LEE, Paul Alan 1941-2009

LEE, SCHIAGER, DESMARTEAU

Posted By: County Coordinator (email)
Date: 5/25/2009 at 21:42:00

Lee, Paul

Home Town: Inwood, Iowa
Deceased Date: Wed., Jan. 21, 2009

Service: Sat., Jan. 24, 2009
Address: Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Inwood, IA 51240

Obituary: Inwood, Iowa: Paul Lee, 67, of Inwood, died Wednesday January 21, 2009 at Avera Hospice. Funeral Service will be 11 am Saturday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Inwood. Burial will be at Richland Cemetery, Inwood. Rev. John Wolf will be officiating. Visitation will be Friday until 5 at Porter Funeral Home and with family 6:30-8 pm at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to “The Banquet” of Sioux Falls or “Caring Bridge” on the Internet.

Paul Alan Lee was born March 18, 1941, on the family farm to Milo and Eunice (Schiager) Lee. He graduated from Inwood High School in 1959 and went on to earn an agricultural education degree from South Dakota State University. Paul was a member of the ROTC and was a U.S. Army Ranger Captain, serving in the Vietnam War. Paul married Joyce DesMarteau on June 6, 1969. To this union were born three children: Scott, Mark and Aimee. The children were raised on the farm north of Inwood, where Paul farmed with his father for many years and then his son Scott. In 1985, Paul and Joyce founded a new business, Super Soynuts. Paul and Joyce enjoyed taking their products to craft shows and fairs around the Midwest. Paul was a longtime supporter of 4-H and FFA programs and enjoyed showing cattle. He was a lifelong member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Inwood. He felt especially close to God while fishing, hunting or farming on a John Deere tractor. He enjoyed his work and providing for his family, and loved spending time with his children and grandchildren.

Survivors include his wife, Joyce; his mother, Eunice of Inwood; two sons, Scott (Jennifer) of Inwood, and Mark (Becky) of Mound, Minnesota; a daughter Aimee (Tye) Marquardt of Holdrege, Nebraska; a sister, Sandra (Bob) Aamlid of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; a brother, Clark (Carol) of Hanover, Minnesota; and 10 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his father, Milo; and an infant sister, Sharon.

(Porter Funeral Home of Rock Valley obituary)

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