Maude Genevieve Deemer Lee 1881-1972

LEE, DEEMER LOCKE

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 10/23/2010 at 15:17:24

Mrs. N. J. Lee Dies Thursday

Mrs. Nelson J. Lee, 91, died early Thursday morning at Good Samaritan Center, where she had resided since 1965. Her death was caused by infirmities of old age.

Maude Genevieve Lee was the daughter of Joseph and Matilda Locke Deemer, born Jan. 30, 1881, at Gowrie. She later moved to Des Moines, where she attended school and was a graduate of East High.

She was married May 29, 1902, in Des Moines to Nelson J. Lee, who was then serving as Emmet county attorney. She and her husband always made their home in Estherville except in 1911-12, when Mr. Lee served as assistant attorney general, following two terms in the Iowa House of Representatives.

Mrs. Lee was a member of First Presbyterian church, was long an active member of Chapter AY of P.E.O., was a student of piano music and late in life took up painting. Among her efforts were oil and water color scenes, including the original brick courthouse, the old Estherville mill and dam, a High Lake farm scene and other paintings.

Following the death of her husband in 1953, after a heart attack, Mrs. Lee lived until the autumn of 1965 in the family home and since then resided in a Good Samaritan apartment before moving to the new east section.

She is survived by two sons, Deemer and Robert; five grandsons, Robert, Joseph, James, William and Nelson; and by a brother, Frank M. Deemer, a resident of Good Samaritan Center.

She is survived [Preceded in death by] by six brothers and sisters and her husband.

Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday at Fuhrman Funeral Home, the Rev. H. Allen Wirtz officiating. Burial will be in Oakhill cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from noon Friday until time of the funeral. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, June 15, 1972)