Funeral services were held for Amos Conrad Lee, 96, of Larkspur, Colorado, on Sunday, November 6, 1994, at the Andrews Caldwell Gibson Funeral Home in Castle Rock, Colorado. The Reverend Gary Cox officiated the 1:30 p.m. service. Interment was held at Resthaven Cemetery in West Des Moines, Iowa, with graveside services held on Wednesday, November 9, with Warren Hanks presiding.

Amos Lee was born on August 15, 1898 in a farmhouse near Ute, Iowa. He was next-to-the youngest of eight children having six brothers and one sister. Growing up around and later in Moorhead, Iowa, he graduated from Moorhead High School while toiling diligently on his father's various farms. The only member of his family to attend college, a nervous freshman in 1918 took the train to Des Moines and entered Drake University. His education at Drake was interrupted by his service in World War I from 1918-1919. Amos enlisted in the Marines and became Private Amos C. Lee, Company B, Machine Gun Battalion, 5th Brigade, American Expeditionary Force, with a mailing address of American Post Office 716, France.

Upon his return to the United States he resumed his education at Drake where he studiously and socially excelled. His beloved ATO fraternity brothers remained life-long friends along with many Drake comrades. His Masters' Degree was obtained at the University of Iowa. His first teaching assignment was in a small, one-room Albion, Iowa, schoolhouse where he taught all subjects, his favorites being math and science.

In 1942, Amos and family moved to West Des Moines, Iowa, where he became Superintendent of Schools for the West Des Moines Public School System. Daughter Helen was born in Des Moines. Amos oversaw the extreme growth of the former "Valley Junction" school system until his retirement in 1963. During those years in West Des Moines, Amos and Ethel were extremely involved in community and church affairs, YMCA, American Legion, Masonic Lodge, Boys' State, Iowa State Education Association and Rotary club to name a few. He was honored by his friends and peers when selected as West Des Moines' Most Outstanding Citizen in 1955.

Amos and Ethel retired to her former home in Mt. Ayr, Iowa, in 1968 where he served as the Mayor of Mt. Ayr for one term, 1974-1975. Church, civic activities and friends filled their days in this southern Iowa town. Ethel died on January 15, 1980. Upon giving up their home in Mt. Ayr he moved to Immanuel Village in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1985, where he lived until his move to Denver, Colorado, in 1990.

At the time of his death he was residing at the Golden Elders care home living with the Cox family in Larkspur, Colorado. His final months and days were filled with Colorado sunshine, mountain birds and animals, and days of restful reflection and meditation with loving family in constant attendance.

Amos is survived by his four daughters, 13 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. His daughters are Mary L. Sears of Davenport, Iowa; Virginia I. Mickunas of Des Moines, Iowa; Kathleen R. Clark of Cambria, California; and Helen L. Hanks of Larkspur, Colorado.

Memorials may be sent to First Baptist Church, Mt. Ayr, Iowa, 50854.