Leland E. Maust
Dec. 18, 1926-July 6, 2009
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 11:10 AM PDT
Ontario
Leland E. Maust, age 83, went to be with his Heavenly Father, Monday, July 6, 2009, in Ontario, Ore. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 9, 2009, at Lienkaemper Chapel, Ontario. Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery, Ontario
Leland was born Dec. 18, 1926, in a farm home near Bruning, Neb., the youngest child of Earl J. and Bertha E. Maust. He attended school in a oneroom school of first through eighth grade, with a total attendance of 14, including the teacher. In October 1937 (in his sixth-grade year), the family moved to a farm south of Fruitland, Idaho, where he graduated from high school in 1945.
Leland was drafted in February 1945 and was discharged in October 1946. His time in the Army was at Camp Wolters, Texas, and Ft. Riley, Kan., as a clerk typist. He was discharged from Ft. Lewis, Wash.
On June 25, 1948, Leland married Joan Cornwell. On June 25, 2009, they celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary.
Leland joined the U.S. Bank of Portland, later renamed U.S. Bank of Oregon, in December of 1946. He worked in Ontario before transferring to Portland in 1955, then to LaGrande in 1962, then Pendleton in 1968, to Bend in 1973 and returned to Ontario in 1983, where he retired on Jan. 31, 1986. After retiring, Leland worked two years as a substitute teacher in the Fruitland School District and four and a half years as a part-time teller for Malheur Federal Credit Union.
Leland loved working in his yard. He spent countless hours tending to his flowers, garden and lawn.
Leland was active in Jaycees, Toastmasters, and Rotary. He was active in church work in each of the towns he and Joan resided.Leland is survived by his wife, Joan; a foster son and his wife, Jack and Terral Schut, of Pendleton; sister-in-laws and brother-in-laws, Ike and Rita Pecka, of Othello, Wash., Kay Plaza, of Ontario, Ore., Mark and LaVelle Cornwell, of Ontario, Ore., and Clearance Nelson, of Oceanside, Calif.
Condolences to the family may be made at www.lienkaemper-thomason.com.
