Lee H. Stowasser, 91, Blair Neb., formerly Waterford, died Nov. 1, 2011, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Nursing Home, Blair. He was born Sept. 8, 1920, in Elroy, to the late Margaret F. Fobes and Thomas V. Stowasser.
On Oct. 10, 1944, he married Doris L. Hall in Swansea, Wales. She died May 3, 1968. He later married Mildred L. Anderson on July 14, 1973, in Oswego, Ill. She preceded him in death on March 9, 1995.
He was a retired product development and research engineer from Caterpillar Tractor in Aurora, Ill. He enjoyed collecting rocks and gems, and was an avid stamp collector. He was a member of the Neighborhood Church of the Brethren, Boulder Hills, Ill., an Army Captain of the Engineer Corp World War II, a 50-year Mason and 32nd degree Scottish Rites Mason, a bagpiper of the Medinah Highlanders and the Tunes of Glory, an Arthur Murray Dance champion, and a member of Moose Lodge No. 254, Aurora, Ill. He demonstrated his bagpiping skills throughout the years for Rochester middle and high school band classes, as well as at the First Baptist Church of Rochester.
Survivors include his sister, Viladene Schmidt Uebele, Waterford; children, Susan (Richard) Hallgren, Valley, Neb., David (Elizabeth) Stowasser Sr., Rochester, June (Raymond) Robinson, Aurora, Ill., Lynne (Jeffery) Fox, Marietta, Ga.; a stepson, David Anderson, Valley, Neb.; grandchildren, Christopher Hallgren, Richelle Hallgren, David (Susan) Stowasser Jr., Lauretta Parker, Stephen (Jennifer) Parker 11, Brett (Angela) Stowasser, and Justin Fox; great-grandchildren, Nicholas Parker, Brittany Senter, Carrie Radetski, Morgan, Cassie and Kaylee Hallgren, Luke and Jenna Stowasser, Alexa Stowasser, Breaden and Stephen Parker 111, and several nieces and nephews.
He was further preceded in death by stepfather, John Berndt; and an infant sister, Ethelbelle Marita Stowasser.
Services are at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, at Mealy Funeral Home, 225 W. Main St., Waterford. Visitation in the funeral home noon-1 p.m. Interment is in Oakwood Cemetery, Waterford, where military services and bagpipers will pay tribute. Mealy Funeral Home, Waterford, is serving the family.
Memorial contributions to Hope Hospice of Fulton County, The American Heart Association or the charity of choice are suggested.
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