Barbara A. Leggett

Barbara Ann Leggett (Doyle), Weymouth, passed away after a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Although the disease robbed her of her memory, it didn’t change who she was. Until the end she was unfailingly polite, consistently kind, quick to laugh, with a huge heart and a fierce love for family. She grew up in North Quincy, the middle child of seven, and was gregarious from the get-go, a real people person, on the pep squad in high school and then, ever social, spent weekends in the summer for years at Old Silver Beach in Falmouth with a group of girlfriends and winters in a ski club with an eclectic group of people she called friends until the end. One of those friends became her husband, the late Robert Leggett, his quiet, steady presence and goofy humor was a perfect match for her. After graduating from Burdett Business College, she worked at Putnam Investments for years, leaving to settle in Weymouth and raise two children before taking a job as the office manager at Pumping Systems. Barbsie was quick to smile, well-known locally for her infectious laugh, love of a good party or rousing game of cards with long-time friends and her good-naturedly competitive bowling, tennis and later golf games. She loved to volunteer at St. Albert’s Church and for Meals on Wheels but also enjoyed sharing a shot with her son’s friends, a good weekend on the Cape at the Riviera, walks and talks at Pond Meadow with her youngest sister, and laughs with the crew at Wessagusset and Nantasket beaches. She found joy everywhere, every firework was exclaimed at, driving around to see Christmas lights never got old, and every day was an opportunity. Barbara was a huge believer in education but also of balance and was willing to take on coloring tasks with her kids at midnight so the family could go to the Springfield Fair. She was genuinely interested in people and had a strong sense of fun marked by foot races on the beaches at night or trying to drive snow down to the Cape because her grandson hadn't seen it yet. She had a strong sense of right and wrong, never underestimated the value of showing up and doing your best and held a deep understanding of the importance of consistent little acts of love, getting up in the early hours of the morning to say hi when her teenage kids came home and reading to her grandson until she lost her voice. She will never be gone as her love for family, delight and curiosity in the world, her ready smile and her penchant for black licorice was passed down.

She is survived by her son William Leggett, her daughter Doreen Escher, and husband Charles, grandchildren, Caleb and Autumn, her sister Kathleen Roskott and her late husband Bernie, and many nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by her brother Edward C. Doyle and his late wife Joan, sister Mary OBrien and her surviving husband Joseph of Quincy, brother James J. Doyle and his late wife Shirley, her brother Michael R. Doyle and sister Peggy Doyle.

Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to greet the family during the visiting hours on Friday 2/14/2025 from 4-7 PM in the McDonald Keohane Funeral Home SOUTH WEYMOUTH at 809 Main Street (Rte 18 opp. So. Shore Hospital). Funeral service will be celebrated on Saturday 2/15/2025 at 10 AM in McDonald Keohane Funeral Home, SOUTH WEYMOUTH at 809 Main St. (Rt. 18 opp. South Shore Hospital), Weymouth. Burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Weymouth. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Barbara may be made to Alzheimers Assn., MA Chapter, 309 Waverley Oaks Rd., Waltham, MA 02452. See www.Keohane.com for directions and online condolences.