Ann Lee

Ann E. Lee, 71, of 6 Chelsea Lane, passed away Thursday (April 21, 2016) at Buffalo (N.Y.) General Medical Center.
Born May 23, 1944, in Buffalo, she was the daughter of the late Howard G. and Elizabeth W. Murdoch Albright. On April 9, 1966, in University Presbyterian Church in Buffalo, she married David Y.K. Lee, who survives.
Ann was a 1962 graduate of Kenmore East (N.Y.) High School and attended Edward J. Meyer Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. She earned her nurse practitioner certification from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, BSN from the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, and MSN from Gannon University.
In 1969, she began her career as a registered nurse in Bradford, working for Dr. Jafar A. Hamidi. While raising her family, she was a registered nurse/registered nurse nutritionist with Family Planning Services of McKean County, Family Planning/WIC Services of Potter County. Later, following her NP certification, she was employed by Family Planning Services of McKean, Elk, Potter and Clarion Counties, provided care at Bradford Regional Medical Center in occupational/employee health, internal medicine with Dr. Paul Kirsch, and Smethport Family Practice. In more recent years, she worked for Adagio Health and Foothills Medical Group.
She was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church in Bradford, serving as an Elder and singing in the choir. She served as president of the board of directors, Bradford Ecumenical Home, Friends of Hanley Library at Pitt-Bradford, and was a member of the Women's Literary Club. She also served on the Bradford Area School Board and was a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners as well as several other professional organizations.
In addition to her husband of 50 years, she is survived by two children, Allison Lee of Maplewood, N.J., and Matthew (Heidi) Lee of Stow, Ohio; three grandchildren, Carter, Owen and Jacob Lee; one sister, Betty Lou (Don) Tranter of Grand Island, N.Y.; two brothers, John (Patti) Albright of Newport, N.C., and Howard (Ginny) Kraus of Amherst, N.Y., and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Friends are invited to attend a service of remembrance at the First Presbyterian Church, Bradford, at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 14.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes Inc.
Memorials, if desired, may be made to Roswell Park Alliance Foundation, P.O. Box 631, Buffalo, N.Y., 14240, www.giving.roswellpark.org (all donations will be directed towards Myeloma research); or a charity of donor's choice.