Leonard "Amos" Lawton

Leonard “Amos” Lawton entered eternal life at the age of eighty-one on Friday, November 21 at home with his family. He entered this life on November 19, 1933 in Rainier, WA to Leonard Lewis Lawton and Elsie May (nee Crimmins). He is preceded in death by his parents, a son Leonard Amos Jr., a daughter Geri Lynn, a grandson, and daughter in law, six sisters and three brothers. He is survived by wife Daisy (nee Heath) of 61 years, two sons Terry (Cathy) of Adna, Timothy of Centralia and one daughter, Christine, of Santa Ana, CA, eight grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren, a sister Myrtle Kinney of Yelm, three brothers Leon of Chehalis, Donald of Olympia and Ronald of Tumwater and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was baptized at Emanuel Lutheran Church, Yelm WA in June 1953 where he was a member until moving to Adna and joining Peace Lutheran Church, Chehalis in 2002. Amos graduated from Yelm High School in 1955 and later was on the city council for eight years. Amos was a truck driver for over forty years, dairy farmer, and also enjoyed raising cattle.