William Ward LEE

LEE, JOHNSON, FRYSALEMINK, PAGE

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 7/10/2011 at 11:47:24

Muscatine Journal
Muscatine, Iowa
Monday, January 09, 1984

OBITUARY ~ WILLIAM WARD LEE

Wm. Ward LEE, 82, 117 W. 3rd St., died Friday evening at Muscatine General Hospital.

Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Funeral Home. The Rev. Daniel J. FISHER, pastor of the Letts Bible Church, will officiate. Burial will be in the Letts Cemetery. Visitation is until 9 p.m. today and until service time Tuesday. A memorial fund has been established at the funeral home.

The son of Harry and Emma JOHNSON LEE, he was born March 29, 1901, in Kellerton, Iowa. He had lived most of his life in the Letts and Muscatine areas.

His marriage to Mable FRY took place Nov. 3, 1923, in Rock Island.

Mr. LEE worked as a truck driver for Acme for 30 years, retiring in 1965.

Survivors include his wife; four sons, Dale and Garry, both of Muscatine, Lloyd of Tarboro, N.C., and Bill of Whittier, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Richard (Wanda) SALEMINK of Letts, and Mrs. Jeff (Shirley) PAGE of Santa Rosa, Calif.; 14 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two sisters, three grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, July of 2011