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BORN
1931
DIED
2020
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Jack Leyes Obituary
Leyes, Jack E.
Fortified with the Sacraments of Holy Mother Church, Thursday, April 23, 2020. Beloved husband of Marilyn J. Leyes (nee Sylvester); dear father of Timothy (Denise) Leyes and Daniel (Carolyn) Leyes, Cynthia Leyes, Catherine (Stuart) Cummings, Douglas (Kimberly) Leyes and Jacqueline (Shawn) Bergquist; dear grandfather of 16; great-grandfather of 9; son of the late Emil O. and Elsie S. Leyes; dear brother of the late Leona Hawkinson; our dear uncle, great-uncle, cousin and friend of many.
Mr. Leyes was retired from the United States Army, a member of VFW Post #7106 in Ennis, TX, a member of St. Joseph Parish (Machester), and a member of St. Vincent DePaul Society and Young at Heart Senior Citizen group at St. Joseph's parish. A devoted Chicago Cubs fan.
Services: In lieu of flowers, Memorial contributions may be given to St. Vincent dePaul Society at St. Joseph's Parish (Machester). Services and interment are private. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. www.collierfuneralhome.com
Memories and Condolences
for Jack Leyes
17 Entries
Shirley
September 12, 2020
Just found out about Jack's passing. He and my husband ,Don Davis, were best friends from way back in elementary school. He and Jo and myself and husband were on many dates together. I will always remember Jack and Jo with lovel
Marie Reago
April 30, 2020
I loved working with Jack and Jo at the Sts Peter & Paul soup kitchen. Jack endured shoulder surgery because he said he did it for his family, always thinking of others first. I will miss him. And much love and sympathy go to Jo and your entire family. God bless, Love, Marie
Patricia and Gerald Venhaus
April 29, 2020
So sorry to hear about your Dad. So sad to loose a parent. He was a such a wonderful man and he had a wonderful family. Please know that our prayers are with you.
John Aiple
April 29, 2020
May the love of friends and family carry you through your grief.
Amy Warren
April 28, 2020
Im so sorry. I loved Uncle Jack! He was always such a happy, fun guy! I will miss him!
Miriam Kerns
April 28, 2020
I came across this looking for someone else. So sad to hear. This is a terrible time to go through this when people can't get together. I have many memories of the times we have all shared. Our love to all. Miriam and Cameron.
Michael Kudrna
April 27, 2020
What a very wonderful man! He was a great friend to my father joe Kudrna. My dad cherished their friendship and we are grateful for his kindness shown to our father.
Julie and Clayton Houston
April 27, 2020
Our deepest sympathy to the family. Jack and Jo were our neighbors on Louise Ln when we moved back to Texas and were wonderful neighbors. We moved in as a family of 3 with only a 4 year old son at the time and quickly we had 2 more boys within 14 months of each other. Jack came over with a 6 pack of beer for my husband and said any man who can give his wife 3 boys like that deserve a 6 pack. He was always talking to our oldest, giving him math word problems to solve. He was the best. May his soul rest in peace.
Ellen Staples
April 26, 2020
He was such a great man.. always had a smile on his face.. and the smile always went thru his eyes. Just like in this photo. what a wonderful family Marilyn and he created (with God's help). Prayers coming your way. Ellen and Bob Staples
Karen Pink
April 25, 2020
Jackie, Shawn, Britt, Annie and Jack,
Thinking of you and all your family. Hold tight to your cherished memories.
Sending hugs
Karen Pink
Larry and Sherry Hawkinson
April 25, 2020
Larry has a lot of good memories of Uncle Jack, playing with him when he was young, seeing him when he was stationed in Germany and the good guy that he was. May he rest in peace.
Carolyn Schlebach
April 25, 2020
Im sure he is resting in the arms of God May you have peace. Prayers for you all.
Sandra Sylvester Mikula
April 25, 2020
I'll always remember Uncle Jack as one of my favorite uncle. Always a smile on his face and a friendly greeting. Love to Aunt Jo and all of you.
Dennis Tiemeier
April 24, 2020
To Uncle Jack's Family, Aunt Jo, Tim, Dan, Doug, Cathy, Cindy, and Jackie, My condolences to you and your family, I can still vividly remember the week I spent St. Louis with my cousins and Uncle Jack and Aunt Jo, when I was younger, 14, or 15 years old, I got the great opportunity to help them with the paper route, getting up around 2am -getting the papers, going back to their house, then the fun began, it was like a well oiled machine, they would fold/roll the newspapers a certain way, and then load them into the van or volkswagon (not exactly sure on that part) stacked them high and deep, laid on top of them and off we went, uncle jack would throw a few but, we had a list for the houses and apartment building and we would fly out the back with a bunch of them in tow and start throwing them at the correct addresses, and apartments. sometimes some of the places were dark and i would get out to throw a few and the cousins would be behind a corner to scare the crap out of me. Then we finished, we went back to get the second load. Some of this could be fuzzy because it was 37 years afo or so, but my cousins would remember it because they did it every day and I only helped for a week. lol Also, the best part was listening in on my dad and Uncle Jack talking about all the BUMs the Chicago Cubs had from the sore arm pitchers to the bad trades they made.. What a wonderful it was, which I will cherish the rest of mt life.. Again, my thoughts and prayer to Aunt Jo and my cousins, Uncle Jack and my Dad (Jim Tiemeier) can coach those Cubbies to victories from Heaven now..
Ferguson Family
April 24, 2020
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
GLENDA and Walter Boyd
April 24, 2020
Prayers for all of the family.
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