Lee was born & raised on a farm near Orchard, NE. She married Louis "Vernie" on Sept. 13, 1950 in Clearwater, NE. She and Vernie moved to Omaha in 1961 and made their home in South Omaha where they started a family. They moved to Beaver Lake in 1979, to Lincoln in 1987, and to Bellevue in 2008.
Lee loved the Lord, was an avid Bible reader and was very active in her church as a pianist and Sunday school teacher. She graduated from Dana College with a teaching degree and started her career in Winnetoon, NE. She taught in many rural school houses over the years, owned and operated an in home pre-school, and was a substitute teacher prior to retiring.
Lee was proud of her family and enjoyed spending quality time with them. She was a devout Husker fan and had faith that Scott Frost will make Nebraska proud - GBR!
Survived by children Denise (Russ) Weatherby and Bill (Lisa) Walters; grandchildren Matthew (Megan) Weatherby, Megan (Mike) Weatherby-Brunkow, and Jessi Monsen; great-grandchildren Avery, Teghan, Gannon, and Mason; siblings Sharon Tompkins; further survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Preceded in death by parents William and Evelyn (Dodd) Wellman, her loving husband of 60 years Louis “Vernie” Walters, sisters Joy Ellen Kennedy and Sarah Weinrich. Lee will be remembered by family and friends as a loving wife, mother and grandmother.
Celebration of Life will be Friday, Nov 8, at 9am at Westlawn Hillcrest Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Ottilee’s name can be made to the American Lung Association (11225 Davenport St Ste 101, 68154)
