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- According to his Washington State death certificate, Elmer was the son of Austin Lee and Mary Ann Berg, both immigrants from Norway. He was a salesman and auto driver. His wife was named Lillian.
In his WWI Draft Registration Card, Elmer lived in Kent. He worked as a teamster for King Co., Washington. The card was dated 9/12/18. His name was given as "Elmer Orvin Lee".
Obit: Kent Advertiser-Journal, Nov. 26, 1931, p-1
"FATAL ACCIDENT TAKES ONE OF KENT'S POPULAR CITIZENS
What proved to be one of Kent's most tragic accidents occurred last Saturday night when Elmer Lee, one of the city's well known citizens, who resided on Railroad Ave north of Meeker St., was hurled from the side of his wife and son by a speeding truck on the Des Moines highway.
Mr. Lee, with his wife and son, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rooks of this city, had stopped along the highway to fix a flat tire, when the headlights of an approaching truck bore down on him. He stepped against the side of his machine but the truck knocked him down fatally injured, and kept speeding ahead. Mr. Lee was rushed to the Owen Taylor hospital of Auburn where he died Sunday afternoon, never regaining consciousness.
Deputy sheriffs, highway patrolmen and the police are making an extensive search for the truck which struck him. It was described as a one ton truck, green in color with a closed body. The truck passed through Kent at a high speed and turned south.
Elmer Orville Lee was a well known and highly esteemed by his friends, of which he has a large circle. He lived in Kent for 28 years and until recently was employed by the Red Rock Creamery.
Mr. Lee was born in Volga, So. Dakota on April 18, 1885. He is survived by his wife Lillian, and a sixteen year old son, Alvin, besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Austin Lee of Kent, three brothers, Arthur and Norris of Portland, and Clarence of Kent, two sisters, Mrs. Mabel Campbell of Seattle and Mrs. Emma Massey of Kent.
Funeral services were held in the Chittenden Funeral Home on Tuesday and were largely attended and the floral tributes were many. The Rev. A. N. Eggen conducted the rites and interment was in the Kent cemetery."
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