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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Leroy Ellis Warren, Iii
Leroy Ellis
Warren, Iii
Oct 27, 1932 — Mar 20, 2012
Leroy Ellis Warren, Iii's Obituary
LeRoy Ellis Warren, III, 79, of Princeton, NJ, passed away on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at the University Medical Center at Princeton. He was a graduate of both Princeton High School and the Hun School.
LeRoy was honorably discharged from the US Air Force where he served in the Philippines and at the Finland Air Force Station (NORAD), near Duluth, MN. After the Air Force, he received degrees in Geology and Earth Science from the University of Minnesota, Duluth and then received his MA degree at the University of Missouri, Columbia.
Mr. Warren had a 35 year career, where he used his geological experience in serving North East Minnesota in education, industry and government. He taught geology at the University of Minnesota, Duluth into the 1970's. In the last 16 years of his career, he was the supervisor of the exploration section for the Non-Ferrous Minerals Division of the Minnesota Division of Natural Resources, in Hibbing, MN, where he worked on the preliminary studies which became the basis for the current mining activities in North East Minnesota. He also worked for Reserve Mining Company, Humble Mineral Resources, Inc. and served as the chief geologist for Hallett Minerals Co. and was a consultant for EME Inc., both of Duluth.
IN 1965 he married Marie K. Stueland, in Duluth and also became a caring step-father to he son, Carl. They kept a close relationship through the years after Marie's death, even when Lee moved back to his hometown of Princeton, NJ.
Lee was preceded in death by his wife, Marie, parents Ira S. Sr. and Emily Warren and brother Ira. He is survived by his step-son Carl and family, two brothers: Benjamin and his wife Kate of Princeton and Edward of Marietta, GA; sister-in-law Rosemary of Princeton; his special nephew Steve Warren as well as several other nieces and nephews.
A memorial service was held Monday, March 26, 2012 with burial following in the family plot at Princeton Cemetery.
Donations, by check or money order, may be made in his memory to COPD Foundation, 2937 SW 27th Avenue, Suite 302, Miami, FL 33133.
LeRoy was honorably discharged from the US Air Force where he served in the Philippines and at the Finland Air Force Station (NORAD), near Duluth, MN. After the Air Force, he received degrees in Geology and Earth Science from the University of Minnesota, Duluth and then received his MA degree at the University of Missouri, Columbia.
Mr. Warren had a 35 year career, where he used his geological experience in serving North East Minnesota in education, industry and government. He taught geology at the University of Minnesota, Duluth into the 1970's. In the last 16 years of his career, he was the supervisor of the exploration section for the Non-Ferrous Minerals Division of the Minnesota Division of Natural Resources, in Hibbing, MN, where he worked on the preliminary studies which became the basis for the current mining activities in North East Minnesota. He also worked for Reserve Mining Company, Humble Mineral Resources, Inc. and served as the chief geologist for Hallett Minerals Co. and was a consultant for EME Inc., both of Duluth.
IN 1965 he married Marie K. Stueland, in Duluth and also became a caring step-father to he son, Carl. They kept a close relationship through the years after Marie's death, even when Lee moved back to his hometown of Princeton, NJ.
Lee was preceded in death by his wife, Marie, parents Ira S. Sr. and Emily Warren and brother Ira. He is survived by his step-son Carl and family, two brothers: Benjamin and his wife Kate of Princeton and Edward of Marietta, GA; sister-in-law Rosemary of Princeton; his special nephew Steve Warren as well as several other nieces and nephews.
A memorial service was held Monday, March 26, 2012 with burial following in the family plot at Princeton Cemetery.
Donations, by check or money order, may be made in his memory to COPD Foundation, 2937 SW 27th Avenue, Suite 302, Miami, FL 33133.
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