Name: James F. LeBeau Life Dates: 2/20/1925 - 10/25/2009 City Of Birth: Rochester, NY Pre-deceased by Predeceased by his loving wife Eleanor LeBeau. History Survived by his children James (Susan) LeBeau, Donald (Christine) LeBeau, Michelle (Michael) Oakes Marlene (Ron) LeBeau; grandchildrenDavid (Kara), James, Danielle, Andrew Patrick; brothers Robert (Joy) LeBeau, John (Claire) LeBeau Richard (Lorranie) LeBeau; sisters-in-law brothers-in-law Midge Gossoo, Lena Gossoo, Claudie Gossoo Betty Gossoo; many nieces nephews. Donations In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Alzheimer's Association, 435 E. Henrietta Rd, Rochester NY 14620. Services BARTOLOMEO PEROTTO Funeral Home Inc, 1411 Vintage Ln (between Rte 390 Long Pond Rd) Visitation Friday 3PM until 7PM. James' Funeral Mass will be celebrated 9:30 on Saturday at Holy Cross Church, 4492 Lake Ave. Entombment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Additional Information Jim was born in Rochester on February 20th, 1925. The eldest child of Homer and Cecelia he spent his childhood growing up on Bronson Avenue along with his sister (Kay) and 2 brothers (Bob and John). At the age of eighteen he enlisted in the US Army Aircorp. While proudly serving his country during World War II and stationed on an island in the Pacific he received a telegram like all the other guys. While others were being told their new brides had a baby, Jim's was a little different. His was that his "mother" had a baby and he now had a little baby brother (Dickie). After receiving his honorable discharge in 1946 he returned to Rochester to once again join his now larger family. The next phase of Jim's life started the day his father introduced him to a lovely telephone operator named Eleanor Gossoo. After receiving permission from her father and all of her 4 brothers they were married on August 13, 1949. Now that he and Ellie were married they wanted a place where they could start a family. They purchased 87 Rosecroft Drive where they raised their 4 children (Bo, Donny, Shelly and Mar or MarShell if Jim couldn't remember which twin was in trouble). Everyone was always welcome that wanted to stop by and use the pool. To this day Jim still didn't know you really could make it from the family room roof to the pool without hitting the diving board or patio along the way. After trying his hand at several different occupations he joined the Farash Construction Company in the 1950's where he worked until he retired in 1989. During those years Jim tried to help reduce the unemployment in Rochester by getting jobs for anyone that wanted them at Maiden Lanes. This list of employees included his father, wife, brothers, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, neighbors and friends. A quick showing of hands will confirm the number of people this included. Upon retirement Jim decided that he and Ellie had done their job in raising a family and now it was time to relax and have some fun. (not that they didn't consider their every Saturday night no kids allowed date at Mr. Mikes fun). Their adventure started with the cross country trip to visit anything or anyone that they wanted. During this trip their stops included a cooking class in the French Quarter in New Orleans, shows in Branson, Missouri, stops at the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone Park along with visits with nephews in Oklahoma, California and Vancouver, British Columbia. Jim's children did find another souvenir of this trip the other day in his desk. It seems that Jim really didn't believe he was speeding in the town of Davenport, Washington. To this day that ticket from 1989 remains unpaid which may require a little of explaining if his son (James) or grandson (James) ever gets stopped in the state of Washington. After that they spent a few winters checking out the Caribbean and Florida for the place that they would like to go to every winter. It was decided that Vero Beach, Florida was that very place. If you wanted to visit however you had to book ahead to make sure that you could be fit into their social calendar. Retirement was good, spending the summer with family and friends in Rochester and Shandaken and then wintering with friends from all over the world in Florida. One of Jim's accomplishments which meant the most to him was being able to provide care and comfort at home for Ellie his bride of 55 years from the day she was diagnosed with Alzheimers until she passed on 12/26/2004. He was with her every step of the way without regard to his own health and well being and in the end was very proud because he was stubborn enough to do it his way for her as he had always promised he would. Healthy and with extra time on his hands Jim was able to turn his full attention to helping his son Jim and daughter-in-law Susan by being the unofficial Mayor of the Lilac Festival presiding from the corner of the beer truck and helping keep an eye on The Staff, family and friends. And of course later in the summer he would be assisting again at the Airshow hanging out with the pilots and telling everyone who would listen how he use to fit into the belly gunner ball of a B-24 Liberator. Since this only required his part time assistance he was also able to act as special advisor to the director of operations (his son Jim) at Frontier Field which only required going and watching the Red Wings play unless it was to cold or the possibility of rain. These unofficial duties kept him busy but still allowed him time to spend with the things he treasured most, his grandchildren David, James, Danielle, Andrew and Patrick. He not only entertained them with his stories and his opinions on things but also greatly influenced and inspired them. Whether you knew him as Jim, Dad, Papa, Uncle Jim, boss or the "Real" Jim LeBeau as he would refer to himself sometimes to eliminate confusion, you always knew you had someone that you could count on to help in anyway he could. He's all yours now Ellie. We'll miss you.