Jul 12, 2020

Thresa J. Lee

Posted Jul 12, 2020 12:13 AM

Thresa J. Lee, 83, Tescott, passed away Friday, July 10, 2020 at Salina Regional Health Center.  Thresa was born Tuesday, June 8, 1937 in Culver to Raymond and Alice (Hilleary) Smith.

Thresa and Luther Von Lee were united in marriage on March 15, 1959 and to this union, four children were born, Melvin, Lisa, Kellie, and Doug.  She worked as a telephone operator for Southwestern Bell in Salina and at the Tescott Grocery Store and Tescott Cheese Factory. 

She was preceded in death by her parents and brother, Richard Smith.

Survivors are her husband, Von; children, Melvin (Ida) Lee, Lisa (Jim) Hoffman, Kellie (John) Thelander; and Doug (Lisa) Lee; siblings, LaDonna (Bruce) Steffen and Charles (Susan) Smith; sister-in-law, Connie Smith; 15 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Due to COVID-19, private graveside services will be held for immediate family in Franklin Cemetery.  The service will be available at a later date on Wilson Family Funeral Home’s Facebook page.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Tescott United Methodist Church and can be mailed to Wilson Family Funeral Home, P.O. Box 166, Minneapolis, KS 67467.