Leon Marx, Insurance Exec, Dies Of Heart Attack At 70
Times Picayune  03-13-1996

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Leon L. Marx, chairman of the board of Student Insurance Inc., died Monday of
a heart attack at East Jefferson General Hospital. He was 70.

Mr. Marx was born in Monroe and lived in Metairie for the past 37 years. He
graduated from Neville High School in Monroe and received a bachelor's degree
from Louisiana Tech University and a master's degree from Louisiana State
University.

He was an Army corporal in World War II and received the American Theater
Ribbon and Good Conduct Medal.

Mr. Marx was a member and past president of the Rotary Club of Metairie, where
he was active in District No. 6840 affairs and received the Paul Harris Fellow
Award. He was a past chairman of the Fellowship of Rotary International and
began the practice of collecting and exchanging pins.

He was a former chief barker of the Variety Club and a member of American
Legion Post No. 175.

Survivors include his wife, Gloria Ray Marx; a son, David Marx of Dallas; a
stepson, Robert Ray Emery of Metairie; a daughter, Diana Mears of Puyallup,
Wash.; a stepdaughter, Diana G. Cornu of Blue Lake; a brother, Sol Forrest of
Phoenix; a grandchild; and three step-grandchildren.

A funeral will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. at Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral
Home, 1600 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie. Visitation will begin at 1:30 p.m.
Burial will be in Garden of Memories.