Teddy Joseph (TJ) Legg (1944-2008)

LEGG, MAYBERRY, GARDNER, BELL

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 5/8/2008 at 19:55:40

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, May 8, 2008.

Dec. 8, 1944-May 6, 2008

Teddy Joseph (TJ) Legg, 63, a professor at Iowa State University, died Tuesday, May 6, at Mary Greeley Medical Center. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 10, at Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Ames. The family will visit with friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 9, at Adams Funeral Home in Ames.

Teddy Joseph (TJ) Legg was born Dec. 8, 1944, to Bernard and Muriel Legg, and grew up and attended school in Anita.

He married Linda Mayberry June 11, 1966, at Saint Mary's Catholic Church in Anita.

He received his undergraduate degree in chemistry from the University of Iowa in 1969. While obtaining his degree, he also was employed as a researcher with Sheller-Globe Manufacturing of Iowa City. In 1973, he graduated with distinction from ISU with a degree in architectural engineering. Since 1975, he had been a professor in aeronautical engineering at ISU.

He is survived by his wife, Lindy; one son, Tim, 34, of Minneapolis; and one daughter, Abigail, 21, of Indianapolis. Also surviving are three brothers, Dick (Jan), of Griswold, Bud (Marge), of Ames, and John (Joyce), of Tama; and one sister, Linda (Merrill Gardner), of Logan.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a stepfather, Aaron Bell.

Memorials will be given to the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Iowa State University.

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