Lee was an automobile mechanic most of his life and retired in 2000 after owning and operating L. W. Mentzer's Auto Service in Carlisle for many years. Lee also co-owned along with his daughter, Wanda, L. & W. Mentzer Auto Sales, Carlisle. He was a US Army veteran of the Korean War. Lee was a former member of the LeTort United Methodist Church, Carlisle. He was a member of Eagles Aerie 1299 and the White Circle Club, both of Carlisle. Lee enjoyed riding his Indian and Harley Davidson motorcycles.

He is survived by three daughters; Wanda L. (and her husband, Palmer) Darr of Carlisle, Vickie A. Line of Newville and Tam J. (and her husband, J. R.) Richardson of Ormond Beach, FL, one brother, Charles L. Mentzer of Mechanicsburg, two sisters; Doris Massey of Carlisle and Joyce Davis of Mechanicsburg, his former wife, Miriam J. (Emlet) Mentzer of Carlisle, nine grandchildren; Amy and Leon Ewing, Cody Darr, Jeff Feuchtenberger, Dakota Line, A. J., Colton and Bradley Barnhart and Jeremy Rohrer, five step-grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, six step great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Lee was preceded in death by one sister, Kathryn Layton and one son-in-law, Todd Line.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, July 16, 2012, at 1:30 p.m. in the Ewing Brothers Funeral Home, 630 S. Hanover St., Carlisle, with Pastor Tim Wheeler officiating. Burial with military honors by Cumberland County Honor Guard will be in LeTort Cemetery, Carlisle. A viewing will be held on Monday from 12:00 noon until time of services.