Item Detail
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Grigg, Leah Vesta
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1902-2002
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MSS 1799
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Biography
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Leah Vesta Grigg was born September 1, 1909 to Parley Mormon Grigg and Thankful Halsey Gardner in Cove, Union, Utah. She met and converted Lloyd Dow Dyas to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints before marrying him in 1929 in a double wedding with her brother and Lloyd's sister. The couple settled in Vale, Oregon on a farm home. Leah died April 23, 2002.
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This one-page biography is a selection from Cleo Grigg Johnson Gilchrist's second book of remembrance. Leah is described as a 'wholesome, blue eyed girl with golden hair' that has turned dark brown. She was active in the Church and was called as the organist of her ward for many years, as well as president of the Vale Ward Primary.
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