Weaverville - Lee Frank Lowe, 84, of Weaverville, North Carolina, died peacefully on June 25 at Stone Creek Health and Rehab.
Lee was the husband of Shirley Lowe. Together, they shared 64 years of love, family, romance and adventure.
Lee, the son of Frank H. and Audrey Lowe, was born in Loami, Illinois, on January 21, 1934.
With a voracious love of learning and an ever-curious mind, he graduated from the University of Washington, Seattle, with a Master's Degree in English and Education. After marrying his sweetheart, Shirley Argenbright, he dove into a career teaching English, creative writing and photography to high school students — first in Washugal, WA, and then in Honolulu, HI, at the Kamehameha School for Boys. Feeling island bound, he moved to Mercer Island, WA, where he taught, became a counselor and later a director of curriculum development in the local school district.
Upon retirement, he and Shirley decided to travel to the South for a change of scenery and came to call Asheville, North Carolina, their home. They designed and created an impressive garden, featured in the Asheville Citizen-Times Home of the Week. A love of history and architecture led him to 15 happy years as a host and tour guide at the Biltmore House, where he was a valuable asset to guests and a jokester-in-chief with colleagues he loved.
Lee is survived by his wife Shirley; daughters Rene' Blanco and husband Tom of San Francisco, California; Lisa Stewart and husband Michael of Kirkland, Washington; and Aimee Lowe-Levine and husband Murali of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Lee is also survived by grandchildren Christopher and Elena Blanco, Lauren Rittmueller and Marlo Johnston as well as by four great grandchildren and by brother Jeffrey Lowe and wife Mai Trum of Seattle.
Donations in his name may be made to Manna Food Bank, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813.
Published in the Asheville Citizen-Times from July 1 to July 8, 2018
Lee was the husband of Shirley Lowe. Together, they shared 64 years of love, family, romance and adventure.
Lee, the son of Frank H. and Audrey Lowe, was born in Loami, Illinois, on January 21, 1934.
With a voracious love of learning and an ever-curious mind, he graduated from the University of Washington, Seattle, with a Master's Degree in English and Education. After marrying his sweetheart, Shirley Argenbright, he dove into a career teaching English, creative writing and photography to high school students — first in Washugal, WA, and then in Honolulu, HI, at the Kamehameha School for Boys. Feeling island bound, he moved to Mercer Island, WA, where he taught, became a counselor and later a director of curriculum development in the local school district.
Upon retirement, he and Shirley decided to travel to the South for a change of scenery and came to call Asheville, North Carolina, their home. They designed and created an impressive garden, featured in the Asheville Citizen-Times Home of the Week. A love of history and architecture led him to 15 happy years as a host and tour guide at the Biltmore House, where he was a valuable asset to guests and a jokester-in-chief with colleagues he loved.
Lee is survived by his wife Shirley; daughters Rene' Blanco and husband Tom of San Francisco, California; Lisa Stewart and husband Michael of Kirkland, Washington; and Aimee Lowe-Levine and husband Murali of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Lee is also survived by grandchildren Christopher and Elena Blanco, Lauren Rittmueller and Marlo Johnston as well as by four great grandchildren and by brother Jeffrey Lowe and wife Mai Trum of Seattle.
Donations in his name may be made to Manna Food Bank, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813.
Published in the Asheville Citizen-Times from July 1 to July 8, 2018
Weaverville - Lee Frank Lowe, 84, of Weaverville, North Carolina, died peacefully on June 25 at Stone Creek Health and Rehab.
Lee was the husband of Shirley Lowe. Together, they shared 64 years of love, family, romance and adventure.
Lee, the son of Frank H. and Audrey Lowe, was born in Loami, Illinois, on January 21, 1934.
With a voracious love of learning and an ever-curious mind, he graduated from the University of Washington, Seattle, with a Master's Degree in English and Education. After marrying his sweetheart, Shirley Argenbright, he dove into a career teaching English, creative writing and photography to high school students — first in Washugal, WA, and then in Honolulu, HI, at the Kamehameha School for Boys. Feeling island bound, he moved to Mercer Island, WA, where he taught, became a counselor and later a director of curriculum development in the local school district.
Upon retirement, he and Shirley decided to travel to the South for a change of scenery and came to call Asheville, North Carolina, their home. They designed and created an impressive garden, featured in the Asheville Citizen-Times Home of the Week. A love of history and architecture led him to 15 happy years as a host and tour guide at the Biltmore House, where he was a valuable asset to guests and a jokester-in-chief with colleagues he loved.
Lee is survived by his wife Shirley; daughters Rene' Blanco and husband Tom of San Francisco, California; Lisa Stewart and husband Michael of Kirkland, Washington; and Aimee Lowe-Levine and husband Murali of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Lee is also survived by grandchildren Christopher and Elena Blanco, Lauren Rittmueller and Marlo Johnston as well as by four great grandchildren and by brother Jeffrey Lowe and wife Mai Trum of Seattle.
Donations in his name may be made to Manna Food Bank, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813.
Published in the Asheville Citizen-Times from July 1 to July 8, 2018
Lee was the husband of Shirley Lowe. Together, they shared 64 years of love, family, romance and adventure.
Lee, the son of Frank H. and Audrey Lowe, was born in Loami, Illinois, on January 21, 1934.
With a voracious love of learning and an ever-curious mind, he graduated from the University of Washington, Seattle, with a Master's Degree in English and Education. After marrying his sweetheart, Shirley Argenbright, he dove into a career teaching English, creative writing and photography to high school students — first in Washugal, WA, and then in Honolulu, HI, at the Kamehameha School for Boys. Feeling island bound, he moved to Mercer Island, WA, where he taught, became a counselor and later a director of curriculum development in the local school district.
Upon retirement, he and Shirley decided to travel to the South for a change of scenery and came to call Asheville, North Carolina, their home. They designed and created an impressive garden, featured in the Asheville Citizen-Times Home of the Week. A love of history and architecture led him to 15 happy years as a host and tour guide at the Biltmore House, where he was a valuable asset to guests and a jokester-in-chief with colleagues he loved.
Lee is survived by his wife Shirley; daughters Rene' Blanco and husband Tom of San Francisco, California; Lisa Stewart and husband Michael of Kirkland, Washington; and Aimee Lowe-Levine and husband Murali of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Lee is also survived by grandchildren Christopher and Elena Blanco, Lauren Rittmueller and Marlo Johnston as well as by four great grandchildren and by brother Jeffrey Lowe and wife Mai Trum of Seattle.
Donations in his name may be made to Manna Food Bank, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813.
Published in the Asheville Citizen-Times from July 1 to July 8, 2018
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