Jeanne Kay LeSueur Quinton

Jeanne Kay (LeSueur) Quinton, 88, peacefully passed away on Monday, August 10, 2026, surrounded by loving family members who described those last hours together as a time of sharing memories, laughter, tears, listening to voice messages left by Jeanne, singing songs, and just enjoying one another’s presence. This was just as Jeanne would have scripted it. More than anything else she accomplished during her very fruitful life, nothing brought her more joy and satisfaction than gathering her family and loved ones and just being together.

Born to Malcom F. and Edith Greenwood (Paxman) LeSueur, on July 21, 1938 in Lovell, Wyoming, Jeanne was the first of two children. She adored her parents and was adored by them. She truly remembered her childhood as idyllic. Jeanne had an innate tendency to see the good in all things and all people. Perhaps this is why she immersed herself in anything she did and everyone she met. She loved to learn new things and experience everything. It is no surprise that she did everything with gusto from start to finish and excelled at just about anything she tried. She loved being involved, making friends, and helping others whenever she could. Her pace in life was always high tempo. From winning the Wyoming State Baton Twirling Championship, President of the “Hi” club at East High School, Chi Omega Sorority’s President and the high-stepping Drum Majorette in college; she gobbled up life, learning, being involved, and seeking joy. Jeanne graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in Elementary Education and minors in music, art, and home economics.

Jeanne married Richard M. Jackson on September 15, 1958. They made their home in Seattle, Washington where they were blessed with three children, Lisa Jeanne, Dana Marie, and Joseph Richard. Jeanne was a gifted and passionate teacher of music and art. She received a master’s degree in education from Seattle Pacific University and taught in public schools. Her enthusiasm for teaching and learning was contagious. She was beloved by her colleagues and students alike. Perhaps her favorite pupils were her own children who were taught by her while driving together to and from school, as students in her classroom, and especially in their home. Even with her heavy schedule, Jeanne performed in community and church plays and even completed nine marathons.

She had an uncanny gift of creating something out of nothing, with the knack to make the mundane feel majestic. She worked tirelessly to make every event, experience, place, and person she met beautiful.

Jeanne was remarried to Wayne E. Quinton in Seattle, Washington on June 24, 1986. Together they built a home for gathering friends, church members, and especially family. Home was always Jeanne’s happy place. She was the consummate hostess for every setting and occasion. Exquisite meals, professional gatherings, club meetings, or even pizza parties for church members all seemed to be her forte. More than anything else, however, Jeanne excelled in gathering her family together for holidays, traveling to fun and new places, attending sporting events, annual cousins’ camps, sharing stories, singing together around the piano, recreating rustic breakfasts in the old pioneer cabin in the backyard, or playing hide and seek in the dark. Jeanne enjoyed all types of music and loved to sing. Her family will always think of her as the Queen of vibrato with fondness.

Jeanne was an engaged and devoted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her deep faith in Jesus Christ was more than just a belief. It shaped her very character. Jeanne had an earnest desire to be more like her Savior and, as such, she treated everyone with respect, compassion, and Christlike love. She taught a class about the teachings of Jesus Christ from the scriptures to teenagers every weekday beginning at 6:00 am for 13 years. She loved her students almost as much as she loved her subject. It was a blessed time for Jeanne.

Jeanne loved to travel the world (she visited all seven continents) and experience its diverse cultures. She had a strong desire to help others have life-changing experiences as well. She loved education and supported Brigham Young University generously as a member of the President’s Leadership Council for decades. She supported her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren with opportunities for growth in every way. Regardless of the interest or passion, Jeanne was ready to support them and cheer them on to success.

Always seeking to lift, support, and share, Jeanne was dearly loved and cherished by her friends, extended family, her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. All consider themselves better because of Jeanne.

In her later years, Jeanne’s physical health diminished and restricted her mobility. Undaunted, Jeanne continued to do what she did best, live life. She continued to be involved with community, church, and family events—rarely missing anything. Ever involved, she demonstrated courage, passion, positivity, and endurance to all who knew her in her quest for a fulness of joy.

Preceded in death by her husband and her parents, Jeanne is survived by her children, Lisa Richardson (Matthew), Dana Roberts (Michael), and Joseph Jackson (Payslie); brother Chip Lesueur (Barbara), 12 grandchildren, and 19 greatgrandchildren. A viewing will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2400 North 1060 East, Provo, Utah on Wednesday, August 19th from 10:30– 11:45 am, followed by a memorial service at 12 p.m. For those who prefer, the services will be broadcast live at www.youtube.com/@pleasantview8thward12. Interment will be beside her husband, Wayne Quinton, and her beloved parents in the Mountain View Memorial Cemetery (3115 Bengal Blvd) in Cottonwood Heights, Utah.