LEE, Lilyan Glen Eaddy - Died December 14th following a series of strokes. She was born January 13th, 1916 to Henry Edward and Mary Annie Hutson Eaddy in Hemingway, SC.
The second of eight children (with a ninth to join them when their cousin lost her parents) Lilyan helped care for the younger ones, who, to this day, share many stories of her influence and kindness.
A wonderful student, Lilyan skipped a grade, became salutatorian of her high school class, and earned a scholarship to Winthrop College, from which she graduated in 1937 with a degree in English. Lilyan began a teaching career, delighting in her first grade students.
In 1942, at a dinner for officer candidates, she met Lieutenant Robert Edward Lee of San Francisco. As she fondly told the story years later, she knew the moment she saw him that "he was the one." Following their engagement Bob shipped out to Europe and for three years she waited, writing to him and receiving his letters but never knowing where he was. Upon Bob's return in 1945 they married in Hemingway and honeymooned in Charleston. They flew out to San Francisco to join Bob's family and start a new life. Lilyan continued to teach in San Francisco until their first child, Edward, was born in 1949. A daughter, Carolyn, followed in 1951 and Bob and Lilyan moved to Palo Alto. A kind and loving wife and mother, and a devoted sister and friend, Lilyan also volunteered in literacy programs and at the Community Association for the Retarded. Her lifelong love of literature and current events kept her reading and engaged until her death.
Lilyan's loss is deeply felt by her husband Bob; son, Ed and daughter-in-law, Maryann; daughter, Carolyn and son-in-law, Dennis; grandchildren, Patty, Eric, Brett and Rob; brothers, Carroll and Warren; sisters, Louise, Lucia, Dell and Glen; and many sisters and brothers-in-law as well as nieces and nephews.
A Memorial for Lilyan will be held at 2:00 on Thursday, December 29 at Roller & Hapgood & Tinney, 980 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Contributions in Lilyan's honor may be sent to any charitable organization.
The second of eight children (with a ninth to join them when their cousin lost her parents) Lilyan helped care for the younger ones, who, to this day, share many stories of her influence and kindness.
A wonderful student, Lilyan skipped a grade, became salutatorian of her high school class, and earned a scholarship to Winthrop College, from which she graduated in 1937 with a degree in English. Lilyan began a teaching career, delighting in her first grade students.
In 1942, at a dinner for officer candidates, she met Lieutenant Robert Edward Lee of San Francisco. As she fondly told the story years later, she knew the moment she saw him that "he was the one." Following their engagement Bob shipped out to Europe and for three years she waited, writing to him and receiving his letters but never knowing where he was. Upon Bob's return in 1945 they married in Hemingway and honeymooned in Charleston. They flew out to San Francisco to join Bob's family and start a new life. Lilyan continued to teach in San Francisco until their first child, Edward, was born in 1949. A daughter, Carolyn, followed in 1951 and Bob and Lilyan moved to Palo Alto. A kind and loving wife and mother, and a devoted sister and friend, Lilyan also volunteered in literacy programs and at the Community Association for the Retarded. Her lifelong love of literature and current events kept her reading and engaged until her death.
Lilyan's loss is deeply felt by her husband Bob; son, Ed and daughter-in-law, Maryann; daughter, Carolyn and son-in-law, Dennis; grandchildren, Patty, Eric, Brett and Rob; brothers, Carroll and Warren; sisters, Louise, Lucia, Dell and Glen; and many sisters and brothers-in-law as well as nieces and nephews.
A Memorial for Lilyan will be held at 2:00 on Thursday, December 29 at Roller & Hapgood & Tinney, 980 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Contributions in Lilyan's honor may be sent to any charitable organization.
LEE, Lilyan Glen Eaddy - Died December 14th following a series of strokes. She was born January 13th, 1916 to Henry Edward and Mary Annie Hutson Eaddy in Hemingway, SC.
The second of eight children (with a ninth to join them when their cousin lost her parents) Lilyan helped care for the younger ones, who, to this day, share many stories of her influence and kindness.
A wonderful student, Lilyan skipped a grade, became salutatorian of her high school class, and earned a scholarship to Winthrop College, from which she graduated in 1937 with a degree in English. Lilyan began a teaching career, delighting in her first grade students.
In 1942, at a dinner for officer candidates, she met Lieutenant Robert Edward Lee of San Francisco. As she fondly told the story years later, she knew the moment she saw him that "he was the one." Following their engagement Bob shipped out to Europe and for three years she waited, writing to him and receiving his letters but never knowing where he was. Upon Bob's return in 1945 they married in Hemingway and honeymooned in Charleston. They flew out to San Francisco to join Bob's family and start a new life. Lilyan continued to teach in San Francisco until their first child, Edward, was born in 1949. A daughter, Carolyn, followed in 1951 and Bob and Lilyan moved to Palo Alto. A kind and loving wife and mother, and a devoted sister and friend, Lilyan also volunteered in literacy programs and at the Community Association for the Retarded. Her lifelong love of literature and current events kept her reading and engaged until her death.
Lilyan's loss is deeply felt by her husband Bob; son, Ed and daughter-in-law, Maryann; daughter, Carolyn and son-in-law, Dennis; grandchildren, Patty, Eric, Brett and Rob; brothers, Carroll and Warren; sisters, Louise, Lucia, Dell and Glen; and many sisters and brothers-in-law as well as nieces and nephews.
A Memorial for Lilyan will be held at 2:00 on Thursday, December 29 at Roller & Hapgood & Tinney, 980 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Contributions in Lilyan's honor may be sent to any charitable organization.
The second of eight children (with a ninth to join them when their cousin lost her parents) Lilyan helped care for the younger ones, who, to this day, share many stories of her influence and kindness.
A wonderful student, Lilyan skipped a grade, became salutatorian of her high school class, and earned a scholarship to Winthrop College, from which she graduated in 1937 with a degree in English. Lilyan began a teaching career, delighting in her first grade students.
In 1942, at a dinner for officer candidates, she met Lieutenant Robert Edward Lee of San Francisco. As she fondly told the story years later, she knew the moment she saw him that "he was the one." Following their engagement Bob shipped out to Europe and for three years she waited, writing to him and receiving his letters but never knowing where he was. Upon Bob's return in 1945 they married in Hemingway and honeymooned in Charleston. They flew out to San Francisco to join Bob's family and start a new life. Lilyan continued to teach in San Francisco until their first child, Edward, was born in 1949. A daughter, Carolyn, followed in 1951 and Bob and Lilyan moved to Palo Alto. A kind and loving wife and mother, and a devoted sister and friend, Lilyan also volunteered in literacy programs and at the Community Association for the Retarded. Her lifelong love of literature and current events kept her reading and engaged until her death.
Lilyan's loss is deeply felt by her husband Bob; son, Ed and daughter-in-law, Maryann; daughter, Carolyn and son-in-law, Dennis; grandchildren, Patty, Eric, Brett and Rob; brothers, Carroll and Warren; sisters, Louise, Lucia, Dell and Glen; and many sisters and brothers-in-law as well as nieces and nephews.
A Memorial for Lilyan will be held at 2:00 on Thursday, December 29 at Roller & Hapgood & Tinney, 980 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Contributions in Lilyan's honor may be sent to any charitable organization.
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