Services to be held for Exeter-West Greenwich High School teacher

RICHMOND, R.I. (WLNE) — Students at Exeter-West Greenwich High School will have the day off today to attend the funeral of one of their teachers.

Lee Stetson taught Spanish for for over a decade, and coached basketball.

He died last week at the age of 43-years-old.

In a statement, high school Principal Susan Chandler remembered Stetson as a teacher with “a heart of gold and smile that was shared with anyone he came in contact with.”

His mass will be at Christ the King Church in Kingston at 10 a.m.

His family asks, in lieu of flowers, that donations may be made to Project Goal Inc., in Providence, or EWG Athletics Boosters in West Greenwich.