Joseph Edwin Lee, Jr., 95, of Knoxville, Tennessee, died February 6. He was born January 22, 1922, in Moscow, Idaho, and raised in rural towns of North Dakota and Wisconsin. Lee attended Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, graduating in 1944 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He moved to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, that year to participate in the Manhattan Project of World War II as an electrical engineer.
Having studied piano and organ, he formed Lee Organ, Inc., building and maintaining organs in Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Alabama. Lee was a charter member of the American Institute of Organbuilders.
Joseph Edwin Lee, Jr., is survived by his six children: Pat (Dave) Arnett of Florida, Becky Szymanski of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Debbie Ice of Texas, Joe (Julie) Lee of Oak Ridge, Cathy Lee of Kansas, and Ardyce Lee of Oak Ridge; one brother, Reverend Paul (Barbara) Lee of Wisconsin; six grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.
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