Ambert "Leo" Page

Born Ambert "Leo"  Page, July 31, 1935, departed this world August 26, 2014 at the age of 79. Leo was born at Marsden Oklahoma, (near Marietta, OK).    Leo is survived by three children Tom Jacobs of Pritchett, Cindy Jacobs of Yukon, OK, and Gary Page of Pritchett; grandchildren Whitney Jacobs of Eaton, CO and Ryleigh Jacobs of Windsor, CO; great grand children Jersey Speck of Eaton, CO and Ryker Jacobs of Windsor, CO. Also survived by sister Erma Lee Murphy of Gainsville TX; nephew Roy Lee Murphy of Canyon, TX and niece Sue Murphy of Denver, CO; step-brother Lewis Foster and wife Jo of Marietta, OK, step-sister Peggy Sykora and husband Butch of Marietta, OK.   Leo was preceded in death by wife Barbara Page, parents Ambert Lee and Thelma Forbes Page, brother in law Roy Murphy, as well as long time friend Tom Gooden.   Leo attended Meadowbrook School. He was a member of two High School State Championship basketball teams before attending Lon Morris Junior College and receiving his degree at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.  After graduating, Leo went on to be a teacher and basketball coach. Leo started coaching basketball at Russett, OK in 1957. The rest of the time he coached in Colorado at the following schools Kim, Pritchett, Burlington, Walsh, Crowley County, & Vilas.   Along the way, Leo coached 4 teams that made the state tournament: Kim 1960 unplaced, Walsh 1970 consolation champs, Walsh 1971 state champs, & Walsh 1972 state champs. Leo had teams that set state records along the way. The 1971 Walsh team set 5 state records in Class A state tournament. Those records are Dwight Bryan most points in a game, "42 points" and 88 points in the tournament; most points scored in a class A tournament game "Walsh 105" (Walsh 105 - Arickaree 61); "193 points" the highest combined score for two teams in a state championship game (Walsh 101 - Arriba 92); "101 points" scored is a record for a state championship game; and in 1971 the Eagles averaged 100.3 points for all games in the state tournament. As a side note the team scoring records are for all classifications and still stand today.  Leo also coached the top 3 scoring teams in state history, 1971 Walsh 94.3, 1971 Walsh 85.4, 1970 Walsh 84.8 pts. Other honors for Leo include "All State" coach 1972 for the south team that won 91-79; and coach of the year in 1971 & 1972. Leo’s hobbies were race horses (but in his words "I wised up and got rid of them"), playing cards and dominoes, watching the Nuggets, Broncos and Thunder, and reading about those teams online. A funeral service was held Friday August 29th at 11:00 AM in the Springfield High School Gymnasium. As an expression of sympathy memorial contributions may be given to the American Cancer Society either directly online or by way of the funeral home. For more information or to send condolences to the family contact Maltbie Funeral Services via our web-site at www.maltbiefuneralservices.com or call 719-523-4543