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Show JOHN R. LEE DIES IN TOOELE John Raymond Lee, 85, former for-mer Minersville resident, died Friday of last week in a Tooele hospital of a heart ailment. He was born Aug. 27, 1877, in Minersville, to John Neilsen and Melisa K. Rollins Lee. He married Annie Eliza Keele in Panaca, Nev., in 1895. She died Sept. 22, 1921. He married mar-ried Hattie Bliss in 1924 in Delta. She died in 1927. He married Mary Lemmon in 1934. She died in January, 1963. He was an active member of the LDS Church. He was an orchard farmer and had farmed in several Utah and Nevada communities. Surviving are the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Albert Al-bert (Myrtle) Kesler, Tooele; Mrs. Mervin (Ada) Edwards,-Minersville; Edwards,-Minersville; Jessie Lee, Delta; Harold Lee, Kearns; Mrs. Es-tella Es-tella Edwards, Cedar City; Mrs. Hans (Melba) Claussen and Mrs. Margeretta Duncan, Winock, Wash.; Mrs. John ( Mae ) Munson, Bellflower, Cal.; Miss Dessie Lee, Douglas, Ariz.; Leo Lee, San Bernardino, Calif.; 83 grandchildren, 60 great-grandchildren, 12 great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, broth-ers, Lester, Panaca, Nev. ,and Porter, Caliente, Nev. Funeral services were conducted con-ducted Tuesday in the Willard, Box Elder County, LDS Chapel. Chap-el. Burial was in Delta. |