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History | Obit Eugene
Edward Lee (1912-1996)
EUGENE EDWARD LEE, known as "Beanie" to those who knew him, passed away Friday, December 13th, 1996 at the age of eighty-four in Brooksville, Florida. A long-time Cambridge resident, Eugene was the only son of local author Edward Edson Lee (1884-1944) who used the pen name Leo Edwards to write forty-four books for children during the 1920's and 1930's. Eugene worked mostly as an engineer at the Beloit Iron Works (now the Beloit Corporation) and in the summers took off work to manage the Hi-Lee Cottages, a small resort on Lake Ripley. He went to school in Cambridge. He and is wife, Betty Lee (Gates), were in the same class together and had been married fifty-nine years. Eugene was reluctant to move to Florida and would have stayed at Lake Ripley had it not been for health reasons and a need for a warmer climate. There wasn't a day that passed that he didn't recall fond memories of Cambridge, Lake Ripley, or Hi-Lee Cottages. Betty will remain at their home in Brooksville. Together, Eugene and Betty raised identical twin boys, Thomas (an Internet Provider and Entrepreneur who lives in Upper Michigan) and Eugene, Jr., (a set designer living in Rhode Island) and have three grandsons (Graham, William, and Teddy) and two great-grand daughters (Megan and Tessa). Beanie will be remembered. [As published in the Cambridge News, Cambridge, Wisconsin - by Graham Lee]
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