Longtime Bainbridge Island resident Lee J. Rosenbaum, Sr., age 82, died Sept. 1 at Swedish Medical Center, in Seattle.

He was born Feb. 17, 1921 in Salado, Ark., to James and Evalena Rosenbaum.

Following his years of service in the Army Air Corps during World War II, he worked for the Naval Shipyard in Bremerton.

He married Birty Raye Nalley on Dec. 7, 1946, on Bainbridge Island.

He was stationed in Spokane during the Korean War. When he mustered out in 1952, he began work for Standard Oil delivering fuel oil, and stayed with them until retirement.

He enjoyed visiting with people and is remembered on the island for his frequent delivery of candy to the tellers at American Marine Bank and the staff at Virginia Mason Winslow Clinic.

He was a coin collector and a member of the American Legion Post No. 172. He enjoyed gardening and spending time outdoors.

He is survived by his wife Birty Raye, of Bainbridge Island; son Lee Jr., of Bainbridge Island, and daughter Janice (Stephen) Pyke, Bainbridge Island; two sisters, Ladon Taylor of Birch Bay and Lou Jean Swensen, Maple Valley; grandchildren Chris and Cody Rosenbaum of Bainbridge Island, Cynthia (Petty Officer 1st Class David) Kusnick, and Jayme (Sequoia) Jones of Poulsbo; and four great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sept. 6 at Port Madison Lutheran Church. Burial will follow at Seabold Cemetery.

Arrangements are under the direction of Kass Funeral Home.