Asa Delmer LEGGE

LEGGE, SPENCER, LOUX, MICHELS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 4/18/2010 at 12:16:07

Wright County Monitor, Clarion, Iowa
August 31, 1967

Asa Delmer Legge was born to W. A. and Mary Margaret (Spencer) Legge; May 11, 1896 at Maroa, Illinois. He came with the family to Iowa as a child settling in the Clarion community. He lived in Hancock County since 1935 until 1960 when he went to live with his son in Newton, Kansas. He died Friday, August 18, 1967 at the Peabody Memorial Nursing Home in Peabody, Kansas at the age of 71 years, 2 months and 7 days. Mr. Legge was a retired farmer, a World War I veteran and a member of the American Legion.

He is survived by his son, Richard D. Legge of Newton, Kansas, and two granddaughters; two brothers, Richard C. and George O. of Garner, two sisters, Mrs. Celestin (Maude) Loux of Eagle Grove and Mrs. Bartel (Ida) Michels of Clarion,
He was preceded in death by his wife Ruby C., July 1, 1958, and one son, Charles William. Burial was in the Clarion Evergreen cemetery.