Wayne County Press
Fairfield Illinois
Monday, April 10, 1995
Page 2

Eldo Lee, 90, of Jackson, Mich., died Friday, Apr. 7, 1995 at a retirement home in that city from pneumonia.      He was formerly from the Orchardville area and was the brother of Mrs. Lowell (Margreat) Vest of Fairfield.

Mr. Lee moved to Jackson, Mich., in 1941.  He was a retired inspector for Lefere Forge and Machine Company in Jackson.

Funeral rites will be Tuesday (tomorrow) from the Patience Montgomery Funeral Home in Jackson. Interment will be in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Jackson.

He was born at Coles County, Ill., Mar. 9, 1905, the son of Joseph F. and Lola Forth Lee.  On Oct. 14, 1927, he was married to Lena Copelin of Xenia. She passed away July 17, 1979.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Willie (Virginia) Patton, of Jackson, Mich., and Mrs. Robert (Phyllis) Thomas, of Jackson, Mich.; seven grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and a sister, Mrs. Lowell (Margret) Vest, of Fairfield.