Gloria Lee
Gloria Marie Lee, 85, died on Thursday, February 20, 2025, at Thief Falls Care Center, Thief
River Falls, MN, surrounded by family.
The service to honor Gloria will be 2 PM Saturday, March 1, 2025 at Abundant Life Lutheran
Church in Thief River Falls, MN with Pastor LeRoy Flickinger officiating.
Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow at Folden Cemetery, rural Newfolden, MN.
On July 21, 1939, Gloria was born to Eli and Judith Melvie in Thief River Falls, MN. She
attended school in Thief River Falls, Lincoln High School in 1958. She played bass drum in the
high school’s marching band. Gloria attended First Baptist Church, where she was baptized as a
teenager. Following graduation, she worked as a nurse’s aide in the hospital.
On April 8, 1961, Gloria was united in marriage to Boyce Lee at the First Baptist Church in
Thief River Falls, MN. The couple made their home in Thief River Falls and to this union three
children were born, Judy, James and David. They lived in St. Paul, MN, for a time, before
moving back to Thief River Falls. Gloria was a wonderful mother and housewife, who took care
of the house and family. In 2017, they began attending Abundant Life Free Lutheran Church,
where she played piano and organ. Boyce died February 5, 2022, and Gloria continued to live at
home until moving to the Care Center in December 2024.
Gloria loved to be social and visit family and friends whenever she could. As an active person,
Gloria loved to walk and exercise. She loved her family and gave her life to caring for them.
Baking, cooking, and sewing were activities she enjoyed. Attending activities, sporting events,
choir and band concerts, with the grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Gloria had a wonderful
faith and trusted God for all things.
Survivors include her children, Judy (Kurt) Wiseth, James (Naomi) Lee and David (Christina)
Lee all of Thief River Falls; 10 grandchildren, Nicole (Cory) Doolittle, Brittany Wiseth, Devin
(Josie) Wiseth, Desire (Alex) Reinert, Dannica (James) Anderson, Alex Aehlert, Alisha (Andrew
Duhigg) Lee, Nick Lee, Wyatt (MacKenzie) Lee, Jacob Lee; 6 great-grandchildren, Olivia
Doolittle, Thomas Doolittle, Mason Reinert, Maverick Reinert, Jimmy Anderson, Josie Lee;
siblings: Janice (Arvid) Lee; brother and sister-in-law: Eli and Dawn Lee; several cousins, nieces
and nephews.
She was preceded in death her husband, Boyce, parents, Eli and Judith; Siblings: Robert Melvie,
Earl Melvie, Betty Hanson, infant twins Marie and Earl J Melvie.
