Lee Raymond DeBevoise

1948 - 2025

Lee Raymond DeBevoise

April 11, 2025

FRIEND - Lee Raymond DeBevoise, 76, of Friend, NE went home to be with Jesus on Friday, April 11, 2025. He had been in declining health for over a year. Born in Paterson, NJ, he lived most of his life in Millville, NJ before moving to Friend in 1998.

He met his wife, Sharon Stanley, in 1968 at Glassboro State College, now Rowan University. They married and had two children, Suzanne Victoria and Richard Lee.

As a Corpsman in the US Navy, he obtained the rank of E-3. Lee graduated as an RN from Cumberland County College with a summa cum laude Masters in Communications from LaSalle University. He was a registered nurse for over 40 years, working in Cardiac Nursing, The American Red Cross in Philadelphia, PA and Bryan Home Heath, Lincoln, NE.

After retiring from nursing, as editor of the Friend Sentinel, he was proud that it won several awards. He also started his own business, Computer Tutor, where he designed websites, taught technology to senior citizens and the general public as well as servicing and selling computers and accessories.

Among the many awards Lee received, he was listed in several editions of Who's Who in America, won music awards in trumpet, photography and writing awards. He was appointed an Admiral in the Great Navy of the state of Nebraska and was honored with a Quilt of Valor.

His hobbies included coin and stamp collecting and he especially enjoyed fishing with friends and family. Lee was an avid reader, both books and on his Kindle. For several years, he was a photo/journalist with B.A.S.S. Anglers Sportsman Society and covered many tournaments around the country.

Lee loved the Lord and at many different times was a lay preacher, Sunday School teacher and Youth Leader.

He is survived by his wife, Sharon, Friend, NE; daughter Suzanne DeBevoise, and boyfriend, Jeff Dietzel, Mansfield, MA, grandson Alexander J. McIlvaine and girlfriend, Amber Sutton, Falls City, NE; grandson Richard C. DeBevoise and his wife, Sarah, Cape May, NJ; and two great-grandsons, Hunter and Jackson DeBevoise; special friends Tim and Karen McIlvaine, Cordova, NE, as well as many friends and other relatives. He was predeceased by his son, Richard Lee; his parents, Raymond and Dorothy DeBevoise; his in-laws, Jesse and Doris Stanley, as well as two brothers-in-law.

A service will be held in Friend, NE on Thursday, April 17 at 3 p.m., including military honors by the U.S. Navy Honor Guard and Ford Banka Post #183, American Legion, Friend, NE. This event will be livestreamed via Facebook. Please go to the Lauber Funeral and Cremation Services Facebook site ten minutes prior to the service to tune in. Visitation is one hour prior to the service at Lauber Funeral Home, 814 Maple Street, Friend, NE. Memorials may be sent to Tunnels to Tower, 2361 Hylan Blvd. Staten Island, NY 10306, donationsupport@t2t.org

Burial will be at a later date in Millville, NJ.

Lauber Funeral and Cremation Services – Friend.