Walter Elmer Lee, 78, Luverne, died Sunday, March 31, 2002, at Royal C. Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Services were Wednesday, April 3, at Dingmann Funeral Home in Luverne. The Rev. Dell B. Sanderson officiated. Burial with military honors was in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne.
He was born to Carl and Khristine (Khristiansen) Lee on April 2, 1923, in Vienna Township, rural Kenneth. He attended country school in rural Kenneth and graduated from Luverne High School in 1942. He attended one year of college. After serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1946, he returned to Kenneth to farm.
He married Lila Herschberger on Feb. 10, 1954. Together they farmed and worked as custom harvesters near Kenneth for 27 years. In 1981 the couple retired and moved to Luverne.
Mr. Lee was a member of Luverne American Legion Dell Hogan Post #123 for 29 years where he served as a past commander.
Survivors include his wife, Lila Lee, Luverne; two sons, Mark (Joanne) Lee, and their two sons, Jason and Christopher, Dell Rapids, S.D., and Gary Lee, Magnolia; two daughters, Terry (Vic) Rueb, and their daughter, Melissa, rural Luverne, and Patty (Bill) Creamer, Moore, Mont.; one sister-in-law, Arlene Lee, Kanaranzi, and one brother-in-law, Richard Janssen, Luverne.
Mr. Lee was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Lloyd Lee, and one sister, Mabel Janssen.
Dingmann Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.