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Lynn Otto Poulson, 79, passed away on Sunday, August 20,
2017, at his home in Lehi, Utah.
Born in Orem, Utah, to Leo Alma Poulson and Virginia Bird Booth Poulson,
Lynn attended the Spencer School and Lincoln Junior and Senior High
School, graduating in 1956. During his youth, Lynn developed a love of
automobiles that would last throughout his life. His first serious
project was the restoration of a 1930 Ford Model A Cabriolet coupe while
a student at Brigham Young University. The Model A was succeeded by a
1936 Ford Sedan, fondly nicknamed ‘Kermit’, and a 1939 Chevrolet half
ton pickup, which is still in process.
Lynn enrolled as a
freshman at BYU in 1956, completing two years of study before taking
time off to serve in the West Central States Mission of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints (1958 to 1960). It was not long after his
return to BYU that he met Ellina Olson, whom he married in the Los
Angeles temple on 29 May 1962. They recently celebrated their
fifty-fifth wedding anniversary.
In 1963, Lynn, Ellina, and
their infant daughter Lisa moved to New York City where Lynn earned a
dual law and business degree from Columbia University. After graduating
in 1966, the growing family relocated to Los Angeles where Lynn began
practicing law with Overton, Lyman & Prince. It was not long before he
joined Roberts, Carmack, Brown, Johnson & Hunter as a partner, and he
practiced with that firm for the rest of his career.
Lynn had a great love of baseball, enjoyed attending the theatre and
philharmonic, and firmly believed that Casablanca was the best
film ever made. He also loved the complexities of the English language,
and had a great respect for proper grammar. He traveled widely, visiting
many countries in Central America, Europe, and Asia, as well as seeing
much of the United States. Lynn spent many years highly involved in the
Boy Scouts of America, taking the Woodbadge training course in 1979 and
eventually receiving the Silver Beaver Award.
He was called as a sealer
in the Los Angeles temple in 2001, and after he and Ellina returned to
live in Utah full time in 2007, he served in that position in the Mt.
Timpanogos temple. He thoroughly enjoyed interacting with the temple
patrons and officiating in sealing couples and families together for
eternity. He viewed this calling as one of the great blessings of his
life.
He is survived by his wife
Ellina, his children Lisa, Mark (Barbara), Bart (Jacque), Lori, Rynna,
and Ann, his grandchildren Quinn, Zoë, Talia, and Alan, and his sisters
Karma Swain and Charlotte Astle.
He was buried in the
Pleasant Grove Cemetery in a private service, and a public memorial
service will be held at 2pm on 2 September at the Lehi Cedar Hollow
Stake Center 2178 North 1200 East Lehi, Utah.
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