Lee Reunion July 7: Celebrating 100 years in Lethbridge 1914 -2014

On July 7, & 8, over 100 Lee relatives gathered in Lethbridge to celebrate 100 years of the Lee family in Lethbridge.   Four generations of Lee family members attended.  Lee members came from Beijing, Australia, York, Whitehorse, Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Pincher Creek, Lethbridge, Edmonton,Tor onto, Utah  and Kelowna.  There are 14 different ethnic groups that have married into the Lee family.  The reunion actually began with some relatives meeting to play golf on July 6th at the Lee Creek golf course in Cardston. On Monday, the general public was invited to a reception at the Galt Museum from 12:00 to 4:00 pm to meet the Lee relatives.  Judy Chan created an unbelievable genealogy display that depicted all of our Lee descendants from 1905 to 2014.  The luncheon was catered by the University of Lethbridge catering service who also provided the evening the banquet.  After the reception some relatives visited the cemetery to pay respects to our Grandparents, Uncle Jim, Auntie Betty and Uncle Phil .  Before the banquet we gathered outside the Gault Museum for a Lee family photograph.   Each relative also released a helium balloon with their named attached.  During the banquet , their was a slide presentation commemorating Ruth Lee's 90th birthday.  On Tuesday, the Lee's met at Pavan Park for an all day picnic and in the eveining , there was a final formal banquet at one of the Mormon stake centers.  There were slide presentations on cousins and an uncle who recently passed away and some of Uncle Jim's old family videos from the 1950's.