Lee F. Ulch

ULCH, DEVAULT, PORTER, POLMAN, SALEMINK, RUESS, MAHER

Posted By: Char Hixon (email)
Date: 4/23/2015 at 15:26:29

Lee F. Ulch, 95, of Gladbrook, Iowa, died Saturday, March 28, 2015, at the Iowa River Hospice Home, in Marshalltown.

Lee Forrest Ulch was born Feb. 26, 1920, on a farm near Solon, Iowa. His mother, Lottie (DeVault) Ulch Porter later moved to the Nichols area. Lee graduated from Nichols High School in 1938. His farming career was interrupted when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, and served in the Pacific Theatre on the USS Grapple ARS-7.

Lee was the eldest of seven brothers and sister. When their father, Raymond Porter, died in 1940, Lee became the father-figure of the family and helped raise his siblings.

On April 12, 1950, he married Louise Polman and they moved to International Falls, Minn., where they owned and operated the Crystal Beach Resort on Rainy Lake for 17 years. They then moved to Gladbrook and Lee became employed at Fisher Controls in Marshalltown. He retired in 1985.

Lee is survived by his wife Louise; son Jeffrey; daughters, Libbie and Teresa; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; six great step-grandchildren; brother James Porter of Spokane, Wash.; sisters, Helene Salemink of Nichols, Mary Jane Ruess of West Liberty and Jeanne Maher of Hiawatha, Iowa.

Lee donated his body to the University of Iowa Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology for medical research.
West Liberty (Iowa) Index, 23 April 2015