Leonard B. Loeve, 86, of West Orange, died Friday, July 13, 2012, at Harbor Hospice Home in Beaumont.

Funeral services will be 10am Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Joseph P. Daleo of St. Mary's Catholic Church. Entombment will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery Mausoleum in Orange.

Visitation will be from 5-9pm, with a rosary recited at 7pm, Monday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.

Born in Granger, Texas, on October 10, 1925, Leonard was the son of Henry Vinc and Mary Martinets Loeve. He retired as an electrician for IBEW and Operating Engineer Local 450 in Nederland. Leonard was in the U.S. Navy, a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, and in the American Legion. He loved gardening and dearly loved his grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Clarence Loeve and Henry Loeve; sister, Earline Bryan; and grandson, Kenny Harris.

Leonard is survived by his wife, Lucy Loeve of West Orange; daughters, Brenda Fay Rost and husband Robert Joseph Nallie of Groves, Lois Ann Harris and husband Larry M. Harris of West Orange; grandchildren, Jeffry Veitch and wife Jodi, Donnie Veitch and wife Jennifer, Jimmy Veitch and wife Lesa, Randy Veitch and wife Leslie, Chelli Romero, Ronda Sullivan and fiancé Randall LaHood, and Amanda Romero fiancé George Coon; sixteen great-grandchildren; four great-great grand-children; brother, Edward Loeve and wife Rosemary of Austin TX; and sister, Velma Loeve of Granger TX.

Serving as Pallbearers will be Jeffry Veitch, Donnie Veitch, Jimmy Veitch, Randy Veitch, George Coon, Randall LaHood, and Sean Merren. Honorary Pallbearers will be Henry Lee Loeve, Larry Joe Loeve, and Jeffery Loeve.