John P. Lee

John P. Lee, 85, a practicing attorney, died on October 22, 2005 in Attleboro. He was the beloved husband of 57 years of Muriel J. (Deegan) Lee.

Born November 11, 1919 in Attleboro, he was the second of five children of the late Patrick F. and Bridget A. (Doohan) Lee.

Mr. Lee attended the local public schools graduating with honors from Attleboro High School in 1937. He excelled in athletics, earning varsity letters in football, basketball and baseball. Mr. Lee was also a member of the Attleboro Area Football Hall of Fame. He went on to play baseball and basketball at Providence College, where he was recognized as one of the highest individual single game scoring performers for the Friars basketball team. Mr. Lee graduated from Providence College with honors in 1941.

Mr. Lee served in the military from 1942 to 1946 and was a Captain in the Army Airways Communications System in the Pacific Theatre. After leaving the military he joined the Veterans Administration, where he worked as a personnel director in West Roxbury, MA.

A 1952 graduate of Boston College Law School, he was a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, practicing law for the past 53 years. Mr. Lee served as Attleboro’s City Solicitor for twenty years, and at the time of his death was legal counsel to the Towns of Plainville and West Bridgewater and the Norton School Committee. Mr. Lee was also former legal counsel to the Foxboro and Seekonk School Committees.

Throughout his life Mr. Lee devoted countless hours to serving his community. He was chairman of the Attleboro School Committee for many years, he also served as a member of the Attleboro Scholarship Committee, and most recently served on the Blue Ribbon Committee at Bishop Feehan High School.

He will forever be remembered for his love of family, friends and the law.

In addition to his beloved wife, Muriel, Mr. Lee is survived by his children: Patricia Lee Manchester, Maureen Lee Boland and her husband, Jack, Kerrin Lee Sturdy and her husband, Mark, all of Attleboro, Thomas P. Lee of Fall River, Shannon Lee Nobrega and her husband, David of Mattapoisett, Robert M. Lee and his wife, Susan of Attleboro and Steven D. Lee and his wife, Patricia of North Attleboro. He was also the father of the late John P. Lee, Jr.