Lee, Richard L.
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BIG PRAIRIE Richard L. Lee, 71, of Big Prairie, died Sunday, Oct. 24, 2004, at his residence.
Services will be Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at Community Bible Church, 2nd St., Big Prairie with Pastor Kris Westbeld officiating. Burial will be at Sherwood Memorial Gardens, 7067 Cleveland Road, Wooster at 2 p.m., where military rites will be held.
Friends may call Tuesday from 3-7 p.m. at the church.
Arrangements are being handled by Roberts Funeral Home, Sherwood Chapel, Wooster.
Memorial contributions may be made to Community Bible Church, 2nd St., Big Prairie 44611 or to Hospice of Holmes County, 931 Wooster Road, Millersburg 44654.
He was born June 23, 1933, in Big Prairie to LeVerle D. and Ruth A. (Moreland) Lee and married Helen Sturman on July 23, 1955. She survives.
He graduated from Big Prairie High School in 1952.
He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1952-56 in Norfolk, England SAC base.
He worked and retired after 44 years of service from Mansfield Plumbing, Sealand Tech, Dometic.
He was a lifelong member of the Community Bible Church of Big Prairie, where he served as a trustee and superintendent of the Sunday School for many years. He also was a member of the Shreve Post of the American Legion, where he was a past commander.
In addition to his wife he is survived by a son, Stephen Lee of Big Prairie; a brother, Robert (Beverly) Lee of Millersburg; three sisters, Eloise Schafer of Miami Florida, Annie (Delbert) Wakefield of West Salem, Judy Leighty of Wooster and numerous nieces and nephews.
[Source: The Daily Record (Wooster) Obituaries, October 26, 2004]