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THE LIFE OF
EDMUND LEE April 20, 1919 - March 9, 2005 |
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EDMUND LEE Ed was born in Leicester, England, on April 20, 1919, the only child of Kate and Maurice Lee. At the age of nine (1928), Ed moved to Toronto with his parents. He received his education in Toronto. At the age of fourteen, Ed’s father, Maurice, passed away. This forced his mother to go to work. In high school, Ed played football and developed his life-long love of fishing. He and his buddy, Garnet, fished regularly just north of Toronto. Ed met his life-long soul mate, Dorothy, and married her on October 3, 1942. They have three children: son Bruce, and daughters Catherine (Keith), and Deborah, and one grandchild, Brian. Ed’s mother, Kate, lived with them from the time they were married until she passed away. Their first home was on Vaughan Road in Toronto and later Birchcroft Road in Etobicoke. Both, Ed and Dorothy worked on Bay Street in Toronto. Ed worked for Remington Rand for twenty-five years. Here he worked his way up until he became the National Sales Manager for supplies, traveling all over Canada. Ed’s dream was always to own his own business. In 1966, he had the opportunity to take a position in Boston, but instead purchased the St. Catharines’ branch of Remington Rand which is the St. Catharines Business Machines of today. His son Bruce has worked along side of him for many years, and now continues the operation with the wonderful staff of today, most of who worked along side of Ed. Here he worked until the day he had a major stroke in 1997. After the stroke, Ed lived at home, where Dorothy became his primary care giver. The past several years, Ed lived and generally enjoyed his stay at Ina Grafton. Dorothy continued her support of Ed on a daily basis. Ed was a family man. The family spent much time together at a cottage on Balsam Lake. He loved the outdoors, played golf, went skiing – and did so until a back injury in 1963. Sunday afternoons were often spent hiking with the children in the Conservation Parks north of Toronto. Ed loved listening to music, and enjoyed playing the piano by ear. He always had a love for the water. Several years after moving to St. Catharines, he took up sailing. He sailed on the Niagara River and across Lake Ontario. Ed and Dorothy loved to travel. He loved the opportunity to travel abroad as much as taking a road trip driving to the East Coast, with friends, to feast on mussels and crabs. The Lee family will be forever grateful to those that cared for Ed after his stroke in 1997. He will be fondly missed by family and friends everywhere. |
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