Abby Lee

ABBY LEE

Vinton

Abby Lavon Lee, 84, of Hockley, Texas, formerly of Vinton, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, at Villa Toscana in Houston. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 11, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel (212 E. Sixth St.), Vinton, with Pastor Jesse Henkle officiating. Interment will be at Maplewood Cemetery Vinton. Friends may call from 9:30 a.m. until service time Monday at the funeral home.

A memorial fund has been established for Heart to Heart Hospice (719 Sawdust Rd., Suite 210, The Woodlands, TX 77380).

Abby Lavon Zahn was born Jan. 22, 1930, to John Oliver and Verna (Rambo) Zahn in Shellsburg. On June 30, 1966, she was united in marriage to Robert N. Lee in Independence.

Abby worked as a Tupperware Lady for over 30 years and also worked at Perfex in Vinton. Her true occupation was caring for her family

She is survived by two sons, George (Cheryl) Thacker of Garrison and Roy (Tracy) Thacker of Des Moines; her daughter, Sandy (Ron) Radcliffe of Hockley, Texas; her daughter-in-law, Jody Lee of Citrus Heights, Calif.; seven grandsons, Greg (Christina) Lee, Caleb (Kim) Thacker, Tony (Amira) Radcliffe, Matthew, David, Jacob and Liam Thacker; two granddaughters, Trish (Scott) Smith and Aubrey Thacker; six great-grandchildren, Arryana, Ian, Savannah and Jackson Lee, Drew Smith and Jaina Thacker; three sisters, Mary Evens of Urbana, Clara Lint of Marengo and Hazel (Harry) Rublack of Vinton; and her brother, Clarence (Esther) Zahn of Grandview, Wash.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Robert Lee in 2008; son, Fred Lee; daughter, Wilma Lee; five brothers, Oliver, John, Walter, Paul and Albert Zahn; and four sisters, Lois Lee, Goldie Anglin and Ruth and Dorothy Zahn in infancy.

Online condolences may be left at www.phillips funeralhomes.com.