Born LeRoy Charles Blevins, Lee was a true Hoosier throughout life. Growing up in Seymour, Lee, his sister, and their mother lived in the Steele House that was run by his mother's family.
Lee graduated from Shields High School in 1923 and quickly moved to Chicago to live with an aunt and uncle. He found work at Montgomery Wards. Lee moved up the ranks in the company and was soon working with the catalog department. He is credited in adding color ads to the catalog. He was recruited to Kling Studios in Chicago as an art director. He would later become vice-president of the company.
During a lunch break one day, Lee and a co-worker were walking over the Michigan Avenue bridge when somebody caught his eye. He turned to his companion and said, "I'm going to marry that girl." Despite never even seeing her before, Lee and Hazel were married within a year.
The growing family would soon move up the shore to Highland Park, where they bought a 10 acre farm that Hazel named Windy Hill Farm. Lee would ride the train to work in the city every day. During the war, He oversaw recruitment advertising for the US Navy. He grew up with very little, and as he found success, he joined the country club and picked up golf. He never was a very good golfer, but everyone wanted to play a round of golf with Lee because of his personality and incredible sense of humor. Lee's father was absent from most of his life, and Lee wanted to make sure his children did not experience the same. Taking his children to see the Chicago Bears and Cubs play at Wrigley Field, frequent trips to the Shedd Aquarium, and teaching them all to swim in Lake Michigan were frequent stories shared by his children.
The opportunity to expand advertising to television took the family to California. Purchasing Charlie Chaplin Studios, Kling Studios expanded to short films, and commercials. Lee was the man behind the dancing snacks singing the, "Let's all go to the lobby..." jingle that is still seen in theaters and drive-ins today.
Lee's health was failing. For a year, he and his wife lived in Mexico to receive treatments not available in the United States and to help stretch their money out. He passed away in Riverside, California before nine of his grandchildren were born. I am one of those grandchildren that never knew my grandfather, but he was larger than life in the eyes of his children, so we have a good sense of who he was.
John Mellencamp grew up in the same small town as Lee Blevins did. I think of him whenever I hear that song.
Lee is buried there along with his mother and grandmother.
Lee graduated from Shields High School in 1923 and quickly moved to Chicago to live with an aunt and uncle. He found work at Montgomery Wards. Lee moved up the ranks in the company and was soon working with the catalog department. He is credited in adding color ads to the catalog. He was recruited to Kling Studios in Chicago as an art director. He would later become vice-president of the company.
During a lunch break one day, Lee and a co-worker were walking over the Michigan Avenue bridge when somebody caught his eye. He turned to his companion and said, "I'm going to marry that girl." Despite never even seeing her before, Lee and Hazel were married within a year.
The growing family would soon move up the shore to Highland Park, where they bought a 10 acre farm that Hazel named Windy Hill Farm. Lee would ride the train to work in the city every day. During the war, He oversaw recruitment advertising for the US Navy. He grew up with very little, and as he found success, he joined the country club and picked up golf. He never was a very good golfer, but everyone wanted to play a round of golf with Lee because of his personality and incredible sense of humor. Lee's father was absent from most of his life, and Lee wanted to make sure his children did not experience the same. Taking his children to see the Chicago Bears and Cubs play at Wrigley Field, frequent trips to the Shedd Aquarium, and teaching them all to swim in Lake Michigan were frequent stories shared by his children.
The opportunity to expand advertising to television took the family to California. Purchasing Charlie Chaplin Studios, Kling Studios expanded to short films, and commercials. Lee was the man behind the dancing snacks singing the, "Let's all go to the lobby..." jingle that is still seen in theaters and drive-ins today.
Lee's health was failing. For a year, he and his wife lived in Mexico to receive treatments not available in the United States and to help stretch their money out. He passed away in Riverside, California before nine of his grandchildren were born. I am one of those grandchildren that never knew my grandfather, but he was larger than life in the eyes of his children, so we have a good sense of who he was.
John Mellencamp grew up in the same small town as Lee Blevins did. I think of him whenever I hear that song.
Lee is buried there along with his mother and grandmother.
