Cecil Earl LeGate

A funeral for Cecil LeGate, 70, Carson City resident for the past 19 years, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Walton's Chapel of the Valley Cemetery and Mausoleum with Rev. Roy C. Dowling officiating.

Mr. LeGate died Thursday at a local hospital. He was born March 12, 1920, to Jack and Hazel May Archer Legate.

He lived in Edmond, OK before moving to Carson City. He was a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service for 28 years before retiring in 1983.

He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Oklahoma.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers.

Among his survivors are his wife, Betty, of Carson City; two daughters: Patricia Gatlin, of Wellston, OK, and Nancy Ivins, of Yukon, OK; two stepsons: Gary Best, of Carson City, and Loewen Best, of Edmond, OK; two sisters: Helen Boardman, of Mission Viejo, CA, and Edith Irvin, of Bentonville, AR; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Burial will be in Eastside Memorial Park, with military honors by the War Veterans Memorial Association of Nevada.

The family requests that those wishing to make contributions do so to the American Association, Nevada Affiliate, P.O. Box 11158, Reno 89510.

Published in Carson City Nevada Appeal - March 10, 1991