WILBUR M. LEE BILL LEE Bill Lee of Scott Road in Port Washington passed away at his winter home in Crystal River FL on Friday January 4 2013. He was 79 years old. Bill was born in Oconto on May 7 1933 son of William and Ann Coyowite Lee. He attended local schools and graduated from Oconto High School in 1951. Bill loved the water and spent his life near it at all times. As a boy he boated and fished with his father on Green Bay. In 1952 he joined the Coast Guard and served during the Korean War. After he finished his service to his country he enrolled in UW Madison to study engineering. At the university Bill met his wife of 54 years. On July 26 1958 he married the Love of His Life and His Best Friend Virginia R. Schaefer. In the next four years Bill and Gina had three daughters. The family moved to Port Washington in 1962. Mr. Lee was an avid sailor and boatbuilder. He always owned a sailboat (making many of them himself) and the family spent their free time either working on the boat or sailing the boat on Lake Michigan. Bill especially enjoyed cruising the Great Lakes and racing his sailboat Fun. One of Bill's favorite sayings was FUN is fast and fast is FUN! Bill and Gina sewed their own sails for their sailboats and they decided they should become sailmakers. In 1976 Bill left his employment at WI Electric after 17 years as a project engineer to become a full time sailmaker forming W. Lee Sails. They had many loyal customers in Wisconsin Illinois and Michigan. The couple worked full time constructing and repairing sails until their retirement in 2004. Besides sailing Bill enjoyed Harley riding fishing and vacationing in Florida as well as boat building ice-sailing on Big Cedar Lake woodworking and reading. He was a natural navigator and taught his children and crews to sail with charts and other non-mechanical methods long before the Loran came into being. Mr. Lee was a member of Christ The King Church American Legion Post 82 and the Port Washington Yacht Club. He is survived by his wife Gina their three daughters: Linda Shannon of Macon GA Lucy (Randy) Whyte of Monticello and Lorie (Jeff) Vesterdahl of Baraboo. He is further survived by his ten grandchildren: Sean (Lynn) Jodi and Scott Shannon Jeremy (Jennifer) Jacob and Luke Whyte and Tracy (Mike) Carbonara Billy Brian and Ben Vesterdahl and great-grandson Brian Shannon and three soon-to-be great-grandbabies. He is preceded in death by two sisters Mary Lee and Virginia Townsend. Funeral Services will be held on at 1 PM on Saturday January 12 at Christ The King Lutheran Church 420 W. Whitefish Road Port Washington. Pastor Jon Breimeier will preside. He will be buried with Military Honors at Union Cemetery in Port Washington. The family will receive visitors at the CHURCH on Saturday from 11 AM -1PM. The Eernisse Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences can be left at www.eernissefuneralhome.com .