Born August 15, 1943, in Miles City, Montana, oldest daughter to William Daniel DeLoach and Eunice Shirley (Pengray) DeLoach. She passed peacefully in her sleep at her home from complications due to cancer.

Lee is survived by her husband of 64 1/2 years, Wallace Virgil McCord; son, William Virgil and Alicia (Bennett) McCord; son, Wallace Daniel and Yvonne (Blackburn) McCord; daughter, Kelly Marie (McCord) and Samuel Rees Leavitt; daughter, Leah Emily (McCord) and William Allen Thresher; 18 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren; sisters, Iris Jade Thomas and Shirley Jeannette Bedwell; and many nieces and nephews.

As the daughter of a 20-year Navy veteran, she lived in various locations, mostly in the western United States, including Hawaii and Guam where she met Wallace in the fall of 1958, and they started dating in the spring of 1959. They were married August 19, 1961, in Yucaipa, California. As adults they converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Lee and Wallace were sealed for time and all eternity on January 19, 1974, in the Oakland California Temple.

She was a member of the Payson 1 ^st Ward for 30 years and served in many callings, including ordinance worker in the Provo Temple; and with Wallace, as a senior couple, in the Philippines Angeles Mission 2012-2013.

Lee was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and loved by all who knew her.

A funeral service will be held on Monday, March 17, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. at the Payson First Ward Chapel, 75 South 600 East, Payson, Utah.  Prior to the funeral, there will be visitation at the church where family and friends may gather from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.  Lee will be laid to rest at the Payson City Cemetery, 400 North 800 East, Payson, Utah.

The funeral service will be streamed live. Please return to Lee's memorial page shortly before 1:00 p.m. on Monday, March 17, 2025, and click on the link below.

Lee McCord Funeral Service