Lavenia Ann Lee, 91, of Columbia, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on Monday, Oct. 5, 2009, at Boone Hospital Center with her family by her side. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, at Nilson Funeral Home, Interstate 70 Lake of the Woods exit in Columbia with visitation from 1 p.m. until the time of service. Interment will be at Memorial Gardens in Columbia. The Rev. Brian Baker will provide the eulogy. Mrs. Lee was born to Wilford Norris and Mattie Lee Sandker Stone on Sept. 13, 1918, in Boone County. She had attended Red Rock School and was a member of Dripping Spring Christian Church, both in Hinton. On March 9, 1940, she wed her husband of 69 years, Raymond Edward Lee, in Hinton, and he survives. Mrs. Lee was a homemaker and had also worked many years as a seamstress. She continued altering clothes in her home even up until the time of her illness. She was member of the Order of Eastern Star, Thilo Chapter 322, and rose to the rank of Worthy Matron. Mrs. Lee is survived by her husband and two sons, Charles N. Lee and wife Carol of Columbia and Donald R. Lee and wife Dinah of Phoenix; five grandchildren, John C. Lee and wife Cecilia of Columbia, James E. Lee and friend Christy Cox of Centralia; Michael A. Lee and wife Wendy of Pfafftwon, N.C. Christy L. Confar and husband Thomas of Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Brian C. Lee of Phoenix; and eight great-grandchildren, Boone and Britlyn Lee of Centralia, Jordan and Zane Lee of Columbia, Regan and Chase Lee of Pfafftown, and Taylor and Talynne Confar of Thousand Oaks. She is survived by four siblings; brother James M. Stone of Centralia, sister Nina M. Austin of Springfeild, Ohio, brother Roger Wayne Stone of Bucklin and sister Sharon Sheets of Columbia. She is also survived by many cousins, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters, Thelma Marguerite Stone of Harrisburg, Amy Oleta Wade of Harrisburg and Mary Jewel Black of Lees Summit; and one brother, Richard Nelson Stone of Kansas City. Memorial contributions may be made to Dripping Spring Christian Church 2701 W. Dripping Springs Road, Columbia, Mo., 65202.
Lavenia Ann Lee, 91, of Columbia, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on Monday, Oct. 5, 2009, at Boone Hospital Center with her family by her side. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, at Nilson Funeral Home, Interstate 70 Lake of the Woods exit in Columbia with visitation from 1 p.m. until the time of service. Interment will be at Memorial Gardens in Columbia. The Rev. Brian Baker will provide the eulogy. Mrs. Lee was born to Wilford Norris and Mattie Lee Sandker Stone on Sept. 13, 1918, in Boone County. She had attended Red Rock School and was a member of Dripping Spring Christian Church, both in Hinton. On March 9, 1940, she wed her husband of 69 years, Raymond Edward Lee, in Hinton, and he survives. Mrs. Lee was a homemaker and had also worked many years as a seamstress. She continued altering clothes in her home even up until the time of her illness. She was member of the Order of Eastern Star, Thilo Chapter 322, and rose to the rank of Worthy Matron. Mrs. Lee is survived by her husband and two sons, Charles N. Lee and wife Carol of Columbia and Donald R. Lee and wife Dinah of Phoenix; five grandchildren, John C. Lee and wife Cecilia of Columbia, James E. Lee and friend Christy Cox of Centralia; Michael A. Lee and wife Wendy of Pfafftwon, N.C. Christy L. Confar and husband Thomas of Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Brian C. Lee of Phoenix; and eight great-grandchildren, Boone and Britlyn Lee of Centralia, Jordan and Zane Lee of Columbia, Regan and Chase Lee of Pfafftown, and Taylor and Talynne Confar of Thousand Oaks. She is survived by four siblings; brother James M. Stone of Centralia, sister Nina M. Austin of Springfeild, Ohio, brother Roger Wayne Stone of Bucklin and sister Sharon Sheets of Columbia. She is also survived by many cousins, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters, Thelma Marguerite Stone of Harrisburg, Amy Oleta Wade of Harrisburg and Mary Jewel Black of Lees Summit; and one brother, Richard Nelson Stone of Kansas City. Memorial contributions may be made to Dripping Spring Christian Church 2701 W. Dripping Springs Road, Columbia, Mo., 65202.
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