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from Les Brown, Feb 2004

Lee Tanner left WTEV and came out to California, working as a manufacturing manager at Grass Valley Group.That would have been in the early to mid 80's. He retired from there, bought a fifth-wheel trailer and he and his wife, Irene, travelled the country for a couple of years. They settled in St. George, Utah for a short time them moved to Phoenix (or close by). I used to correspond with Lee via snail-mail but he went silent several years ago.

from Pete Mandell, Dec 31, 2005

The following information is posted on the "Social Securiy Death Index" (SSDI), a listing of all deceased persons who held a Social Security card. I came across it just before Christmas of 2005. [The SSDI can be found at - ]

http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/

LEE W TANNER - Born 26 Jun 1925, Died on 10 Dec 2004 (Verified). Last Address - Zip Code 85375 (Sun City West, Maricopa, AZ) [SS number is listed] Social Security Card was issued in Pennsylvania.

Lee was from from Carbondale, a small town outside of Scranton, Pennsylvania (Vance's home town) and Lee and his wife Irene had retired to Sun City West in Maricopa, Arizona some years ago, so it seems fairly certain that this is WTEV's Lee Tanner.


from Linda Creed
Jan 20, 2008


I'm Lee Tanner's daughter, Linda. My family and I happened across the WTEV archive last December. About the same time, we scanned an old article from the Standard Times that was written after we moved to Buzzards Bay in what must have been November 1962. I see in the article that my brother was referred to as Brooks Junior, his name is really Brooks Jay. I've attached the scanned article to this e-mail.

I remember some of the people form WTEV, and enjoyed reading through the archive as did my brother and mother. So many memories... I'll see if I have a photo of Dad that I can scan as well so that there's another picture of him.
Stories We Heard

"Sister Busy Hands"

Torturing Joe "I":
The Expanding & Shrinking
Hat and Beetle Gas Tank
Standard Times Photo

Standard Times Article
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