VASSAR, Kan. – Lee Milner Bulmer, 86, passed away Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, at Osage Nursing Center, Osage City, Kan. He was born June 11, 1938, in Michigan Valley, Kan., the son of Drexel and Alice (Myers) Bulmer.
Lee had grown up in the Michigan Valley area and had lived there until moving south of Vassar, Kan., in 2006. He graduated from Michigan Valley High School in 1956.
Lee had owned and operated with his brother and father, Bulmer Grain Company, in Michigan Valley, for many years. He was the fuel department manager at BETO Junction for seven years, and worked at Ottawa Truck in assembly for nine years. Throughout this time, he always farmed and raised livestock. He was a member of the Michigan Valley United Methodist Church, and the American Maine-Anjou Cattle Association.
On Dec. 14, 1958, Lee was united in marriage to Peggy Porter, in Ottawa, Kan. To this union four children were born, Renea, Tammy, Dana and Delane.
Lee was preceded in death by his son, Delane, in 2001; grandson, Dallas Bulmer; parents, Drexel and Alice; and sister, Barbara Brown.
Lee is survived by his wife, Peggy, of more than 65 years; son, Dana (Dana) Bulmer, Topeka, Kan.; two daughters, Renea (Jean) Bulmer, Topeka, and Tammy (Rodney) Phillips, Vassar; two brothers, Larry Bulmer and Russell Bulmer, both of Ottawa; three sisters, Deanna Faust, Overbrook, Kan., and Sharon Middlebusher and Karen Witham, both of Ottawa; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at Feltner Funeral Chapel, Lyndon. Burial will be in Valley Brook Cemetery, south of Overbrook. The family will receive friends 6:30-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions can be made to Michigan Valley United Methodist Church or Osage Nursing Center, sent in care of Feltner Funeral Home, 818 Topeka Ave., Lyndon, KS 66451. Condolences can be left at feltnerfuneralhome.com.
