0492 – SPOKANE (WA) DISTRICT : Abramson, Lee (Alton Lee) – Obituary (2010)
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Lee Abramson . |
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description of work: An obituary for Lee (Alton Lee) Abramson published in the February 22, 2010 edition of the Amarillo Globe-News, Amarillo, Texas. Lee was a youth leader, editor of the Telegram, minister, and missionary for the Spokane (WA) District of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for many years. tags: Lee Abramson, Alton Lee Abramson, Betty Abramson, Betty May Troy, Al Abramson, Jim Abramson, Anita Abramson, Anita Spence, Anita Woslager, Louise Abramson, Bob Abramson, Darlene Abramson, Spokane Washington, Lee’s Summit Missouri, Amarillo Texas, Amarillo Globe-News, Gary Abramson, David Abramson, Chris Abramson, RLDS Church, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Spokane District |
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Alton Lee Abramson, 83, of Amarillo died Saturday, February 20, 2010. |
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Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Lee’s Summit Community Church at 1440 S.W. Jefferson St. in Lee’s Summit, MO. A graveside service will follow. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors. |
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Lee Abramson was born in Yakima, Washington on June 11, 1926. He died in the Thomas E. Creek Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center in Amarillo after a lengthy illness. |
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Mr. Abramson and his siblings, Al, Jim, Anita, Louise, Bob and Darlene, were raised in Washington. He graduated from West Valley High School in Spokane, WA, and then immediately enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served in the Pacific during World War II. He was honorably discharged in 1944 and married Betty May Troy in September 1946. |
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Lee and Betty had three children, Gary, David and Chris. Lee worked as a stone mason, firefighter, policeman, and later was ordained a minister for the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1960. He served as a traveling minister in many states and lived in Nebraska, Iowa, Maine, Canada, Missouri, and Oklahoma before retiring in 1982. He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree at Park College. Post retirement, he managed a 10,000-acre cattle ranch in northern Texas. |
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The Abramsons subsequently moved back to Spokane, WA, in 1987 to be with family, and he sold real estate for three years. Later on, Lee and Betty moved to Lone Jack, MO, Pickens, SC, and eventually Amarillo, TX. He served in part-time ministry the remainder of his life. |
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Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Betty Abramson; his three children, seven grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren. |
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The family suggests memorials be made to the Church of Jesus Christ the Lamb of God, in care of Larry Anderson, 121 Winchester Mill Road, Pickens, SC 29671. |
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Send thoughts and memories to leeabramson@yahoo.com . |
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Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 22, 2010 |
