"ORLANDO LEE IS DECEASED
Orlando Lee, 84, a prominent resident of seven miles north of Greensburg for many years, passed away at 11:15 am today at the county infirmary where he had been a patient for almost a year. Five years ago he fell on his farm and broke his hip which rendered him a confirmed cripple. A year later he went to Oklahoma and lived with his two sisters and three brothers there, returning to Adams township about fourteen months ago. He was a son of Randolph and Eliza Summerville Lee and was born in Tipton county Aug 30, 1850. He came to Decatur county Sept. 16 1863. In 1867 the family moved to Rush county. He married Katie Hardesty of near St. Omer Sept. 30, 1875. They located on the farm seven miles north of Greensburg in 1892 and in 1904 Mr. Lee was elected county commissioner and was reelected in 1906, serving six years. His wife died Aug 8., 1931. There were no children. They belonged to Milroy Christian Church.The deceased was the second of a family of ten children. Randolph, John, Philander and Amanda are deceased. Three brothers, Joseph, Ira, William, live at Ramona Okla., and two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Ridgeway and Mrs. Mary Barlow, live at Sand Springs, Okla. There are 19 nephews and nieces in Oklahoma. The funeral will be held in the Sandusky M. E. church at 10am Thursday, the Rev. G. C. Housman officiating. Burial at Milroy."
From death record:
Both of his parents, Randolph Lee & Eliza Somerville, were both born Kentucky.
-m- Catherine Hardestry
died - County Farm
age - 84y 8m 27d
white - widower - retired farmer
Cause of death - progressive paralysis
funeral - May 23 - Sandusky Methodist Church
informant - William Gentry, County Farm
sister - Mrs Maggie Ridgeway, 304 Cleveland St, Sand Springs, Okla
chg to Decatur County
Orlando Lee, 84, a prominent resident of seven miles north of Greensburg for many years, passed away at 11:15 am today at the county infirmary where he had been a patient for almost a year. Five years ago he fell on his farm and broke his hip which rendered him a confirmed cripple. A year later he went to Oklahoma and lived with his two sisters and three brothers there, returning to Adams township about fourteen months ago. He was a son of Randolph and Eliza Summerville Lee and was born in Tipton county Aug 30, 1850. He came to Decatur county Sept. 16 1863. In 1867 the family moved to Rush county. He married Katie Hardesty of near St. Omer Sept. 30, 1875. They located on the farm seven miles north of Greensburg in 1892 and in 1904 Mr. Lee was elected county commissioner and was reelected in 1906, serving six years. His wife died Aug 8., 1931. There were no children. They belonged to Milroy Christian Church.The deceased was the second of a family of ten children. Randolph, John, Philander and Amanda are deceased. Three brothers, Joseph, Ira, William, live at Ramona Okla., and two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Ridgeway and Mrs. Mary Barlow, live at Sand Springs, Okla. There are 19 nephews and nieces in Oklahoma. The funeral will be held in the Sandusky M. E. church at 10am Thursday, the Rev. G. C. Housman officiating. Burial at Milroy."
From death record:
Both of his parents, Randolph Lee & Eliza Somerville, were both born Kentucky.
-m- Catherine Hardestry
died - County Farm
age - 84y 8m 27d
white - widower - retired farmer
Cause of death - progressive paralysis
funeral - May 23 - Sandusky Methodist Church
informant - William Gentry, County Farm
sister - Mrs Maggie Ridgeway, 304 Cleveland St, Sand Springs, Okla
chg to Decatur County
"ORLANDO LEE IS DECEASED
Orlando Lee, 84, a prominent resident of seven miles north of Greensburg for many years, passed away at 11:15 am today at the county infirmary where he had been a patient for almost a year. Five years ago he fell on his farm and broke his hip which rendered him a confirmed cripple. A year later he went to Oklahoma and lived with his two sisters and three brothers there, returning to Adams township about fourteen months ago. He was a son of Randolph and Eliza Summerville Lee and was born in Tipton county Aug 30, 1850. He came to Decatur county Sept. 16 1863. In 1867 the family moved to Rush county. He married Katie Hardesty of near St. Omer Sept. 30, 1875. They located on the farm seven miles north of Greensburg in 1892 and in 1904 Mr. Lee was elected county commissioner and was reelected in 1906, serving six years. His wife died Aug 8., 1931. There were no children. They belonged to Milroy Christian Church.The deceased was the second of a family of ten children. Randolph, John, Philander and Amanda are deceased. Three brothers, Joseph, Ira, William, live at Ramona Okla., and two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Ridgeway and Mrs. Mary Barlow, live at Sand Springs, Okla. There are 19 nephews and nieces in Oklahoma. The funeral will be held in the Sandusky M. E. church at 10am Thursday, the Rev. G. C. Housman officiating. Burial at Milroy."
From death record:
Both of his parents, Randolph Lee & Eliza Somerville, were both born Kentucky.
-m- Catherine Hardestry
died - County Farm
age - 84y 8m 27d
white - widower - retired farmer
Cause of death - progressive paralysis
funeral - May 23 - Sandusky Methodist Church
informant - William Gentry, County Farm
sister - Mrs Maggie Ridgeway, 304 Cleveland St, Sand Springs, Okla
chg to Decatur County
Orlando Lee, 84, a prominent resident of seven miles north of Greensburg for many years, passed away at 11:15 am today at the county infirmary where he had been a patient for almost a year. Five years ago he fell on his farm and broke his hip which rendered him a confirmed cripple. A year later he went to Oklahoma and lived with his two sisters and three brothers there, returning to Adams township about fourteen months ago. He was a son of Randolph and Eliza Summerville Lee and was born in Tipton county Aug 30, 1850. He came to Decatur county Sept. 16 1863. In 1867 the family moved to Rush county. He married Katie Hardesty of near St. Omer Sept. 30, 1875. They located on the farm seven miles north of Greensburg in 1892 and in 1904 Mr. Lee was elected county commissioner and was reelected in 1906, serving six years. His wife died Aug 8., 1931. There were no children. They belonged to Milroy Christian Church.The deceased was the second of a family of ten children. Randolph, John, Philander and Amanda are deceased. Three brothers, Joseph, Ira, William, live at Ramona Okla., and two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Ridgeway and Mrs. Mary Barlow, live at Sand Springs, Okla. There are 19 nephews and nieces in Oklahoma. The funeral will be held in the Sandusky M. E. church at 10am Thursday, the Rev. G. C. Housman officiating. Burial at Milroy."
From death record:
Both of his parents, Randolph Lee & Eliza Somerville, were both born Kentucky.
-m- Catherine Hardestry
died - County Farm
age - 84y 8m 27d
white - widower - retired farmer
Cause of death - progressive paralysis
funeral - May 23 - Sandusky Methodist Church
informant - William Gentry, County Farm
sister - Mrs Maggie Ridgeway, 304 Cleveland St, Sand Springs, Okla
chg to Decatur County
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