Bert A. Lee, 92, a resident of Forest Park Healthcare Center, died Sund ay, June 22, 1980, at 8:30 pm, at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital.
He was born June 15, 1888, in Springfield, Ark., the son of J.R. and Allie Lee. He married Mabel Cobb who died in 1938 and later married Berth a Wright, who survives.
Lee was a retired millwright and electrician for Hoosier Ironworks and l ived in Howard County most of his life. He was a member of the Oakford Separate Baptist Church and belonged to the F & AM Naphthali Lodge 389, C enter. He was a World War I veteran and belonged to Veterans of Foreign W ars Post 1152.
He is survived by two sons, John O. Lee of Kokomo and Elmer L. Lee of C hickasha, Okla.; two daughters, Mrs. Clyde (Allie) Carter of Sharpsvill e and Mrs. Lawrence (Elva) Smith of Kokomo; one sister, Naomi Blanscet o f Denver; three stepsons, H. O'Neal Wright of California, and H. Max Wr ight and Donald Wright, both of Valparaiso; six grandchildren, seven st ep-grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
A Masonic memorial service will be conducted at Ellers Mortuary at 8 pm W ednesday. Services will be Thursday at 10 am at the funeral home with t he Rev. Albert Kimbler officiating. Burial will be in Albright Cemetery .
Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p m
He was born June 15, 1888, in Springfield, Ark., the son of J.R. and Allie Lee. He married Mabel Cobb who died in 1938 and later married Berth a Wright, who survives.
Lee was a retired millwright and electrician for Hoosier Ironworks and l ived in Howard County most of his life. He was a member of the Oakford Separate Baptist Church and belonged to the F & AM Naphthali Lodge 389, C enter. He was a World War I veteran and belonged to Veterans of Foreign W ars Post 1152.
He is survived by two sons, John O. Lee of Kokomo and Elmer L. Lee of C hickasha, Okla.; two daughters, Mrs. Clyde (Allie) Carter of Sharpsvill e and Mrs. Lawrence (Elva) Smith of Kokomo; one sister, Naomi Blanscet o f Denver; three stepsons, H. O'Neal Wright of California, and H. Max Wr ight and Donald Wright, both of Valparaiso; six grandchildren, seven st ep-grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
A Masonic memorial service will be conducted at Ellers Mortuary at 8 pm W ednesday. Services will be Thursday at 10 am at the funeral home with t he Rev. Albert Kimbler officiating. Burial will be in Albright Cemetery .
Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p m
Bert A. Lee, 92, a resident of Forest Park Healthcare Center, died Sund ay, June 22, 1980, at 8:30 pm, at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital.
He was born June 15, 1888, in Springfield, Ark., the son of J.R. and Allie Lee. He married Mabel Cobb who died in 1938 and later married Berth a Wright, who survives.
Lee was a retired millwright and electrician for Hoosier Ironworks and l ived in Howard County most of his life. He was a member of the Oakford Separate Baptist Church and belonged to the F & AM Naphthali Lodge 389, C enter. He was a World War I veteran and belonged to Veterans of Foreign W ars Post 1152.
He is survived by two sons, John O. Lee of Kokomo and Elmer L. Lee of C hickasha, Okla.; two daughters, Mrs. Clyde (Allie) Carter of Sharpsvill e and Mrs. Lawrence (Elva) Smith of Kokomo; one sister, Naomi Blanscet o f Denver; three stepsons, H. O'Neal Wright of California, and H. Max Wr ight and Donald Wright, both of Valparaiso; six grandchildren, seven st ep-grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
A Masonic memorial service will be conducted at Ellers Mortuary at 8 pm W ednesday. Services will be Thursday at 10 am at the funeral home with t he Rev. Albert Kimbler officiating. Burial will be in Albright Cemetery .
Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p m
He was born June 15, 1888, in Springfield, Ark., the son of J.R. and Allie Lee. He married Mabel Cobb who died in 1938 and later married Berth a Wright, who survives.
Lee was a retired millwright and electrician for Hoosier Ironworks and l ived in Howard County most of his life. He was a member of the Oakford Separate Baptist Church and belonged to the F & AM Naphthali Lodge 389, C enter. He was a World War I veteran and belonged to Veterans of Foreign W ars Post 1152.
He is survived by two sons, John O. Lee of Kokomo and Elmer L. Lee of C hickasha, Okla.; two daughters, Mrs. Clyde (Allie) Carter of Sharpsvill e and Mrs. Lawrence (Elva) Smith of Kokomo; one sister, Naomi Blanscet o f Denver; three stepsons, H. O'Neal Wright of California, and H. Max Wr ight and Donald Wright, both of Valparaiso; six grandchildren, seven st ep-grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
A Masonic memorial service will be conducted at Ellers Mortuary at 8 pm W ednesday. Services will be Thursday at 10 am at the funeral home with t he Rev. Albert Kimbler officiating. Burial will be in Albright Cemetery .
Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p m
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