{"id":3279,"date":"2018-07-16T10:17:57","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T10:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=3279"},"modified":"2018-07-16T10:19:30","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T10:19:30","slug":"lee-r-atherton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=3279","title":{"rendered":"Lee R. Atherton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Lee-Atherton-Photo-200x270.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Lee-Atherton-Photo-200x270.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Lee-Atherton-Photo-250x337.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Lee-Atherton-Photo.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Lee R. Atherton \u2013 (66) \u2013 of 242 Chambers St., Beaver Dams, NY, died early Monday morning (July 16, 2018) at his home, following a long illness.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Wellsboro, PA on August 14, 1951, he was the son of Harry &amp; Eleanor (Wilcox) Atherton.<\/p>\n<p>A lifelong resident of Beaver Dams, Lee was a graduate of Corning \u2013 Painted Post High School (class of 1969). Following high school graduation, he enlisted in the US Navy and served his country from 1969-1970.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the years, Lee enjoyed attending flea markets and had acquired a large collection rare items, such as beer steins, coins, jack-knives, Pez dispensers, older books and vintage toys. He was an avid hunter &amp; fisherman and loved rooting for the Green Bay Packers. He also enjoyed attending local Little League games and also Little League games played in Williamsport, PA where the Little League World Series is held annually.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his parents, Lee was preceded in death by his brother, Harry \u201cDenny\u201d Atherton.<\/p>\n<p>He was married on February 6, 2014 to the former Donna Benedict-Fisk who survives. Also surviving are his children, Doug Atherton of Big Flats and Amy (Anthony) Henderson of Veteran, NY; his step-son, Harley Fisk of Corning; his sister, Nancy (Alton) Smith of Tuscarora, NY; 4 grandchildren, Colvin Atherton, Jaylen Henderson, Skyler Henderson and Aubrey Henderson; several nieces &amp; nephews.<\/p>\n<p>At Lee\u2019s request there will be no calling hours. Final interment will be in Beaver Dams Cemetery. A \u201cCelebration of Life\u201d will be held at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>Funeral arrangements in care of the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY.<\/p>\n<p>To leave an online condolence or share a memory, visit www.dagonfuneralhome.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lee R. Atherton \u2013 (66) \u2013 of 242 Chambers St., Beaver Dams, NY, died early Monday morning (July 16, 2018) at his home, following a long illness. Born in Wellsboro, PA on August 14, 1951, he was the son of Harry &amp; Eleanor (Wilcox) Atherton. A lifelong resident of Beaver Dams, Lee was a graduate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3279"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3285,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3279\/revisions\/3285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}