K. Lee Wilder

I met Lee & Dorla when I worked at CJ's in Pekin. What a beautiful love story. He was truly one of the kindest men I've ever met. My sympathies to all the family.

Lee was pure class. I met Lee in the late 70s when we both worked in East Peoria - Lee in bldg TT and me in X. He was in HR, and I remember a memo he wrote to the plant manager describing the dingy, crummy state of TT and X-2 (it looked like it hadn't been touched since WWII.) I thought "This guy is toast, writing a hard hitting letter denigrating the buildings to his boss' boss." But he flourished and gained the respect and admiration of a lot of the people he worked with. We stayed in...

Prayers of comfort and peace to the family. Rest in power my friend.

I first met Lee in the late 1950's when he worked for Preston's as I also did part-time and was a nephew of Towland Preston. Later in his career at Catapiller he became my mother's boss. Like his cards he remember many people and even accepted and served as a pall bearer at her funeral..something I always remembered. David Diepenbrock

My sincere condolences to Dorla and Lee´s family. What a thoughtful and wonderful life he had. We could all learn much from his ideals and compassion.