Leslie Lynn Maxwell (1925 - 2004)

Born 10 Nov 1925 in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, USA

Ancestors

Died 3 Apr 2004 at age 78 in Anchorage, Anchorage Borough, Alaska, USA

Biography

Leslie Lynn Maxwell

• BIRTH 10 Nov 1925 Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, USA
• DEATH 3 Apr 2004 (aged 78) Anchorage, Anchorage Borough, Alaska, USA ^[1]
• BURIAL Fort Richardson National Cemetery Fort Richardson, Anchorage Borough, Alaska, USA
• PARENTS Parke Leroy Maxwell 1891–1973 / Goldie Ann King Maxwell 1891–1963

Anchorage Daily News April 6, 2004

• • Anchorage resident Leslie Lynn Maxwell, 78, died peacefully April 3, 2004, at Providence Alaska Medical Center with his wife and family at his side.
  • A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Faith Christian Community Church, 4240 Wisconsin St. A celebration of life will be afterward at the Bayshore Clubhouse, 3131 Amber Bay Loop.
  • Mr. Maxwell was born Nov. 10, 1925, in Fort Collins, Colo., to Parke and Goldie Maxwell. He grew up on a farm. He graduated from Cache LaPoudre High School in 1944 and then served in the Marines.
  • He married Barbara Chesnut in 1948 in Fort Collins. They drove to Alaska in 1949 for the summer and returned to Colorado that fall. There he completed his bachelor's degree in animal husbandry at Colorado State University.
  • The family returned to Alaska in 1951. Since 1953, they resided on their Rabbit Creek-area home site, where they raised their four children. Mr. Maxwell worked at the Alaska Railroad, then Arctic Fuel, which later became Petrolane Fuel, which he managed for 10 years. He then worked on the North Slope during the winters until the completion of the Alaska Pipeline.
  • He and his wife began gold mining in 1973 in the Forty-Mile Mining District near Boundary. They continued working their mine until 2002.
  • Mr. Maxwell was a charter member of the Rabbit Creek Volunteer Fire Department, Teamsters 959, Alaska Miners Association and Hovercraft of Alaska.
  • His family wrote: "Les was an adventurous, fun-loving, spirited man who enjoyed the great Alaska outdoors with his wife, Barbara, always at his side. They ran a hunting camp for two years on the McLaren River. They fished, hunted and enjoyed snowmobiling and flying. His 'can do' spirit has been passed to each of his children."
  • His family includes his wife, Barbara; three daughters; and son; four sons-in-law and friends; and seven grandchildren.
  • He was proceeded in death by his brother, Wayne Maxwell.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VM3F-ZWL : 11 January 2021), Leslie L Maxwell, 03 Apr 2004; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11868722/leslie-lynn-maxwell: accessed 20 October 2022), memorial page for Leslie Lynn Maxwell (10 Nov 1925–3 Apr 2004), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11868722, citing Fort Richardson National Cemetery, Fort Richardson, Anchorage Borough, Alaska, USA; Maintained by Cynthia Dambach (contributor 47056557) .
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2M65-72Q : 6 March 2020), Leslie L Maxwell, 2004.
• National Cemetery Administration. U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
• Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Colorado, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 155.

See Also

• https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111682115/obituary-for-leslie-lynn-maxwell/