Obit: Lee, Mary Charlotte (1909 - 1956)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Lee, Dawson, Gile, Henning, Covell, Beilfuss, Kuehling, Meyers, Schoengarth, Steinhilber, Holt, Brown, Palmer, Ray, Unger, Olson, Johnson, Dubes, Davis, Epding, Harcey  
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) February 2, 1956 
 

Lee, Mary Charlotte (1 February 1909 - 25 January 1956) 
 

Mrs. Mary Lee, age 46, of 117 Oak Street, Neillsville, died Wednesday afternoon at her home.  She had not been feeling well at noon but informed her family she would be all right alone and urged them not to be alarmed at her condition.  Her son, Skipper discovered her body on the bathroom floor when he returned from school. 
 

Funeral services were conducted Satruday afternoon at the Congregational Church, the Rev. Frank Harcey, pastor of the church, officiating.  The officers of Carmi Chapter No. 60 also conducted Eastern Star services. 
 

The body reposed at the Bergemann Funeral Home from Thursday evening to Saturday noon, when it was taken to the church for services. 
 

Mary Charlotte Gile, daughter of Ray and Bessie (Dawson) Gile, was born February 1, 1909, at Rockford, Ill. When she was two years old her family moved to Merrillan, where she attended school and was later a graduate of the Eau Claire State Teachers College.  She taught in the Granton, Merrillan and Melrose schools.  On November 7, 1930, she was married to Dr. Ell Lee at Harvard, Ill.  They have made Neillsville their home since.   
 

Mrs. Lee was a member of Carmi Chapter No. 60 O. E. S. and a member of the Neillsville Country Club.  Under her very able guidance many youths of the Neillsville area were given the privilege of learning how to bowl correctly and in 1951 one of her teams won the national championship in the Junior Bowling league of the United States.  During the summer of last year she taught many boys and girls how to play golf. 
 

She is survived by her husband, Dr. Ell Lee, one son, Ell (Skipper); her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gile of Merrillan; a sister, Mrs. Arthur (Jean) Henning of Altoona; three brothers, Rulef Gile, Green Bay, Gibson Gile, Merrillan, and William Gile, Wisconsin Rapids. 
 

Attending the services in a group were the Junior Bowling League, Jobs Daughters, Eastern Star, and the high school basketball team. 
 

Burial took place at Merrillan. 
 

The Merrillan Chapter No. 160 O. E. S. also attended services in a body. 
 

Pallbearers were A. C. Covell, Bruce Beilfuss, Albert Kuehling, Arthur Meyers, Lowell Schoengarth and Lester Steinhilber. 
 

In charge of flowers were members of Carmi Chapter No. 60 O. E. S.  They were Mrs. Albert Holt, Mrs. Walter Brown, Mrs. Fred Palmer, Mrs. Sam Ray and Mrs. Adolph Unger. 
 

Out of town relatives attending services were: Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gile, Mr. and Mrs. Gibson Gile of Merrillan, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Henning, Altoona; Mr. and Mrs. Rulef Gile, Green Bay; Mr. and Mrs. William Gile, Wisconsin Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. Rollie Lee, Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Wally Olson, Waupun; Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Johnson, Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dubes, Truman Davis, Eldred Davis, all of Granton and Mrs. Arthur Epding and daughter, Diane, Wausau.