Stanley Harry LEE

LEE, LEHMAN, DANIEL, ONKEN, BUCKINGHAM, WALSH

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/10/2010 at 20:29:50

May 24, 1932 -- September 28, 2010

CLEAR LAKE, Iowa - Stanley H. Lee, 78, 5184 235th St., Clear Lake, left the Mercy Hospital ICU in Mason City, Iowa, and went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday morning, Sept. 28, 2010. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, at Zion Lutheran Church, 112 N. 4th St., Clear Lake, with the Rev. Dean Hess officiating. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. today, at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake, and one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be held at the Clear Lake Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by the Clear Lake V.F.W. Stan would like memorials to be given to the Mason City YMCA Partner with Youth Program.

Stanley Harry Lee was born on May 24, 1932, to Harry and Laura (Lehman) Lee on the farm in Thor, Iowa. He graduated from Humboldt High School in 1950. Then proceeded to the Air Force achieving the rank of sergeant and serving from 1951 to 1956. He married Charlene Daniel on March 24, 1957, in Humboldt, Iowa. He was employed by Council Oak store as a butcher in Humboldt and in 1958 they moved to Lake City, Iowa where he managed in a branch store for about two years before the college journey began at Iowa Central Community college in Fort Dodge and then on to Iowa City, where he finished up his chemical engineering degree in 1963. After graduation, he made his first career move to Hammond, Ind., as a chemical engineer with Swift Inc. in the agri-chem division. In 1965, he brought his wife back to Mason City, to begin his long-term career as a chemical engineer with Northwestern Cement Company (Holcim) until retiring in 1994. In 1969 they moved to Clear Lake, where they raised their two kids and have resided ever since. Stan, to many known as "Stan the Man" was a die-hard Hawkeye and Vikings fan and looked forward to attending games live or watching them on TV whenever possible. He was the YMCA's biggest fan here in Mason City and truly felt like more than a member; he felt like part of a family. He loved watching his children and grandchildren participate in their activities and one of his favorite activities he's known for is being a total jokester and prankster. Stan's achievements included being at 1963 Honor Graduate from the University of Iowa, earning a bachelor's of science degree in chemical engineering and being a member of Tau Beta Pi at the University of Iowa. He honed his skills for public speaking during his membership of Toastmasters, and with the Fellow of the American Concrete Institute where he also served as president in 1980. Stan was named Engineer of the Year in 1981-82 with the Iowa Engineering Society.

Stan is survived by his wife, Charlene Lee, Clear Lake, two children and their spouses Jim (Kandi) Lee, Clear Lake, and Dendra (Patrick) Onken, Norwalk; seven grandchildren Tamarik, Torian, Sharrell Lee and Chase, Sonny, Jaron, Summer Onken, one sister Marjorie Buckingham, Fort Dodge, two sisters-in-law Arlene Lee and Onalee Walsh, and 13 nieces and nephews. Stan was preceded in death by his parents, Harry and Laura Lee, one brother Dennis Lee, one great nephew Daniel Adam, father and mother-in-law Charles and Leona Daniel, three brothers-in-law, Willis Buckingham, Dwight Daniel and Ronald Walsh, one sister-in-law Marie Daniel. Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake, Iowa.

Mason City Globe Gazette -- Iowa
September 30, 2010