Frank Edward Clegg Jr.

Frank Edward Clegg, Jr., CLU, 86, of Columbus, passed away Saturday, March 7, 2015 surrounded by family. Preceded in death by his parents Frank and Myrtle and sister Margie Clegg Phillips. He was born in Jeffersonville, Indiana on August 29, 1928. Survived by his devoted wife of 61 years Mildred; children Cap, Skip (Janice), Randy (DanaKee), Judy (Eric) Oguich and Jill (Mark) Easterling. Blessed with grandchildren Jacob Clegg, Ashlee (Jordan) Clegg Schmitt, Anne (Josh) Clegg Girton, Morgan Clegg, Garrett and Abby Oguich, Samantha and Max Easterling and great-grandchildren Izabella Girton and Oakley Girton; sister Doris Jean (Henry) Waits and several nieces and a nephew. Frank graduated from Jeffersonville High School where he earned ten athletic varsity letters in baseball, football and basketball. A 1950 graduate of the University of Kentucky with a degree in Business Administration, he was a letterman for his role as the catcher for the UK baseball team for all four years. He was recruited by the St. Louis Cardinals but his father encouraged him to stay in college. Frank joined his father at the Prudential Insurance Company in Lexington and met the love of his life while trying to sell her insurance. They were married and left immediately after the ceremony for Frank to enter the United States Air Force where he served for two years as a First Lieutenant. The William B. Hoyer John Hancock Insurance Agency recruited him as a Supervisor upon his release from service in 1955 where he hired and instructed new insurance producers in Central and Northern Ohio until January 1961 when John Hancock appointed him General Agent of the Grand Rapids, MI agency. He was then transferred to Cincinnati in 1963 where in his thirteen years he produced a four hundred per cent increase in business and attracted leading new Hancock associates. Mildred and Frank then moved to Columbus in 1976 for Frank to be the new General Agent for the Hoyer Agency where he developed that office to become the number one agency in the nation in 1983 and 1984. Frank was also the leading personal producer of the company in 1984. He joined the Phoenix Mutual Company in 1989 and retired in 1996. As a successful General Agent for John Hancock and Phoenix for over 60 years Frank developed teams of salespeople throughout Ohio that believed in them selves because they had the greatest cheerleader in Frank Clegg – both in them as a person and as a professional. During his career Frank built the largest agency in the history of John Hancock, impacting hundreds of lives throughout the state of Ohio. He was a 2007 recipient of the I. David Cohen Lifetime Achievement Award given by NAIFA-Columbus. His love for his family, the Lord, the United Methodist Church and Lakeside were evident every day. He served on the boards of the Lakeside Association and Wesley Glen/Wesley Ridge Retirement Communities. Lakeside held a very special place in Frank’s heart. He also was a member of the Aladdin Shrine for over 60 years and a member of the Downtown Columbus Rotary Club. After spending time with Frank you felt that you could take on the world because of his encouraging words and the list of ideas he gave you to be a success…whatever that meant for you! His love for sports and especially the University of Kentucky and the Cincinnati Reds was contagious! A celebration of Frank’s life will take place Saturday, March 28th at 11:00 am with visitation from 9:30 to 11:00 am at Kimes Chapel in the Wesley Ridge Retirement Community at 2225 St. Rte. 256, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, 43068. In lieu of flowers friends may make a gift in Frank’s memory to Wesley Glen Charitable Care Fund, 5155 N. High St. Columbus, OH 43214.

Frank Edward Clegg Jr.

August 29, 1928 - March 7, 2015