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Lee Earl Erminger
Lee Earl Erminger was born on 30 August 1931 in Louisiana. He entered West Point from the Organized Reserve Corps on 3 July 1951. He was in Company D2; graduated on 7 June 1955 and was commissioned in the US Army in the Armor.
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Lee Earl Erminger
Lee Earl Erminger, 71 died peacefully in his sleep on January 8, 2003. He is survived by his wife, Dona; sons, Mark and Daniel; and four grandchildren. Lee graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and earned a Masters Degree from Arizona State University. He completed a distinguished career in the U.S. ARMY where he defended the borders of West Germany and Korea. Lee spent most of his Army career helping develop the Anti-Ballistic Missile System. After retiring as a Lt. Col, he worked for Martin Marietta and was owner of the Harley Davidson dealership in Leesburg, FL. He was past President of R/C World Flyers and an avid R/C flyer.
Lee died as he lived, with dignity.
Services will be held at Pine Castle Chapel of Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home on January 25, 2003 at 2PM. Donations in his memory can be made to one of his West Point classmates who runs a Mission in Mexico: Oscar A. Raynal, MBE 38-197, 2220 Bassett Ave., El Paso, TX 79901.
Published in the Orlando Sentinel on Jan. 20, 2003
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