Leola “Lee” Buri
Feb. 11, 1947-July 25, 2022
Leola “Lee” Buri, 75,
Ocean Shores, Washing-
ton and formerly of Minot
died on Monday, July 25,
2022, in an Aberdeen, WA
hospital with her loving
family at her side.
Leola Gertrude Aiken
was born on February 11,
1947, in Minot, ND to
George and Leona
(Schoenberg) Aiken. She
was raised and educated
in Minot, graduated from
Minot High School in
1965 and earned her
paralegal credentials from
the Puget Sound Universi-
ty Law School in 1998.
Lee married Robert Buri
on June 11, 1964, at
Evangelical United
Brethren Church in
Minot, North Dakota.
They made their home in
Seattle, WA where she
was employed at the Bank
of Olympia. She began
working for the State of
Washington as an Office
Manager in 1979. She
continued in that position
until she and Bob moved
to Alvin, Texas in 2000
where she worked at the
Brazoria County Prosecu-
tors Office. She retired in
2005 and Lee and Bob
spent the winter months
in Arizona and the sum-
mer months in Stanton,
North Dakota.
Lee was a member of
Faith Community Church
in Ocean Shores, Wash-
ington. She especially en-
joyed singing at the gospel
jams in the RV parks,
camping with family,
knitting, and the get-down
prayer meetings at her
home.
Lee’s loving family in-
cludes her husband of 58
years: Robert; sons: Chad
(Dawn) Buri of Apache
Junction, AZ, and Todd
(Angela) Buri of Graham
WA; siblings: Irene (Jim)
Cassidy of Rapid City SD,
Loretta (Donovan) Eliot of
League City TX and Don-
na Mock of Minot; several
nieces, nephews and
cousins.
Lee was preceded in
death by her parents and
sister Loretta.
Celebration of the Life
of Lee Buri will be at
Southside Church of the
Nazarene in Minot, Satur-
day, August 13 at 2:00
p.m. The interment will
be in Sunset Memorial
Gardens – Minot.
Visitation and time of
Reminiscing: Thursday,
August 11 at 6:30 p.m. at
Southside Church of the
Nazarene in Minot.
Memorials will be given
by the family to the Vir-
ginia Mason Hospital
Cancer Center.
Memories and con-
dolences may be shared at
thomasfamilyfuneral
home.com