Obit: LeGault, Dr. George #2 (1888? – 1970)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: LeGault, Palms, Buker, Etta

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 03 Dec 1970

LeGault, Dr. George (1888? – 27 NOV 1970)

A funeral Mass and burial were held Monday morning, November 30, 1970 at Lake Worth, Florida for Dr. George LeGault, former Owen (Clark Co., Wis.) and surgeon. Interment was made in Memory Gardens Cemetery at Lake Worth, Florida.

Dr. LeGault was 82 years of age and passed away at his home on the morning of November 27, 1970.

He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Lake Worth; was a retired physician and surgeon, and a graduate of Marquette University; was Captain of the Medical Corps., U.S. Army, World War I; was a practicing physician for 52 years in Wisconsin and Meeteetse, Wyoming, where he headed the hospital. For many years he was owner and operator of a private hospital in Owen (present day Havenet Nursing Home); member of the AMA, member of PHIRO Sigma Fraternity; Elks, active in the Red Cross fund raising drive for many years, and a member of the American Mineral Society.

Survivors include his wife, Irene, Lake Worth; a son, Alexander H. LeGault, Lake Worth; daughter-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth LeGault, Lake Worth; grandson Nicol David LeGault, Lake worth; three sisters, Mrs. Marcia Palms, Mrs. Mary Buker and Mrs. Esther Etta, all of Greenwood (Clark Co., Wis.).