Lee’s commitment to Maupin went far beyond dentistry. Throughout his life, he served on the school board, volunteered as a firefighter, and spent countless hours as a volunteer EMT, responding to calls at all hours of the day and night.
He moved his family to Hood River, OR where he spent the rest of his career teaching science at Lyle High School in WA. His students called him “Mo”. He coached baseball and had a belief that you could never tell how a kid was going to do. They surprised you, in sports, in life.
He never quoted scripture, but the truth of it lived in him — the idea that sometimes the branches that look the healthiest are the very ones you have to take off, because they steal the light from where the real fruit grows.
As 2025 comes to a close, residents of The Dalles paused to reflect on moments that mattered — from family milestones to personal goals — and shared quiet hopes for the year ahead.
Death Notice: William Sherman Neal, 84, Hood River