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Posted: May 13, 2016
Leggat, founder of The Leggat Company, passes away at 89 years old
Thomas LeggatLincoln, MA Thomas Elliott Leggat passed away at age 89 on April 9. Beloved husband of 51 years to Barbara Boyle Leggat. Born in Lowell on April 24,1926, he attended Deerfield Academy, class of 1942, Dartmouth College, class of 1947 and Harvard Law School class of 1953. Tom cofounded Boston’s commercial and industrial real estate firm Leggat, McCall and Werner, Inc. and in 1982 founded The Leggat Company. He retired in 1999.
Tom was a dedicated volunteer serving on several boards including Adolescent Consultation Services, the Theodore Edson Parker Foundation, Concord Academy, the Benevolent Fraternity of Unitarian Churches, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston, Lincoln’s Rural Land Foundation and The Lincoln Foundation.
Tom was a hardy outdoorsman who enjoyed the woods, hiking, skiing, swimming and Maine’s Atlantic Ocean.
He made friends wherever he landed and will be missed for his generosity, engaging personality and compassion. Tom is also survived by his loving daughters Anne Irza-Leggat and her husband Stephen of Concord, Martha Leggat and her husband Dr. Stephen Barr of No. Yarmouth, ME, Holly Ferguson and her husband Christopher of Tyngsboro and Peggy Leggat of Brooklyn, NY, six grandchildren and a brother Richard D. Leggat of Cohasset and many nieces and nephews. His brother John E. Leggat of Westford predeceased him. A service to celebrate Tom’s life will be held on Sat., May 7 at 2:00 pm at the First Parish in Lincoln, 10 Bedford Rd., LINCOLN. Private burial in Lincoln Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations in his memory may be made to The Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston, 50 Congress St., Boston, MA 02109 www.bgcb.org, Adolescent Consultation Services, Inc., 189 Cambridge St., Boston, MA 02141 acskids.org or a charity of your choice . U.S. Navy WWII Veteran. To share a memory or offer a condolence visit: www.concordfuneral.com Concord Funeral Home A Life Celebration Home Concord, MA 978/369-3388
Published in The Boston Globe from Apr. 17 to May 1, 2016
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