Harvey Lynn Dilley

Harvey Lynn Dilley
June 28, 1934 – July 17, 2022
Harvey Lynn Dilley, age 88, died peacefully in his home at Creekside Senior Living Center, Bountiful UT, surrounded by his wife of 62 years and his three daughters. After a valiant struggle with complications from his exposure to Agent Orange during his service in Vietnam he finally succumbed the morning of July 17, 2022.
Harvey was born in Cole Harbor, North Dakota to Harry Earl Dilley and Luella Pearl Mathews. He was the sixth of seven children. Growing up in the wake of the Great Depression was a humbling experience and, despite the lack of worldly items, he appreciated every experience afforded him. He fondly remembers his early days and the life long friendships made.
He spent most of his growing up years in Parshall, North Dakota. After a brief foray with Kent Hudson to the tomato fields of California, he gladly returned to graduate from High School in Minot, ND. After graduation Harvey enlisted in the US Air Force and served from 1954 to 1958. When he returned home he met his future wife, Maud Packineau, a local beauty who knew the importance of education. Within a few short months they were married in Aberdeen, South Dakota and honeymooned in the Black Hills.
Through Maud’s encouragement, their early married years were spent in Fort Collins, Colorado while Harvey attended Colorado State University using the GI Bill. They welcomed their first two daughters, Terri Lynn and Stephanie Lynn, living in a quonset hut in Vet Village. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management Engineering, in 1963, Harvey was commissioned an officer in the United States Air Force and was assigned to Biloxi, Mississippi, where their third daughter, Andrea Lynn, was born.
The next 20 years were spent traveling from base to base, and sometimes country to country, while serving as a Communications Security Officer. His service included three year-long remote tours without his family to Pakistan, Vietnam, and Turkey, a difficult sacrifice he was honored to make. He loved traveling and enjoying food from around the world. He found ways to serve the people in each place he was assigned, including volunteering in orphanages in India, bringing his daughters to the mess hall in Niagara Falls to enjoy holiday dinners with his airmen so they could be with family, inviting visiting officers to savor a home cooked meal, and befriending all he met.
During his time stationed in Wiesbaden Germany, Harvey earned his Masters degree, long distance, in Education Counseling from Ball State University. He was recognized as the graduate traveling the greatest distance for the commencement ceremony in Muncie, Indiana after their return to the states from Germany in 1972.
Harvey retired from the United States Air Force as a Lt. Colonel in 1983. He began a new career as a Project Manager at Hughes Aircraft in Aurora, Co. He delighted in wearing jeans to work and coming home for lunch. After his final retirement, Harvey and Maud moved to Henderson, Nevada and relished spending time with their grandchildren who are spread throughout the country. They tried their best to never miss a baptism, graduation, marriage, or any performance or game that was important to their grandbabies.
While stationed in Hawaii in 1977, Harvey and his family were baptized as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.This association was important throughout the rest of his life. His lifelong adoration for Hawaii was cemented at this time by bringing into his life Samuel Kamuela Kamoe, who became a son to him. He served in many capacities as a member of the church, especially enjoying his fellowship with young adults. Harvey served four Church missions with his sweetheart. The first mission was to Johannesburg, South Africa as Employment Specialists. Their second mission was as temple workers in Stockholm, Sweden. Their third mission they stayed home to serve in the Las Vegas, Nevada mission office. Their final mission was close to his heart as he and Maud served as Military Relations Specialists at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany. He felt especially blessed to nurture and help Wounded Warriors and their families.
After 16 years living in Henderson, Nevada, Maud and Harvey moved to Bountiful, Utah to be near their daughters. While in Bountiful, Harvey took joy in his ice cream runs, Food Truck Fridays, day trips to Hill AFB , drives along the Wasatch Front and spending time with grandchildren and great grandchildren. Throughout his life his other hobbies and interests included trips to his beloved Hawaii, Clive Cussler conventions, watching old westerns on TV, visiting Ireland, family history, temple service, returning to North Dakota and Montana to tend graves and visit family, dinner out with friends, calling his sisters to chat, finding funny cards to send to Bob Watson, acquiring new friends at Creekside, and above all spending time with his beloved wife.
Love of God, Devotion to Family, and Patriotism are the hallmarks of Harvey’s life and legacy. He is survived by his eternal sweetheart Maud, his three daughters Terri Lynn Dilley, Stephanie Lynn Young (Faron), and Andrea Lynn Regis (Lance), and son Samuel Kamoe (Lisa), numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren, his sisters CoraBelle Dilley Montalban and Jean Dilley Fuller, and much-loved nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Aug. 23, 2022 at 10am in the Bountiful 20th Ward chapel located at 102 East 1400 South in Bountiful, Utah. There will be visiting from 9-9:45am. Interment will be at Memorial Lakeview Cemetery and is a private invitation-only service.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Wounded Warrior Project (woundedwarriorproject.org/donate ) or Disabled American Veterans (dav.org/donate).
Service Information
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102 E 1400 South, Bountiful, UT 84010





Funeral Service
August 23, 2022 at 10:00 AM
Bountiful 20th Ward 102 E 1400 S, Bountiful, UT 84010