Douglas Allan

Leigh

Dr. Douglas Allan Leigh, age 94 of Springfield, Missouri, peacefully passed away at his home in Springfield on Thursday, September 24, 2026.

Douglas was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey on Wednesday, November 11, 1931, to Albert and Janet Leigh. He grew up in Perth, New Jersey and attended Perth Amboy High School. It was there he met his future wife, Delores "Dee." Upon graduation, he attended Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania and at the age of twenty-one, he joined the U.S. Army and served in Korea for two years. When Douglas returned to the States, the Leigh's moved to Manhattan, Kansas so Douglas could pursue his veterinary career at Kansas State University. From there they moved to Springfield, Missouri  where Dr. Douglas Leigh started practicing veterinary medicine with Country Club Veterinary Hospital. 

He and Dee enjoyed getting to travel extensively across the globe and enjoying time with family at their cabin at Stockton Lake,

He is survived by three sons, Doug Leigh and wife, Susan, Derek Leigh and wife, Breanna, Dwight Leigh and wife, Julee; grandchildren, Allie, DA McCall and great-grandchildren.

Memorial donations may be made in memory of Dr. Douglas Leigh to the Humane Society of Southwest Missouri https://www.swh.org/