LEE, Frank W., Dr. 1859-1941

LEE, HOGAN, PENNEY, KETCHUM, STONEWELL

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 2/4/2011 at 16:06:00

Dr. Frank W. Lee 1859-1941

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DR. FRANK W. LEE, VETERAN MITCHELL PHYSICIAN DIES
MEDICAL LEADER WAS IN ACTIVE PRACTICE MORE THAN 50 YEARS

Osage – Dr. Frank W. Lee, a leading Mitchell County physician for more than a half century, died about midnight Tuesday in a Charles City hospital. He was taken to the hospital Tuesday afternoon.

Dr. Lee was born at Jefferson, Ohio, and came to Mitchell County, as a young man, living first at Orchard. He attended the Osage Seminary and then the University of Iowa, from which he was graduated March 1, 1887. Twenty days later he began his practice at Riceville. In 1923 he moved to Osage and had practiced here since.

Dr. Lee was one of the most progressive members of his profession. He purchased the first automobile to be used by a Mitchell County physician in 1910. He was the first to use diphtheria antitoxin, at a time when it was imported from Germany.

The first x-ray machine was brought to Mitchell County by Dr. Lee and his was the first blood pressure equipment to be brought here. Doctors came from many miles distant to see the equipment and learn how to use it.

Surviving are Mrs. Lee, and two children, Robert Lee of Camp Claiborne, La., and Mrs. Burton Hogan of Osage.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Mason City Globe Gazette,
Wednesday October 29, 1941
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Frank W. Lee was born July 18, 1859 in Ohio, the son of John Church Lee and Emma Helen (Stonewell) Lee. His first wife was Helen Irena “Rena” Penney, the daughter of Frank and Caroline Penney. She died in 1929. His 2nd wife was Genevieve Belle Ketchum, the daughter of Rev. Eugene and Emeline (Jones) Ketchum.
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He and his wives are buried in the Osage Cemetery, Osage, Mitchell, Iowa

Dr. Frank W. Lee (death/burial) October 31, 1941
Rena P. Lee (death/burial) March 8, 1929
Genevieve Belle Lee (death/burial) January 7, 1964