Emma (McDonald) Lee

Death - The East Grand Forks Record (Minnesota) - Issue of July 17, 1936, page 1

Mrs. Wm. Lee Burial Rites Held Thursday Services Conducted Here for Mrs. Lee Who Succumbed Tuesday Funeral Services were held Thursday at 2 p.m. for Mrs. William Lee, 65 years old, at her home, 410 Isabelle Ave., and at the Marais church at Davidson at 2:30 p.m. Pallbearers were her six sons, Cecil, Ivan, Clifford, Raymond, Willis and Harvey. Rev. F.J. Hibbard of Crookston officiated at the burial rites. The body lay in state at the home Wednesday evening until the time of the Funeral, Thursday.

Mrs. Lee died at her home, the Northern Pacific Section house, Tuesday. She and her husband moved to East Grand Forks from Hitterdahl, Minn., a year ago. She is survived by her husband, four daughters, Mrs. Earl Yerian of Crookston; Mrs. Jerome Kernelka at home; Mrs. Ernest Carlson and Mrs. Alvin Dahl of Hitterdahl; and eight sons, Leslie of Odessa, Wash.; Cecil of Grand Forks; Ivan of Staples; Clifford of Hitterdahl; Elmer at home; Raymond at home; Willis of Foxhome and Harvey of Devils Lake, N.D. Also surviving are two brothers,Jack McDonald and Dan McDonald of Davidson, and 23 grandchildren.

Death - The Crookston Times Newspaper (Minnesota) - Issue of July 15, 1936, page 3

Former Resident Here Dies in E.G.F.

Mrs. William Lee, former resident of this city, died Tuesday in East Grand Forks of a paralytic stroke at the age of 65.

She is survived by her husband, four daughters, Mrs. Earl Yerian, of Crookston, Mrs. Jerome Krenelka of Grand Forks, Mrs. Alvin Dahl and Mrs. Ernest Carlson of Hitterdahl and eight sons, Leslie of Odessa, Wash., Cecil of Grand Forks, Ivan of Staple, Willis of Foxhome, Harvey of Devils Lake, Raymond of Grand Forks, Clifford of Hitterdahl and Elmer at home. Funeral services will be Thursday at 1:30 p.m., at her home, and at two p.m. at the Davidson church with the Rev. F.J. Hibbard of this city officiating. Six of her sons will be pallbearers. The body will lie in state at her home from six p.m. Wednesday until the funeral hour. Mrs. Lee lived in Crookston for about five years. She moved to East Grand Forks eight years ago.