Lee, William Albert 'Bert'

1881 - 1957  (76 years)

• Name	Lee, William Albert 'Bert'
  Birth	13 Jul 1881
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	LEE.B003
  _FGRAVE	147416998
  Death	17 Dec 1957	Sycamore Municipal Hospital, Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  	True Republican, 20 December 1957 Bert Lee, 76, esteemed resident of this community for over 30 years, died at 11:40 a.m. Tuesday at the Sycamore Municipal Hospital, where he had been a patient since suffering a paralytic stroke ten days ago. He was born July 13, 1881, in Clay City, the son of Irvin and Ellen Dooley Lee. On August 9, 1904, he was married to Gladys Figg at Flora. Mr. Lee was a retired railroad man, having been employed here on the section for the Chicago Great Western Railroad for 16 years. Prior to that, he had worked for other railroads in a similar capacity. After his retirement, several years ago, he had done miscellaneous garden work for local people. Mr. Lee possessed kindly traits of character and was well liked by all who knew him. Left to mourn his passing are his wife and five children, Edward, Joseph and William of Sycamore, Mrs. Naomi Robinson of DeKalb and Mrs. Dorothy Bozell of Batavia; also 12 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Final services are to be conducted this Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Van Natta Funeral Home with Rev. Clarence Diercks officiating. Burial will take place in the Elmwood cemetery at Sycamore. Friends may call at the local funeral home until time of the services.
  Burial	Elmwood Cemetery, Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I23217	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Lee, James Ervin,   b. 13 Dec 1840   d. 27 Jun 1913 (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Duley, Margaret Ellen,   b. 22 Dec 1844   d. 18 Aug 1923 (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	24 Dec 1865
  Age at Marriage	He : 25 years - She : 21 years.
  Family ID	F20772	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Figg, Gladys D.,   b. 26 Aug 1883, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois d. 17 Mar 1961, Sycamore Municipal Hospital, Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F10251	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 17 Dec 1957 - Sycamore Municipal Hospital, Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois Burial - - Elmwood Cemetery, Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S16755] https://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Lee, Bert, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147416998/william_albert-lee), none. (Reliability: 2). [S16753] https://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Lee, Mrs. Bert (Gladys) Lee, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147417072/gladys_d-lee), none. (Reliability: 2). [S16756] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Lee, William Albert, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147416998/william_albert-lee), none. (Reliability: 2).