Aug. 27, 1913 - Oct. 26, 2006
BELGRADE -- Joseph Oleen Lee, 93, of Belgrade died Thursday at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar.
The service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Big Grove Lutheran Church in rural Brooten. Burial will be at the church cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Johnson Funeral Home in Belgrade and for one hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday.
He was born Aug. 27, 1913, on the family farm in North Fork Township to Henry and Mina (Kudson) Lee. He grew up on the family farm in North Fork Township where he attended country grade school.
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He married Christine Fauskee in November of 1935, in Belgrade. They farmed in North Fork Township until 1974 and then retired and moved to Belgrade. Viola died in 2002. He recently moved to assisted living at the Belgrade Nursing Home.
He was a member of Big Grove Lutheran Church.
He is survived by his children: Allen Lee of Brooten, Violet Lee of Cold Springs; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and one sister: Doris Maxwell of Osakis.
He was preceded in death by his wife; and three brothers.
