David Abraham Jensen Lee, 84, passed away peacefully at home on April 27, 2020, after an extended battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born January 27, 1936, in rural Whalan (Lanesboro), Minn., to Gilbert and Ina (Jensen) Lee. He graduated salutatorian of his class from Peterson High School in 1954, and worked the family farm near Highland just a few months shy of the rest of his life. He married Barbara Jo Landeon on June 17, 1967, at Fjeldberg Lutheran Church in Huxley, Iowa, and they had four children.
Dave is survived by his wife Barb, children Michael (Melissa) Lee, Monica Lee-Ball, Mark (Courtney) Lee, and Mitchell (Cresta) Lee; sisters-in-law Ruth Lee and Bonnie Hill, brother-in-law Harold (Sue) Lande, grandchildren Brittany (James) Galen, Alexandra Lee, Zakariah Lee, Isabella Lee, Kasey Ball, Kassidy Ball, Hunter Lee, Hudson Lee, Elizabeth (Sawyer) Johnson, Evelyn Deeds, Jacen Sandberg, and Brogan Lee; great-grandchildren:Tristan Galen and Maddox Galen, and many cousins, nieces and nephews.
He was proceeded in death by his parents, his brothers and sisters Jacob Lee, Erma (Clifford) Olson, Rollyce (Gerhard) Oistad and Jaymour (Violet) Lee; son-in-law Kenny Ball and daughter-in-law Jennifer Lee.
Full obituary and tribute can be found at rileyfuneralhome.com.