LeAnn McAdams Obituary (1950 - 2018)

Together Again LeAnn Higgs McAdams, of Tooele, Utah passed away peacefully surrounded by family and loved ones Thursday June 28, 2018 at the age of 68, reuniting with her beloved husband. Born October 9, 1950 to Phyllis and Merlin Higgs in Kaysville, Utah, LeAnn was fun and a great friend to people. She loved to color as a child and was a mama’s girl. Their family enjoyed fishing, camping and traveling together. On one fishing trip, everyone was catching fish, except for her. LeAnn’s dad felt bad and put one of the fish he had caught on her line when she wasn’t looking and put it back in the water. She was so excited to pull in her own fish. LeAnn graduated from Davis High in 1969 and married her first husband, Tom Ward after graduation. They later divorced. She attended Painters Beauty College and worked as a hairdresser. She also worked in respiratory therapy at St. Benedicts Hospital and had other various jobs. She married Danny Ray Olsen in the early 80’s. On January 9, 1987 LeAnn gave birth to a beautiful baby girl named Alice, who was stillborn. The death of her little Alice was one of LeAnn’s greatest losses. The couple later divorced. LeAnn eventually met the love of her life Michael Shelton McAdams and the couple married November 12, 2001 in Las Vegas, Nevada. They had very happy years together. Mike would often bring her roses and made her feel like a queen. They enjoyed motorcycle rides together and brought out the best in each other. They were in Bikers Against Child Abuse. LeAnn cared for him in his final years as he went through and lost the battle to Squamous Cell Cancer on August 9, 2007. A very determined woman, LeAnn lived independently up to the day before her death, even as she struggled with advanced COPD. LeAnn was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Janeane Hobey; daughter Alice; and her one true love, Michael. She is survived by her two sisters Catherine Nielsen, Elizabeth (James) Holmes, her husband Mike’s children Tammy, Jackie, Ben, Andrew, Becki and Jeremy, step-mother Trudy Higgs and her step siblings David Poulus, Michael Poulus, Kathy Fladie, as well as two nephews, a niece and their children. Although it breaks our hearts that she is gone, we know she was welcomed into the loving arms of her Heavenly Father and her dear husband Mike. Funeral services will be held at the Overlake 2nd Ward, 1717 Berra Blvd. in Tooele, Utah at 10 a.m. Saturday, July7, with visitation from 9-9:45 a.m. followed by interment at the Utah Veterans Cemetery and Memorial Park at Camp Williams, where she will be buried with Mike. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of LeAnn Higgs McAdams please visit our Sympathy Store.