4/9/1931 - 4/26/2019
Martin Hugh Lee age 88, of Portland passed away Friday April 26, 2019 in
the IU Jay County Hospital. He was born in Portland April 9, 1931 the son of
Richard and Lottie (Cox) Lee. He was married April 2, 1999 to Donna Marie
Moore Garlinger who survives. He was a Sargent Major in the US Army from
1945-1968. He later worked as an insurance claims adjuster. He was a member
of Halfway Lodge 298 in Redkey, Shrine, York Rite, American Legion in
Ridgeville, VFW in Geneva, D.A.V., WW II War Museum, Korean War Museum, US
Army Museum and Boy Scouts.
Surviving are his wife Donna, three sons
Sean Lee of Woodbury, MN., Michael Lee of Fort Wayne and Jeffrey Lee of
Kalamazoo, MI., One daughter Debra Lee of Montville, MI., one brother
Forrest Lee of Richmond, and one granddaughter.
Funeral services will
be Thursday May 2, 2019 at 2:00 PM in the Baird-Freeman Funeral Home with
Pastor Gordon Jackson presiding. Jay Lodge #87 F&AM will perform Masonic
Services as part of the funeral. Burial with military graveside rites by
Ridgeville American Legion will follow in the Gravel Hill Cemetery west of
Bryant. Visitation will the Thursday from 12:00 – 2:00 PM. Memorials can be
made to Jay County Boy Scouts.
Baird-Freeman;
4/29/2019
Contributed by Jim Cox
Buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery