Obit of Lee, Marlena Catherine Huntley - Grady County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Rita Floyd 02 Dec 2007 Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Rosedale Cemetery--Ada OK Lee, Marlena Catherine Huntley ADA - Memorial services for Marlena Catherine Huntley Lee, 90, Ada, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25 at First United Methodist Church in Ada. Dr. George Warren will officiate. A private burial service at Rosedale Cemetery will precede the service. Mrs. Lee died Tuesday Aug. 21, 2007, at her home. She was born Feb. 28, 1917, at Rush Springs, to Clifford and Margaret Harris Huntley. She attended elementary school at Rush Springs where her family operated a hotel. She moved to Oklahoma City at age 15 to live with her older sister Cora Mae Hastings after both parents died. Mrs. Lee graduated from Capitol Hill High School in Oklahoma City and then attended Draughon's Business School, where she received a lifetime scholarship. She worked for Republic Life Insurance in Oklahoma City. She married George William "Bill" Lee Aug. 6, 1938, in Oklahoma City. They moved to Ada in 1939 from Oklahoma City. Mrs. Lee was a homemaker, an active member of the First United Methodist Church, Tanti Study Club, Ruth Rachel Circle and Douglas Bible Club. She was a member of Kiwanis Queens, Ada Prime Time and several local bridge clubs. She and her husband were active with Ada Hobos Camping Club. Mrs. Lee was preceded in death by her husband, George William Lee; her parents, Clifford Stephenson Huntley and Margaret Elizabeth Harris; three brothers, Harris Huntley, William Huntley and Hugh Huntley, two sisters, Cora Mae Hastings and Margaret Elizabeth "Jane" Cook and a great-grandson, Logan Smith. Survivors include a brother-in-law, Jay Cook, Ardmore; a sister-in- law, Veree Smith, Dallas, Texas; four children, David Kent Lee and wife Pam of Denver, Colo., William Wayne Lee and wife Linda of Boulder, Colo., Janet Ann Lee of Ada, and Phillip Grant Lee and wife Judy of Galveston, Texas; 11 grandchildren, Jeff Lee, Jennifer Lee, Carrie Lee, Sheryl Lee, Laura Lambrecht, Paul Lee, Jason Martin, Lisa Smith, Christina Lee, Elizabeth Lee, and Andrew Lee; and nine great- grandchildren, David Smith, Kristen Smith, Baker Martin, Deacon Martin, Elijah Diamond, Evan Lambrecht, Connor Lambrecht, Johanna Lee and Audrey Lee. The family has requested memorials for Marlena Lee be sent to the First Methodist Church, P. O. Box 566, Ada, Oklahoma 74821. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html