Born LeRoy Charles Blevins, Lee was a true Hoosier throughout life. Growing up in Seymour, Lee, his sister, and their mother lived in the Steele House that was run by his mother's family.
Lee graduated from Shields High School in 1923 and quickly moved to Chicago to live with an aunt and uncle. He found work at Montgomery Wards. Lee moved up the ranks in the company and was soon working with the catalog department. He is credited in adding color ads to the catalog. He was recruited to Kling Studios in Chicago as an art director. He would later become vice-president of the company.
During a lunch break one day, Lee and a co-worker were walking over the Michigan Avenue bridge when somebody caught his eye. He turned to his companion and said, "I'm going to marry that girl." Despite never even seeing her before, Lee and Hazel were married within a year.
The growing family would soon move up the shore to Highland Park, where they bought a 10 acre farm that Hazel named Windy Hill Farm. Lee would ride the train to work in the city every day. During the war, He oversaw recruitment advertising for the US Navy. He grew up with very little, and as he found success, he joined the country club and picked up golf. He never was a very good golfer, but everyone wanted to play a round of golf with Lee because of his personality and incredible sense of humor. Lee's father was absent from most of his life, and Lee wanted to make sure his children did not experience the same. Taking his children to see the Chicago Bears and Cubs play at Wrigley Field, frequent trips to the Shedd Aquarium, and teaching them all to swim in Lake Michigan were frequent stories shared by his children.
The opportunity to expand advertising to television took the family to California. Purchasing Charlie Chaplin Studios, Kling Studios expanded to short films, and commercials. Lee was the man behind the dancing snacks singing the, "Let's all go to the lobby..." jingle that is still seen in theaters and drive-ins today.
Lee's health was failing. For a year, he and his wife lived in Mexico to receive treatments not available in the United States and to help stretch their money out. He passed away in Riverside, California before nine of his grandchildren were born. I am one of those grandchildren that never knew my grandfather, but he was larger than life in the eyes of his children, so we have a good sense of who he was.
John Mellencamp grew up in the same small town as Lee Blevins did. I think of him whenever I hear that song.
Lee is buried there along with his mother and grandmother.
Lee graduated from Shields High School in 1923 and quickly moved to Chicago to live with an aunt and uncle. He found work at Montgomery Wards. Lee moved up the ranks in the company and was soon working with the catalog department. He is credited in adding color ads to the catalog. He was recruited to Kling Studios in Chicago as an art director. He would later become vice-president of the company.
During a lunch break one day, Lee and a co-worker were walking over the Michigan Avenue bridge when somebody caught his eye. He turned to his companion and said, "I'm going to marry that girl." Despite never even seeing her before, Lee and Hazel were married within a year.
The growing family would soon move up the shore to Highland Park, where they bought a 10 acre farm that Hazel named Windy Hill Farm. Lee would ride the train to work in the city every day. During the war, He oversaw recruitment advertising for the US Navy. He grew up with very little, and as he found success, he joined the country club and picked up golf. He never was a very good golfer, but everyone wanted to play a round of golf with Lee because of his personality and incredible sense of humor. Lee's father was absent from most of his life, and Lee wanted to make sure his children did not experience the same. Taking his children to see the Chicago Bears and Cubs play at Wrigley Field, frequent trips to the Shedd Aquarium, and teaching them all to swim in Lake Michigan were frequent stories shared by his children.
The opportunity to expand advertising to television took the family to California. Purchasing Charlie Chaplin Studios, Kling Studios expanded to short films, and commercials. Lee was the man behind the dancing snacks singing the, "Let's all go to the lobby..." jingle that is still seen in theaters and drive-ins today.
Lee's health was failing. For a year, he and his wife lived in Mexico to receive treatments not available in the United States and to help stretch their money out. He passed away in Riverside, California before nine of his grandchildren were born. I am one of those grandchildren that never knew my grandfather, but he was larger than life in the eyes of his children, so we have a good sense of who he was.
John Mellencamp grew up in the same small town as Lee Blevins did. I think of him whenever I hear that song.
Lee is buried there along with his mother and grandmother.
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