Dohn R Buchanan

Dohn Buchanan

Mesa, Arizona

Dohn R Buchanan, age 90, was born March 4, 1925, in Venice, to Golden R and Thelma Shaw Buchanan. He died Jan. 5, 2016, in Mesa, Ariz. Dohn had two younger brothers, Thayne and Richard (deceased).

As a youth in Venice and Richfield, Dohn kept busy on the family farm and at their feed mill. He earned his pilot’s license when he was 16. In high school, he played the sousaphone and played football. He graduated from Richfield High School in 1943 and then joined the Navy. He was stationed in Boulder, Colo., Jacksonville, Fla., and Alameda, Calif. He was very proud to serve his country and to be a "Navy man."

On April 14, 1944, Dohn married his Monroe sweetheart Mavis Ware in the Manti LDS Temple. They had three children, Joyce, Shauna and Robert.

Dohn was an exceptionally hard worker and always on the go. He loved to fly and owned three airplanes during his lifetime. He also loved cars and seemed to have a new car every six months. He loved to drive and would drive hundreds of miles at the least suggestion.

He loved his family and traveled great distances to visit them including an overseas trip to Papua, New Guinea. Dohn was a real estate broker and developer. He developed Uptown Plaza in central Phoenix, La Placita in downtown Tucson, developed land for homes, and many more projects.

Dohn was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints serving in bishoprics, on stake high councils, and was executive secretary to a regional representative in Tucson, Ariz. Being in the real estate business, he helped the Church purchase property for chapels in the Tucson area. Dohn and Mavis also served a mission at the Mesa Family History Center.

Dohn is survived by his wife, Mavis of 71 years; children, Joyce Howe (David), Shauna Bunker (Edward, deceased), Robert Buchanan, and Patricia Nelson; and a brother, Thayne Buchanan. He has seven grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Richard Buchanan.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 16, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. at the LDS church, 48 ^th Street Building, 1249 South 48th Street, Mesa, AZ 85206. Interment will be Wednesday, Jan. 20, at 1 p.m. in the Glenwood Pioneer Cemetery in Glenwood, Utah. This date is subject to change depending on weather conditions. Friends may call at the Magleby Mortuary on Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Arizona funeral directors, Bunker Family Funeral Home in Mesa. Utah funeral directors, Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti.