Jean Kazeck Legge's Obituary
Jean Kazeck Legge
John 14 v 3 Jesus said “and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come
back and welcome you into my presence so that you also may be where I am”
Jean Kazeck Legge was born on April 14, 1952 to Elvir and Doris Kazeck in Little Falls, MN. She was the only one of the 4 siblings to do all of her schooling in town. The other 3 did their first 6 years in a one room country school house, “uphill both ways”. After graduating in 1970 Jean attended Concordia Lutheran College in St. Paul.
With her degree in elementary school teaching in hand she traveled to Janesville, WI in 1973 to complete the student teaching requirement. A call to join the faculty at Christ the King school in Memphis, TN was accepted. So started a 49 year journey shaping the little minds of the hundreds of first and fourth graders that passed thru her classroom. Jean earned her master’s degree along the way. She was looking forward to making it 50 years. What an amazing legacy.
Jean was preceded in death by her parents, brother Lloyd and sister-in-law Becky. She is survived by her sister Ruth (Wayne) and brother Dale plus many cousins, nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, and three great greats. Christ the King was her Memphis “family” where she leaves a massive heartache. We cannot forget maybe the most important those darn cats.
Jean was planning to start her annual journey to Minnesota to attend her niece Kelly’s wedding on June 11th. There would be a stop in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for her Goddaughter’s wedding on June 10th.
Services in Memphis will be on a date to be announced soon. Interment will be in the family plot with a graveside service in the Randall, MN cemetery later this year.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial to Christ the King elementary school in her name is suggested.
Mathew 19 v 14 (NIV) Jesus said “let the little children come unto me, and do
not hinder them for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these”
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