Robert E. Lees

06/29/1969 - 12/21/2004

Robert E. Lees

06/29/1969 - 12/21/2004

BORN

06/29/1969

DIED

12/21/2004

Robert Lees Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Dec. 22, 2004.
Robert E. Lees III, 35, of Belle Vernon, went home to be with the Lord following a long battle with cancer on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2004. Born in Charleroi on June 29, 1969, he was a son of Robert E. Lees Jr. of Pricedale and Sylvia Glotfelty Lees of Belle Vernon. Robert worked as a painter and sandblaster for Regal Industries Co. in Donora. He was a member of the Mel Hileman Ministry in Charleroi. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife, Nikki Sethman Lees; two sons and a daughter, Robert E. Lees IV, Joshua Lees and Chelsea Lees, all at home; a brother, Richard J. Lees of Pricedale; and a sister, Kristen Lees of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the JAMES C. STUMP FUNERAL HOME INC., 580 Circle Drive, Sweeney Plan/Rostraver Township, where a funeral service will be held Friday, Dec. 24, at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Mel Hileman officiating. Interment will follow in Olive Branch Cemetery, Rostraver Township.

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