BETTY LEISHMAN LEGGE, beloved wife of the late Roy William Legge, passed away on Sunday, July 30, 2023, at the age of 95 years. Besides her husband, Roy, Betty was predeceased by her parents, La Vern and Viola Leishman; an infant son, Donald; son, Ken; sister, Wilma Higgins; and brother-in-law, Pete Higgins. She is survived by three children, Brenda (John) Decker; Ron (Jeannie) Schow; and Mike (Cindy) Schow; a step-daughter, Wendy (Bob) Bagozzi; and a daughter-in-law, Sopi Schow. She is also survived by 21 grandchildren and 53 great-grandchildren.
Betty was born on August 18, 1927, in the Cardston Hospital. For the first three years of her life, she lived on the Taylor Ranch. She was born in the days of coal stoves and coal oil lamps and water that was hauled in buckets from a spring. When she was three years old, her family moved to their new home southwest of the Taylor Ranch and just west of the Pershing school, where she and her sister, Billie, attended school for eight years. They were poor as it was the Depression, but they were happy. In the summers, she roamed through the coulees picking flowers and riding the horse. At the commencement of Grade 9, the schools were consolidated and she and about 100 other students attended the Jefferson school.
She met Mark Schow and they were married in 1944 when she was 16. Mark went overseas for 18 months while Betty lived at home and waited for the war to end. Mark and Betty and their family spent many happy summers at Lake Blaine in Montana camping and waterskiing and winters snowskiing at Big Mountain. She was very athletic and excelled at many sports besides water- and snowskiing, including basketball, curling, and golf. She also had many hobbies including ceramics, sewing, painting, writing poetry, quilting, making chocolates and cards.
In 1982, she and Mark were divorced and she married Roy Legge in 1983. She worked at the Cardston Hospital office for 19.5 years, retiring in 1985 alongside her husband. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served faithfully in many callings, including a mission with Roy in the England London South mission and as a Stake Missionary with Roy when they returned home. They spent twelve winters in Desert Hot Springs, California, followed up by the summers at the Temple Visitors Centre. They both enjoyed travelling and toured Scotland, Ireland, and Europe after their mission. They also travelled to Israel, Australia and New Zealand. After Roy’s passing in 2004, Betty kept busy with her hobbies and family, never letting her sons (or almost anyone else) leave a visit until they had played cards with her!
The Funeral Service was held at Legacy Funeral Home, Cardston, on August 2, 2023, at 2 p.m. Interment followed at the Cardston Cemetery.
Betty was born on August 18, 1927, in the Cardston Hospital. For the first three years of her life, she lived on the Taylor Ranch. She was born in the days of coal stoves and coal oil lamps and water that was hauled in buckets from a spring. When she was three years old, her family moved to their new home southwest of the Taylor Ranch and just west of the Pershing school, where she and her sister, Billie, attended school for eight years. They were poor as it was the Depression, but they were happy. In the summers, she roamed through the coulees picking flowers and riding the horse. At the commencement of Grade 9, the schools were consolidated and she and about 100 other students attended the Jefferson school.
She met Mark Schow and they were married in 1944 when she was 16. Mark went overseas for 18 months while Betty lived at home and waited for the war to end. Mark and Betty and their family spent many happy summers at Lake Blaine in Montana camping and waterskiing and winters snowskiing at Big Mountain. She was very athletic and excelled at many sports besides water- and snowskiing, including basketball, curling, and golf. She also had many hobbies including ceramics, sewing, painting, writing poetry, quilting, making chocolates and cards.
In 1982, she and Mark were divorced and she married Roy Legge in 1983. She worked at the Cardston Hospital office for 19.5 years, retiring in 1985 alongside her husband. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served faithfully in many callings, including a mission with Roy in the England London South mission and as a Stake Missionary with Roy when they returned home. They spent twelve winters in Desert Hot Springs, California, followed up by the summers at the Temple Visitors Centre. They both enjoyed travelling and toured Scotland, Ireland, and Europe after their mission. They also travelled to Israel, Australia and New Zealand. After Roy’s passing in 2004, Betty kept busy with her hobbies and family, never letting her sons (or almost anyone else) leave a visit until they had played cards with her!
The Funeral Service was held at Legacy Funeral Home, Cardston, on August 2, 2023, at 2 p.m. Interment followed at the Cardston Cemetery.