Leslie June Beaupre Muller passed into the hands of God on August 31, 2022 at the Good Shepherd Homecare and Hospice House in Manhattan.
Leslie was born on October 20, 1943, in San Francisco, CA, the daughter of Lesley Garfield Beaupre and June Viola Glessner. She attended Fremont High School and upon graduating worked at the Land Bank as an account administrator. She later married Stan Della Maggoria in Petaluma, CA, and had one daughter, Wendy. The marriage ended when Stan passed tragically due to cancer.
Leslie being an outdoor person then moved to Jackson Hole Wyoming, where she worked at the Law Offices of Jerry Spence as a recorder/ secretary typist. She volunteered on the Jackson ski patrol and mountain rescue and was a volunteer EMT. She loved riding in the hills with her five horses, trout fishing, and doing some hunting. She loved rodeo and horses and was a champ barrel racer. Sadly, Leslie was forced to alter her cowgirl lifestyle after wrecking her knee in a skiing accident and shortly thereafter an auto accident.
She then moved to Tucson, AZ, and attended the University of Arizona Medical School, where she earned her certification as a medical transcriptionist. She held positions in various hospitals in Phoenix, Denver and lastly Manhattan, KS, at Mercy on Sunset There she met her husband and partner for the next 25+ years, Walt Muller, and they were married in 1996.
Leslie wanted no funeral but rather direct cremation with her ashes to be scattered in the Pacific Ocean where she enjoyed watching and reflecting on the ocean sunsets.
She is survived by her husband Walt Muller of Manhattan, and daughter Wendy and her husband Rusty Martin, and a granddaughter Jamie, all of Lakewood, WA; plus, numerous cousins in New York and Colorado and California
Leslie requested that any memorials be made to the Meadowlark Hills Good Samaritan Fund in Manhattan KS or American Cancer Society.
The Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, Kansas 66502, is assisting the family with the funeral arrangements.