Leon George Stucki

Leon George Stucki was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 15,1944 to Roland and Rhea Taylor Stucki. He grew up in Salt Lake where his father was a professor of Business and Finance at the University of Utah. He had a pleasant childhood participating in LDS church activities and scouting. His parents were sent on assignment to the Federal Reserve in Washington DC and the whole family lived there for a year. Leon and his older brother Larry Stucki helped their father build a new home on the East bench of Salt Lake. Leon progressed through scouting to become an Eagle Scout. In high school, he won a Sterling Scholarship for the state of Utah for excellence in woodworking. He graduated from Highland High School and began studies at University of Utah studying mathematics. Called on a mission to Germany he served a mission for the LDS church in Germany: first in the Bavarian mission which merged to become the Berlin mission before he completed his mission. He served from 1963-1965, touring Europe before he returned home. He completed his BS in Math at the University of Utah graduating in 1968. He quickly got an offer to work for McDonnell Douglas Aircraft in a computing capacity and moved to Culver City, California. He enrolled in the MBA program and soon met and married Louise Frank and they were married July 2, 1969 in the Logan LDS Temple. After finishing the MBA degree, he immediately began the PhD program at UCLA , receiving one of the first PhD degrees in Computer Science from the UCLA Engineering Department. The family moved to Auburn Washington when Leon was offered a position with Boeing Computer Services. They built a new home and had two sons David and Troy born to them. Leon was active in church missionary work, scouting, Little League coaching, and eventually became a counselor to Bishop Gary Beck. He was an officer in IEEE electronics organization, travelling in US and abroad giving presentations at computer conferences Leon left Boeing to start his own business, Future-Tech Systems, a computer software development company where he worked up until the day he died. Leon built a new home on Lake Tapps in 1997. He became very active in community issues, serving on the Save Lake Tapps Committee, the Snag Island Board of Trustees, and the Lake Tapps Communit Council. He was a counselor to Bishop Steven Hartman. Leon was preceded in death by his parents Roland and Rhea Stucki, a brother Grant Stucki who died at birth, and a son John Christian Stucki who died at birth. He is survived by his wife, Louise and children Lisa (Coby Cates), David, and Troy. His brother Larry R. Stucki (Karen) live in Salt Lake City and various nieces and nephews. Three granddaughters: Abigail Stucki (daughter of David) and Lauren and Madison Cates (daughters of Lisa and Coby Cates). A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 30, 2016 in the Bonney Lake Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 11214 214th Avenue East in Bonney Lake. Burial and dedication of the grave will be on Monday, February 1, At 10:00 A.M., in the Mountain View Cemetery in Auburn, Washington. Arrangements by Curnow Funeral Home & Cremation Service.