Velma U. Lee

LAS VEGAS -- Velma U. Lee, 81, of Las Vegas, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2001.

Born Jan. 29, 1920, in Lutesville, Mo., she was the daughter of John and Della Masters Gardner.

On Nov. 23, 1939, she was married to Robert E. Lee in Cape Girardeau. He died Nov. 26, 1990.

Lee worked as a sewer at Florsheim Shoes in for 30 years before retiring in 1980 and moving to Las Vegas. She was a member of the First Assembly of God and the VFW Auxiliary in Cape.

She is survived by two daughters, Ruth Ann Sapp of Las Vegas and Mary Louise Warden of Columbia, Ill.; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, three brothers and a sister.

Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home.

Funeral will take place at 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home with the Rev. Mark Graham officiating.

Burial will take place at Cape County Memorial Park.