Joseph Norman Lee

BURLEY - Joseph Norman Lee was born March 11, 1921, in Yost, Utah, to Joseph Valentine and Laura Edna Lee. He passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 14, 2015, at his daughter’s home at the age of 94.

He served in the United States Army during World War II and was stationed in Italy. He worked for the City of Burley until he retired. He loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing, and camping. Family was the most important thing to Norman. He married Eva Toupin in 1942, and they spent 53 years together until her passing in 1994. He then married Geneva Allread in 1995.

He is survived by his wife, Geneva; one daughter, Sandy Croft; a son, Allan (Terri) Lee; daughter in-law, Gay Lee; nine grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; three great-great- grandchildren; a stepson, Ken (Janet) Allread of West Richland, Wash.; one sister, Elsie (Cecil) Grow of Boise; and one brother, Arlo (Connie) Lee of Utah.

In addition to his first wife, Eva, he was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Jimmie; a son-in-law, Wendell Croft; one grandson, Shawn Lee; two brothers, Roy Lee and Willard Lee; and five sisters, Ella Payne, Edna Tilley, Idella Wilcox, Myrtle Hellewell, and Grace Lewis.

The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 21, at the Heyburn LDS 1st and 2nd Ward Church, 530 Villa Dr., in Heyburn. Burial will be in the Riverside Cemetery. Military rites will be provided by the Mini-Cassia Veterans Organization.

Friends may call from 6 until 8 p.m. Friday, March 20, at the Rasmussen Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley, and from 10 until 10:45 a.m. Saturday at the church.