Johan Lee's obituary, Flint, Genesee County, Michigan

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Obituaries from the Clare County Cleaver, October 21, 1999

Johan Emmett Lee, age 90, formerly of Harrison, presently of Flint
Township, died Tuesday, October 5, 1999, after a long illness.  Mr. Lee
was born in Gwinner, North Dakota, the eldest son of Sander Endresen Lee
and Lyda Anderson Lee.  He had been a resident of Flint since 1916.  He
attended Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.  In 1940 he married
Naretta Elder in Flint, who died in 1949.  Later he married Edna Adams
who died in 1979.   He served in the military from 1943-1945 as a Staff
Sergeant.  He had been a member of Salem Lutheran Church since 1936,
active on the church council, building fund, treasurer, Sunday School
teacher and choir.  He had been a member of the Downtown Lions Club for
58 years serving as treasurer for 13 years.  He was a member of the Eddy
Male Chorus for over 20 years.  Mr. Lee was also a member of the Sons of
Norway.  He was employed by the Flint Loan Company and the Northern
Development company of Harrison, Michigan.  Surviving are: a daughter
Nancy and husband Rev. Charles Lindholm of Glenville, New York; a son,
Kermit Lee of Flint; grandchildren, Mialisa Lindholm of Glenville,
David-Sven Lindholm of Bosnia, Herzegovina, Craig Lee of Oscoda; three
great-grandchildren.  Family siblings are Daniel Lee of Gwinner, North
Dakota, Sander Lee of Atlanta, Georgia ,Ruth Elder of Flint; many nieces
and nephews.  Special friends include Marion Atkinson and George Groehsl
of Harrison, Michigan.
     Funeral services were held Friday, October 8, 1999, at Salem
Lutheran Church, 2610 Martin Luther King Avenue.  Pastor Thulisiiwe N.
Beresford officiated with burial at Sunset Hills Cemetery.  Memorials
may be made to Salem Lutheran Church or Downtown Lions Club.