Leontine Carter Gamette, 80, of Highland, Utah passed away Monday, March 23, 2020 in Provo, Utah, due to complications from lifelong heart disease and multiple battles with cancer. She left this world peacefully, having completed her lifelong mission of service. Leontine was born November 27, 1939, to Elmo LeVon and Dora Gourdin Carter in Provo, Utah. She married Jay R Gamette February 25, 1959, in the Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She grew up in Provo, Utah. As a teenager, she moved to Orem, Utah where she participated in dance, baton, and Tigerettes. Leontine graduated from Orem High School where she met her eternal sweetheart. They were proud alumni and had lifelong friendships with their classmates. Leontine and Jay spent their early family years in Salt Lake City, Utah surrounded by great friends. In 1977, they moved their family, becoming founding and long-time residents of Highland City, Utah. They made a lasting impact on Highland, including working in politics, participating in city planning, and developing Highland Heritage Park. She was completely devoted to and in love with her husband. They worked side by side raising their children and teaching them to work and play hard, weathering illnesses and trials, caring for aging parents, and cultivating their orchard and yard. They loved to travel the world. They enjoyed their time together in China, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and all over the United States. They took a trip together each February to celebrate their wedding anniversary. Leontine especially loved the Oregon Coast with its lighthouses and puffins. Their unequaled and abiding love for each other grew even stronger in the nearly seventeen year separation following Jay's death in 2003. Mom lived for and dedicated her life to raising her posterity as a skilled educator, homemaker, example, and friend. Each year, she bottled and dried bushels of fruit and vegetables. She nurtured her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren with homemade food, nursery rhymes, preschool, hugs, treats, and gospel truths. Leontine loved family traditions and togetherness. She loved everything Christmas, especially cherishing her role supporting 3 generations of Santa Claus. She found joy in hosting unique party traditions for each holiday. She made family memories with Halloween costume parades, Valentine's Day socks, Easter egg hunts, sourdough pancakes, camping trips, fruit baskets, and picnics. She was an active and faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was a valiant visiting teacher, caring deeply about those she served. She even enriched the lives of those who served her. Mom fulfilled any calling she was asked to do, including numerous church leadership positions. Leontine and Jay served in a branch presidency at the missionary training center and full-time in the Wisconsin Milwaukee Mission. She had strong faith and a testimony that she enjoyed sharing. She dedicated her life to the service of others, gave compassion to all, and loved without exception. She was a sweet and virtuous woman. Her acts of kindness endeared everyone to her. Mom wrote notes, took gifts, and otherwise expressed love in many ways. She loved to host gatherings with neighbors, extended family and friends, providing service to all. She particularly loved holding her neighborhood cookie exchange party each year. She was an elect lady. From an early age, Leontine was devoted to family history. From microfilm to modern computers and databases, she learned the technology to perform this work. She searched libraries and cemeteries to find records. She generously shared her skills and research. Mom was proud of her heritage and recently celebrated 30 years of membership in the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. Leontine even made family history into a Memorial Day tradition. Every year, she passed on ancestral stories as she took her children and grandchildren to clean and decorate family graves. Leontine is an example of courage through adversity, righteous living, and endurance to the end. She is preceded in death by her father and mother, sister Bonnie LaRae Carter, and husband. Leontine is survived by her children, Jill (Jordan) Day, Marilee (Douglas) Bassett, Shari (David) Iverson, Natalie (Michael) Barron, Matthew (Nicole) Gamette, Andrea (Robert) Crawley; 23 grandchildren and their 6 spouses; 13 great-grandchildren; sister, Margie Loy Brown; and brothers, Gary LeVon Carter and Thomas Laughlin Carter. Interment in the Highland City Cemetery. A private family graveside service will be held on Saturday, March 28, 2020, with an anticipated memorial when the COVID-19 pandemic no longer prevents large gatherings. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to her great-granddaughter through the "Ivy Bassett Heart Fund" at Zions Bank that will be available Friday, March 27, 2020 at Zions Bank. Watch the recorded webcast under Photos & Videos tab of obituary on our website.