Arizona republican., 1916-10-16
FUNERAL TODAY
 IT HARVEY LEE
Something of the Life of a Man Who Rose in Phoenix in Spite of the Severest Handicaps

The funeral of Harvey J. Lee will be held at three o'clock this afternoon from the residence, 1501 West Wash ington street. There will be brief ser vices at the house conducted by Rev. MT. Marquis of the Presbyterian church. At the grave the services will be conducted by the Elks of which MT. Lee had been a member for several years.
 News of the death of Mir Lee oc- casioned widespread expressions of re- Sret for he had been so long connected with the business life of Phoenix and had made many firm friends as well as the bitter enemies that one of q strong character acquires And from the very bottom of things he had made an i'm portant place for himself in the com mUnity.
 When boy of twenty, MT Lee came to Phoenix twenty-four years ago this fall He was in ill health following ar attack of pneumonia and it was feared that he was in an advanced stage of consumption. He had been in the em- ! ploy of large lumber company of ! Oregon in the capacity of bCokkeeper when his health gave way. He first sought it's recovery in California and then came to Arizona. His case was a distressing one for he was also with out money.
 Within a few months after his arr- val he found employment in the mail ing department of The Republican i Within less than two years he was ad- vanced to the position oi business man l 2ger which he retained through a ] period Of rapid growth of the paper and under four ownerships He acquired a homestead entry in n 1 began to be settled Soon after that i a sale was effected by him of some timber land in Oregon which had been 1 believed to be worthless and on that I beginning he erected competency. He i became an officer of the Phoenix Loan and Trust company and q director of l the Union Savings Bank and Trust company.
 Seven years ago the activities of Mir Lee were arrested by the disease that l ultimately caused his death. Much of the time since then he has been help 1 less. He visited various parts of the l country in the hope of an Improvement of his health. Last summer accom- panied by Mrs. Lee, he vent to Cali fornia and returned a couple of weeks i ago so much improved that his friends ! entertained hope that he might be ! fully restored
 week ago last night, however. he
 was suddenly seized and from that
 time until he died at one o'clock yes
 terday morning, death approached steadily nearer.
 Mir Lee was born near Dowagiac
 Michigan, forty four years ago. He
 moved with his family to Missour
 where he resided eight years and ther went to Oregon where he grew to younl
 menhood. He was married nine year.
 ago to Miss Gertrude Winiscroft O.
 this city wno has been unremitting 1T
 ner care of hir during the period o
 illness covering the greater part of hi! married life.
 He leaves beside his widow, a fatEer
 Frank r. Lee, formerly of this count,
 now a resident of Wapato, Oregon three married sisters. Mrs. Jessie Day
 of Pkoen;A. Mrs. Sagner of Utah, Mrs
 Ellsworth of Santa Cruz, Cal, ant f two unmarried sisters; two brothers
 Edson Lee, now residing in Idaho anC
 Ross Lee of Miami.
 Among the many admirable qualities
 of MT. Lee was his loyalty to hi
 friends and to all who were associated
 with him in any enterprise. Anothe
 quality was that of strong determine
 tion.