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George W Lee

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George W Lee

Birth
Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, USA
Death
14 Aug 1983 (aged 85)
Burial
Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
4B
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From the Dubuque Telegraph Herald (August 17, 1983 edition, p. 19)

George W. Lee

Services for George W. Lee, 85 of 1600 Atlantic St. will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Egelhof-Casper-Strueber Funeral Home, 1145 Locust Street.

Burial will be in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Mr. Lee, who was born in Iowa City, Iowa, died Sunday at home. He was principal of Dubuque Senior High School from 1947-1965. Before that, he was principal at Oelwein High School from 1943-1947, where he was a teacher and coach from 1925-1943. He retired from Senior in June 1965 and the new library was dedicated in his honor.

Mr. Lee was a member of the Masonic Metropolitan Lodge No. 49 for 50 years and a member of the Kiwanis Club and Westminister Presbyterian Church. He was ordained elder of the church in 1954 and as a deacon in 1972. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the Retired Teachers Association.

Surviving are his wife, the former Bertha Kappmeyer of Bethany Home, Dubuque; one daughter, Mrs. Douglas (Joanne) Brown of Dubuque, and six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

From the Dubuque Telegraph Herald (August 17, 1983 edition, p. 19)

George W. Lee

Services for George W. Lee, 85 of 1600 Atlantic St. will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Egelhof-Casper-Strueber Funeral Home, 1145 Locust Street.

Burial will be in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Mr. Lee, who was born in Iowa City, Iowa, died Sunday at home. He was principal of Dubuque Senior High School from 1947-1965. Before that, he was principal at Oelwein High School from 1943-1947, where he was a teacher and coach from 1925-1943. He retired from Senior in June 1965 and the new library was dedicated in his honor.

Mr. Lee was a member of the Masonic Metropolitan Lodge No. 49 for 50 years and a member of the Kiwanis Club and Westminister Presbyterian Church. He was ordained elder of the church in 1954 and as a deacon in 1972. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the Retired Teachers Association.

Surviving are his wife, the former Bertha Kappmeyer of Bethany Home, Dubuque; one daughter, Mrs. Douglas (Joanne) Brown of Dubuque, and six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.



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