Felix John LeGrand

Felix John LeGrand, 94, of Jefferson City, died Saturday, January 19, 2013, at Capital Region Medical Center. He was born on August 1, 1918, in New Hamburg, Missouri, the son of the late Phillip and Anna Elizabeth (Linhart) LeGrand. He married Marion "Penny" Weathersby on June 24, 1945 in New Orleans, Louisiana. She survives at the home. Felix graduated from Benton High School in 1935 and received his Journalism Degree in 1948 from the University of Missouri. He served with the United States Navy during World War II. Felix was a member of the Cathedral of Saint Joseph and the American Legion Post 5. In his earlier years, Felix was a salesman for KFRU Radio, Columbia, an Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, and Station Manager at KHMO Radio, Hannibal. He became affiliated with the Missouri Bankers Association in 1960 and became the Association's executive vice president from 1964 to 1977 and its VEBA administrator from 1977 to 1983. Other survivors include: three daughters, Marilyn Sue LeGrand, Manzanita, Oregon; Martha Jean (John A.) Leadbitter, Estes Park, Colorado; and Mary Elizabeth "Marybeth" (P. Kevin) Hunton, Jefferson City; nine grandchildren, JoAnn (Joe) Vandel, Deborah (Joe) Ramos, Catherine Mealey, Paul (Denise Desjardins) Rudd, Elena (Kristian) Colvin, Kyla (Craig) Schrimpf, Simon (Brydie Landreth) McCormack, Kara (Denny) Higgins, and Karli Hunton; 10 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Clara C. Allen, Texarkana, Arkansas. He was preceded in death by an infant grandson, Paul Felix Hunton; a brother, Louis LeGrand Jr.; and a sister, Louise Elizabeth Cigainero. Funeral service will be at 12:00 noon, Thursday, January 24, 2013, at the Cathedral of St. Joseph with the Rev. Msgr. Robert A. Kurwicki officiating. Entombment will be in Resurrection Mausoleum. Visitation will be 4:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Dulle-Trimble Funeral Home with a prayer service at 4:00. Memorials are suggested to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Those wishing to email tributes or condolences to the family may do so at the www.dulletrimble.com website.