Lee Roy Engle's Obituary
Lee Roy Engle of Preston died at Easton Memorial Hospital on Friday, January 14, 2011. He was 89.
He was born at Tanyard near Preston on December 10, 1921 the son of the late Richard W. and Effie Secrist Engle.
He was a graduate of Preston High School in 1939 and Entered the U S Army in 1941 serving in Europe with Company Q 99th Division of the 394th Infantry Regiment participating in the Battle of the Bulge and received the European, African and Middle Eastern theatre ribbons and was discharged in 1945.
He was a Poultry Grower for 52 years for Bay Shore, Con Agra and Allens’s. He was a member of Delmarva Poultry Industry for many years and a life member of the Tuckahoe Steam And Gas Association and was also a member of the Eastern Shore Thresherman’s Association.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Katherine A. Marshall Engle who he married on December 4, 1948, a son, Robert E. and his wife{Diane} of Preston and a daughter, Toni and her husband Donald Cunningham of Greenwood, DE, 5 grandchildren, Thomas Engle, Rob Engle, Shelley Hall, Jason Hall and Benjamin Cunningham, 3 great-grandchildren, a brother, Wilbur Engle of Preston and numerous nieces and nephews. Four brothers, Raymond Engle, Howard Engle, Melvin Engle and Harvey Engle and a sister, Rena Engle preceded him in death.
Graveside services for him will be held on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. at Junior Order Cemetery in Preston with Rev. Glen Staehli officiating.
The family has requested that donations be made in his memory to The Caroline County Hospice Foundation P. O. Box 362 Denton, MD 21629.
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