JULIANN PURSE LEE

1939-2017

Juliann Lee passed away on December 2, 2017. Julie was born in Denver, Colorado to Patsy and Bertrand Purse. A talented musician, Julie played the piano and sang from early childhood. She attended Colorado Women’s College and the University of Colorado studying voice. She was a member of the Madrigal Singers and Delta Delta Delta. At CWC, she met David Weeks Lee, a student at Colorado School of Mines. In 1960, they married and later settled in Houston with their two children.

Julie would later fulfill a long-held dream, opening the Liberty Street Tea Room, a successful restaurant and catering company in Richmond, Texas. Liberty Street was a perfect blend of her skills; extraordinary cooking, entrepreneurial know how, design elegance, and an outgoing personality. Julie went on to become a successful stationery sales representative and she later joined the Stationery Department at Bering’s, working along side her dear co-workers.

Julie was an active member of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church. She was a deeply loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, aunt and gifted homemaker, musician and consummate professional. Julie is predeceased by her beloved husband David and son David, Jr. She is survived by her daughter Lisa Lee (Jack Perini); sisters Susan Anderson and Christine Purse (Dirk Blackman); grandchildren Margaret and David Lee III, and Robert, Sophie and Juliann Kidd; nephews and nieces Christopher and Daniel Anderson and Kate and Rachel Blackman.

Services will be held at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church on Tuesday, December 19th at 2:00 p.m. Donations in Julie’s name can be made to St. Martin’s Hope & Healing Center or Houston Hospice.