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ARCH L. LEE  [18 Sep 1908 - 22 Aug 1978]

 Arch L. Lee, 69, a retired millwright and a longtime resident of Springfield, died at noon Tuesday at his home after a long illness.
 He was a member of Carpenters Local 978.
 Survivors include his wife, Opal D.; two sons, Don, Rogersville, and Jimmie, Rogersville; a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Brooks, 1918 North Grant; a brother, John, Raytown; five sisters, Mrs. Opal Pickering, Springfield; Mrs. Ruth Davis and Mrs. Betty Scheinost, both of Raytown; Mrs. Dorothy Chorister, Jefferson City, and Mrs. Blanche DiGraci, St. Louis; and eight grandchildren.
 Services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday in Greenlawn North Chapel with the Rev. W. E. Dowell officiating. Burial will be in White Chapel Cemetery. The family will be in the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. today.

Published in the Springfield News Leader, August 1978; Contributed by: Jan Lowry <  [email protected]>
[Archie Louis Lee was born in Union City, MO the son of Roland Columbus Lee and Cordelia Ann Fox]


JOHN M. LEE [ 17 Jun 1916 - 03 Oct 2003]

John M. Lee, 87, Raytown, MO, passed away Friday, October 3, 2003. The Gathering for Funeral Services will be 1 p.m. Monday, October 6 at D. W. Newcomer’s Sons Floral Hills Chapel, 7000 Blue Ridge Blvd., Kansas City, MO. Burial in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens. John was born June 17, 1916, in the family farm home in Stone County, MO, one of eight children. He served in the U.S. Navy during WWII, was  a retired electrician, and a member of IBEW Local #124. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Enid H. Lee; three sons, John D. Lee, Lindell K. Lee, and Stephen M. Lee; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren; sisters Ruth Davis and Betty Scheinost; and nieces and nephews. (Arr. D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Floral Hills Chapel, 816-353-1218)

Published in the Kansas City Star on 10/04/2003; Contributed by: Jan Lowry <  [email protected]>
[John Millard Lee was born in Jamesville, MO the son of Roland Columbus Lee and Cordelia Ann Fox]

ROBERT FRANKLIN LEE [Jr.]   [18 Feb 1878 - 05 Feb 1959]

 Robert Franklin Lee [Jr.] , 80, Marionville, died Friday night in the Baptist Hospital at Miami, Okla. Where he had been a patient since becoming ill while visiting a daughter, Mrs. Fern Turner, Commerce Okla.
 He was a member of the Christian Church at Marionville.
 Other survivors are his wife, Rosie E.; a brother, Rolen [Roland] of Springfield; and two sisters, Mrs. Sophia A. Cook, Springfield, and Mrs. James Ortendorf, Hurley.
 Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday in the Bradford-Sunridge [?] Funeral Chapel at Marionville with burial in the IOOF Cemetery. The body will be forwarded to Marionville by the  Hunter Funeral Home at [?] .

Contributed by:  Jan Lowry <  [email protected]>
[Robert F. Lee, Jr. is the son of Robert F. Lee, Sr. and Mary Ellen Payne]


VERDIE LEE  [01 Sep 1913 - 10 Mar 1978]

Verdie Lee, 64, Route 4, Springfield, was dead on arrival at Cox Medical Center at 7:48 a.m. Friday, after suffering an apparent heart attack, according to a funeral home spokesman.
 Mr. Lee, a resident of the Elmore community for many years, was a veteran of World War II. He was a self-employed sheet metal worker.
 Survivors include his wife, Edna; two daughters, Mrs. Shirley Mullen, Route 4, and Mrs. Ann Glidewell, 226 Monterey Court; two brothers, John Lee, Kansas City, and Arch Lee, Springfield; five sisters, Mrs. Opal Pickering, Springfield, Mrs. Ruth Davis, Kansas City, Mrs. Betty Scheinost, Raytown, and Mrs. Dorothy Chronister, Jefferson City, and Mrs. Blance [Blanche] DeGraci, St. Louis; and three grandchildren.
 Greenlawn Funeral Home North will announce arrangements.

Published in the Springfield News Leader, Mar. 1978; Contributed by: Jan Lowry<  [email protected]>
[Virgil “Verdie”  Lee was born in Jamesville, MO the son of Roland Columbus Lee and Cordelia Ann Fox]


LENARD (LEN) EARL LEATHERMAN
     Lenard (Len) Earl Leatherman, son of Homer and Ruth (Tharp) Leatherman, was born August 11, 1942 at Hollister. He departed this life on April 14, at his home in Urbana at the age of 53 years, eight months, and three days.
     Lenard was retired from Associated Grocers, and was a retired Navy Veteran.
     He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Goldie V Tharp. He is survived by his wife, Carmella, one son, Leonard J. Leahterman of Urbana; three daughters, Florence Tyler of Sporingfild, Elizabeth Mattlock of Bolivar, and Michelle Stults of Galena; his parents, Homer and Ruth Leatherman of Reeds Spring; two brothers, Wayne and Tom Leatherman of Reeds Spring; one sister, Marilyn Duhe of Schreveport, La.; three grandchildren and on step grandchild.
     Services were held Wednesday, April 17 in Montgomery-Viets Chapel in Buffalo. Burial with Military rites was held in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo.
     Crane Cronicle 4-25-96, Contributed by Robin Biddle