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Sue Ellen Lee

August 4, 1939 – October 20, 2019

Sue Ellen Lee, 80, of Sun City Center, FL, died October 20, 2019. Sue was born on August 4, 1939, in Lapeer, MI, to Marjorie E. (Docham) and Hugh C. Newton. She attended the Lapeer Community schools. Upon graduation, she attended the University of Michigan School of Nursing and graduated with her BSN. She earned her MSN from Wayne State University.

She married Robert R. Lee on August 11, 1962.

She worked as an RN at Lapeer County General Hospital and at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, MI. She taught nursing at Mercy College of Detroit and at the University of Michigan in Flint, MI. Later she worked as a nursing supervisor and the Nurse Administrator at the Lapeer County Health Department.

Sue was a longtime member of the First Presbyterian Church in Lapeer. After retiring to Sun City Center, FL, she became a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Brandon where she was an active member or the Stephen Ministry Program.

She is survived by her husband Robert, daughter Denise, son Jeffrey and his wife Donna, and granddaughter Amy Lee.