Leo Frederick Luckau

Leo Frederick Luckau passed away Tuesday, January 29, 2019, at home, of natural causes. He was born August 13, 1941, the son of Vera Genevieve and Fred Herman Luckau.
Leo loved life. He had many hobbies and interests and loved his family more than anything. One of his greatest passions was fishing. He loved to take his grandkids fishing and hiking. Leo was a machinist by trade and enjoyed tinkering, building and gardening. He built an addition onto his house by teaching himself how. He loved to tell stories and wrote many over the years, working on one recently he would have loved to have published. When his kids were young, kids from the neighborhood would come by for story time on the front lawn. He would also mow paths in the grass for kids to play games of tag. He was an artist and his charcoal pictures of alligators and swamps were a treat for all. Most of all, he loved to share his knowledge of how to fix things with his kids and grandkids. In his younger years, Leo was very adventurous. He and his brother Robert would explore the neighborhood where they grew up in Salt Lake City, being gone for hours at a time. As a young man, he went on many trips across the country with a favorite being a trip down the Mississippi River. He was interested in science and inventing things and at one time raised fish in more than 20 fish tanks. He loved doing genealogy. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had a strong testimony of Jesus Christ. Leo was very spiritual and had an ability at times to know things were going to happen before they did. He loved his church callings, especially being membership clerk. He loved to learn new things and talk to people and we envision he is doing a lot of that in Heaven.
Leo will be greatly missed by all who knew him. His smile would make others smile and he had a fun and warm personality.
He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Renee Esplin Luckau; children Dennis (Terry) Luckau, Adam (Jules) Ronan, Kris (Jim) Cooper, Steve Luckau, Brian (Amy Jo) Luckau, Amy (Nate) Brown; 15 wonderful grandchildren; and siblings Kathy Sinclair, Robert Luckau and Mike King.
He is preceded in death by his parents, daughter Shauna Lee Smith, granddaughter Kaijel Ronan, and siblings Rod Luckau, Fred Luckau, Beverly Pace, John Luckau and Barbara Sylvester.
Funeral services will be Monday, February 4, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. with a viewing from 10:30-12:30 at the Westbrook 3rd Ward Chapel on 6530 S Dixie Dr. (3710 W) in West Jordan.
Interment will be at Memorial Estates Mountain View, 3115 E Bengal Blvd. (7800 S), Cottonwood Heights.
Service Information
Viewing February 4, 2019 at 10:30 AM
6530 S Dixie Dr. (3710 W) in West Jordan, Utah





Funeral Service
February 4, 2019 at 1:00 PM
6530 S Dixie Dr. (3710 W) in West Jordan, Utah