10/8/1933 - 12/22/2020
Mary Jeanette Lee, age 87, of Portland, passed away Tuesday, December 22,
2020, at her son's residence in Ossian, Indiana. She was born in Portland on
October 8, 1933, the daughter of Sylvestre and Irene Marie (Burkey) Robbins.
She was married on October 20, 1951, to Harold E. “Toad” Lee and he passed
away on October 18, 2015. Jeanette had worked at Jay Garment and for Carl
Steed and Associates in Portland. She was a 1951 Portland High School
graduate.
Surviving is one son Todd Lee (wife Lisa) of Ossian, three
brothers Larry Robbins, Tom Robbins, and John Robbins all of Portland, ten
grandchildren, and twenty great-grandchildren and three great
great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two daughters Teresa
Boolman and Cheryl Geesaman.
Funeral services will be Monday,
December 28, 2020, at 11:00 AM in the Baird-Freeman Funeral Home with Pastor
Billy Stanton presiding. Burial will be in the Liber Cemetery. Visitation
will be Monday from 10:00 – 11:00 AM. Memorials can be made to the Jay
County Cancer Society.
Baird-Freeman Funeral Home;
December 23, 2020
Contributed by Jim Cox
Buried in Liber Cemetery