Lee Okones

OTTUMWA — Lee Okones, 92, died February 4, 2025, in Ottumwa, Iowa. 

Visitation will be Thursday, Feb. 13 from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Holm Funeral Home in Sigourney. Funeral services will be ay 6 p.m. that day. Burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday Feb. 14 at Cedar Memorial Cemetery - Garden of The Last Supper, Cedar Rapids. 

Lee was born Oct. 19,1932 to Cornelias and Matilda Sietsema Okones. He graduated from Wellsburg High School. He served in the United States Marines during the Korean Conflict and was discharged in 1954. 

On Sept. 4, 1954 he married Glenda Harlan in Southern, California. They lived in California until 1962 and moved to the Cedar Rapids, area. He drove truck for Wilson Foods. Lee and Glenda obtained their CNA and worked together. They moved to Texas for a short time and moved to Sigourney in 2013. Lee loved to trap, hunt, and trapshooting. He was a member of the Lancaster Christian Church, and the Sigourney Veterans.

Lee is survived by his son Lance (Tracy) Okones of Sigourney, daughter Lyndamyrth Stokes of Azle, Texas, seven grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren, brother Neil (Janice) Okones Jr. and his sister Thelma Ruter both of Wellsburg.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Glenda on March 18, 2024, daughter Lauri Glenn Okones, and grandson Michael Okones.