- Date Of Birth: November 13, 1931
- Date Of Death: September 29, 2011
- State: Idaho
Lee Dixon Edwards
Lee Dixon Edwards, 79, of Gooding died peacefully at home on September 29, 2011, surrounded by family and friends. Lee was born on November 13, 1931 in Fairfield, Idaho to J. Zahnor and Louise Edwards.
He graduated from Fairfield High School in 1950 and attended Idaho State College before joining the Navy as a Seabee in 1952. From 1952 to 1956 Lee toured in North Africa and the Caribbean. Toward the end of his Navy career, Lee married Ila Wolfe and started a family. The family returned to Idaho where Lee continued his career as an electrician, first in Pocatello where he took classes and worked for Simplot. The family moved to Burley where Lee worked for Ore-Ida, then finally to Gooding where Lee started Lee’s Electric in 1963. Lee continued this business for over 25 years and many electricians “cooled their coffee” on his kitchen table over the years. Lee enjoyed industrial electrical work and was employed by the packing and cheese plants in the Gooding area as well. Lee’s lifelong interest in electricity started at the age of 14 when he began digging power pole holes for the REA in Fairfield and continued as he worked as a lineman for the REA and in the Navy. He could still point to lines in the Fairfield area and around Anderson Ranch Dam that he worked on over 60 years ago.
In 1995 Lee married Helen Piatt and 2 families were blended. This was great for Lee as he had a real passion for family and friends, and this helped to increase that circle. Lee absolutely loved to watch kids and grandkids at school and sporting events. Lee also loved the outdoors. He cherished camping, hunting, and fishing trips, particularly with his children and grandchildren. The hunting and fishing stories grew better and better over the years as the snow grew deeper, the horses bucked higher, and the game grew bigger. The laughter at these misadventures grew proportionately. Lee was a superb bowler and horseshoe pitcher with many trophies to demonstrate his prowess. On his travels to bowling and horseshoe tournaments Lee made numerous lifelong friends many of whom he kept in contact with in recent years.
Lee is survived by his wife, Helen; 7 children, Gaylen (Liz) Edwards, Jay (Bobbie) Edwards, Larry Edwards, Bobbie (Jesse) Campa, Ross Piatt, Wes (Anita) Piatt, Margaret (Robbie) Orth, 14 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Zahnor and Louise, sister, Lorraine, and grandson, Dusty. Lee will be remembered for his kindness and wonderful sense of humor.
