Monona-Calhoun County IA Archives Obituaries.....Lee, Darl Wingate October 21, 1954
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AUTO CRASH TAKES LIVES OF 
MR. AND MRS. BENNETT LEE          (From the collection of Vivian Norby	
						Andersen)

	The Soldier community was stunned last week end upon learning of the 
tragic death in a headon auto collision of Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Lee, former 
residents of this community.  Mrs. Lee died instantly in the accident near 
Axtel, Nebr., shortly before noon last Thursday and Mr. Lee passed away 
Saturday.  Another occupant of the car, Hans Andresen of Schaller, father of 
Mr. and Mrs. Lee’s soninlaw(sic), also died instantly in the crash.  Mrs. 
Andresen’s wife was badly injured and another lady with them was hurt slightly.
	The accident happened as the party were on their way to Boulder, Colo. 
To visit a daughter.  On a straight road near the intersection of highways 6 
and 44 near Axtel a car driven by a Kansas man pulled over in the lane of the 
Lee car and the machines crashed headon.  The driver of the other car was 
badly injured.  Both cars were completely demolished.
	Mr. and Mrs. Lee were born in the Soldier community and lived here 
most of their lives.  Since moving to Lohrville, Iowa they had accumulated 
considerable land and their farm which is being operated by their son, Virgil, 
is considered one of the best in the state.  Two years ago they built a 
beautiful home in Lohrville.
	Funeral services were held at the farm near Lohrvil’e(sic) and at the 
Methodist church there Tuesday.  Hundreds of friends and relatives attended 
and the church and basement was unable to handle the mourners.  Burial was at 
Lohrville.
	Bennett Claire Lee, son of Mitchell and Lena Lee, was born October 25, 
1894 in Soldier, Iowa.  He died in Holdredge, Nebr. Oct. 23, 1954.
	Darl Magdeline, daughter of Holstein and Josephine Wingate, was born 
Nov. 26, 1895 in Soldier, Iowa.  She died near  Axtel, Nebr. Oct. 21, 1954
	Bennett Claire Lee was united in marriage to Darl Magdeline Wingate on 
June 24, 1916 at Soldier where they were born and had lived considerable time 
following their marriage.  Some years later they moved to a farm near Mapleton 
and in 1942 they moved to a farm near Lohrville, Iowa.
	Mrs. and Mrs. Lee were both baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran 
Church in Soldier.  When they moved to Lohrville they joined and attended the 
Methodist church.  They were active members and both enjoyed working in the 
church doing whatever they could to help the Church of Jesus Christ to which 
they were devoted.
	Mr. Lee was a member of both the Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges.  Mrs. 
Lee was a member of the Rebekah Lodge and both were members of the Order of 
the Eastern Star.  Mrs. Lee was also a member of the Auxiliary	of the 
American Legion and was a member of the Women’s Society of Christian Service 
and held the office of the Status of Women.
	Mr. and Mrs. Lee were also active in the life of the community and 
helped to further many good causes.  They were highly respected by the people 
of the communities in which they have lived and always built their lives into 
the very fibre of the community, helping to make it a better place in which to 
live.
	Mrs. Lena Lee of Moorhead, survives her son.  He is also surved(sic) 
by one sister, Mrs. David Wilson, West Liberty, Iowa; five brothers, Elmer and 
George of Soldier; Marvel of Onawa; Amos of West Des Moines, and Orren of 
Moorhead.
	Mrs. Lee is survived by one brother, Lyman Wingate of Sioux City and 
one sister, Mrs. Jalmer Nelsen of Soldier.
	Mrs. and Mrs. Lee had seven children.  Roma Joyce died in infancy.  
The surviving children are:  four daughters, Phyllis (Mrs. Frank Powelson) of 
Omaha, Nebr.; Ardithe (Mrs. Norman Smith) of Jackson Heights, New York; Maxine 
(Mrs. Clyde Andreson) of Boulder, Colo.; Vernie (Mrs. Urban Rogers) of Des 
Moines; two son(sic), Virgil of Lohrville and Donald of Manson, Iowa.
	They are also survived by ten grandchildren:  Rosemary and Janis 
Powelson, Jimmie, Jeanne, Craig and Thomas Andreson; Rodney Smith, Jo Ellen 
and Timothy Rogers, and Robert E. Lee.
	Among the survivors who loved them dearly are Raymond and Mary Kay 
Bristow of Lohrville, Iowa.
						


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