Deon Turley

Deon Turley is a Provo wife and mother of seven children.  She has been an active volunteer in many organizations, mostly dealing with children and education.  She currently serves as secretary to the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, which is a non-profit organization serving colleges and universities in Utah.  She has been an active leader in PTA, most recently as the 2007-2008 president of the Provo Council PTA serving all the local PTA units in Provo City. 

Deon was raised in Ogden and worked for a short time in the Weber County Clerks office as clerk to the County Commissioners.  She attended BYU where she met and married Steve Turley in 1978.  She received a Bachelors Degree in Mathematics. She and her husband lived in Massachusetts and California during the first years of their marriage.

As a full-time mother and part-time community volunteer, Deon welcomed foster children into the family, primarily newborns awaiting adoption.  In addition, the Turley family has opened their home to seven foreign students over the years, one of whom lived with them for as long as two years.
Deon developed teaching and leadership skills in both stake and ward assignments in Primary and Relief Society auxilliaries at her church.  

Deon gained insights into small business ownership when she established a sewing school for children. As the business grew, she hired and trained teachers in three locations.  She sold the business to  employees when she and her family moved to Utah four years later.

A resident of Provo since 1995, Deon feels that community involvement is not only a duty but a joy. Often this involvement has been linked to the interests of her children.  For example, when her daughter wanted to participate in a cadet squadron of the Civil Air Patrol, Deon stepped forward to become the chartering commander of the Phantom Cadet Squadron in Provo. She has also enjoyed work with the local Cub Scouts as a den leader, the Boy Scouts as a troop committee chair, and with Four-H on a Multi-media Communications/History project.

The decision to run for the State House of Representatives is another example of her willingness to step up and serve the community. She is anxious that the people of Legislative District 61 be represented, and welcomes your support in her campaign to serve them.