternal.
Services will be held Saturday, June 19, 10:30 a.m. at Christ Church Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Hospice of Southeast Michigan, 530 West Huron, Pontiac, Michigan 48341.