Lee B. Honts
Born: October 16th, 1921
Died: December 1st, 2002
Obituary
Lee B. "Tooley" Honts, 81, of Burlington, died Sunday, December 1, 2002, at the Great River Medical Center.
Born October 16, 1921, in Winfield, he was the son of Fred and Bessie Craig Honts. He married Virginia Gruver November 23, 1941, in Mount Pleasant.
He was a 1940 graduate of the Winfield High School and was a World War II Marine Corps Veteran.
Mr. Honts was a teamster working for 21 years at Atlas Warehouse and 10 years at Arledge Freight, retiring in 1982.
He was a member of st. Luke's United Church of Christ in Burlington, The Hawkeye Woodcarvers Club and the Hamilton Walters Marine Corps League. He was a former Scoutmaster for Troop 45 from 1954 until 1968.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Gary Honts of Waterloo, and Vincent Honts of Bettendorf, four grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister.