Marie Pearl Erickson Lee (1919-2008)

LEE, ERICKSON, LEWIS, BROWN, BALLENGER, CANADY, HERMAN, GILLESPIE, COULTRAP, GARRETT, WELLS, HOLSTEIN, VASEY, ENNOR

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 4/29/2008 at 15:01:08

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, April 29, 2008.

May 8, 1919-April 27, 2008

Marie Pearl Erickson Lee, 88, of Cambridge, died Sunday, April 27, at home of complications from congestive heart failure. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 1, at the Nazareth Lutheran Church in Cambridge.

Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, at Bacon Funeral Home in Maxwell.

Marie Pearl Erickson Lee was born May 8, 1919, in Cambridge, to John and Gunda Lewis Erickson. She attended Livingston School and graduated from Cambridge High School. She married Gayle Harrison Lee Jan. 1, 1938. He preceded her in death May 5, 2001. She was a farmer's wife for 47 years, on a farm located east of Cambridge until their retirement in 1985, when they moved into town in Cambridge. In 1969, she went to work outside of the home at Younkers Department Store in Ames. She retired from Younkers in 1991, at the age of 72.

She was a lifelong member of Nazareth Lutheran Church in Cambridge. Her wealth was her family. She and Gayle attended every grandchild's wedding, which resulted in them traveling to many different states. She was the quintessential mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She truly loved playing cards with her family and friends, especially the "Yurs & Mine Club" and in later life, with her Huxley friends.

She is survived by her six children, Karen (Harold) Brown, of McGregor, Linda Ballenger, of Cambridge, Nancy Canady, of Houston, David (Doreen) Lee, of Cambridge, Gregory Lee, of Fort Collins, Colo., and Larry Lee, of Ames. Marie also is survived by 11 grandchildren, Tammy Herman, Jennifer Gillespie, Brice Brown, Kevin Brown, Gail Coultrap, Scott Canady, Casey Garrett, Megan Lee, Mandy Lee, Clinton Lee and Ryan Lee; 21 great-grandchildren; four sisters-in-law, Kathleen Erickson, Margaret Lee, LaVaughn Wells and Patricia Holstein; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Gayle Lee; one grandson, Jeffrey Vasey; and three siblings, Irvin Erickson, Ruth Ennor and Howard Erickson.

Memorials may be given to Israel Family Hospice House in Ames and Nazareth Lutheran Church in Cambridge.

Bacon Funeral Homes and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.

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