Berrien County MI Archives Obituaries.....Lee, George W. August 8, 1926
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Niles Daily Star, Monday, August 9, 1926, page 5, col. 3
Niles Daily Star, Monday, August 9, 1926, page 5, col. 3

DEATH CLAIMS OLD RESIDENT
George W. Lee, 90, Passes Away After a Lingering Illness

	George W. Lee, 90, a resident of Berrien county for 70 years, and a veteran of
the civil war, died Sunday morning at 8 o'clock at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Don Denison, 313 N. Thirteenth street. He had been a patient sufferer for
three years.
	Mr. Lee was born in Stanford, Vt., a son of Luther and Mary Lee.  When a young
man he took up his residence in Berrien County, and engaged in farming for the
greater part of his life.  Early during the Civil war he enlisted in Co. E. 12th
Michigan infantry as a private, and after active service was discharged as an
invalid. He was later drafted and served in Co., C, 15th Michigan Infantry until
the end of the war.
	The deceased is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Denison and Mrs. Olive
Bowering, of Niles, and by one son, George G. Lee, of Galien, and by 11
grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.
	The funeral services will be held at Saints church in Galien Tuesday morning at
10 o'clock.  Private services will be held at the home here.  Burial will take
place in the family lot, where Mrs. Lee, who died 16 years ago is  buried.

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