Edward Keith Lee, 70, of Burwell, Nebraska died April 30, 2023 at the Valley County Health
Systems Hospital in Ord, Nebraska.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 4, 2023 at the United Methodist Church in
Burwell, Nebraska. Burial will be in Madison Square Cemetery near Taylor, Nebraska. Pastor
Serene Samuel will officiate. The family asks that you don’t wear a tie, as Ed never wore one.
Visitation will be Wednesday from 5 – 7 p.m. at Hitchcock Funeral Home in Burwell, Nebraska.
Memorials are suggested to the family for a later designation.
Ed was born April 22, 1953 in Burwell, Nebraska to Dewey and Erma (Stites) Lee. He grew up
on a ranch twenty miles north of Burwell. Ed graduated from Burwell High School in 1971. He
then attended Milford Technical College. After graduation he worked for Diers in Grand Island,
until 1975 when he moved back to Burwell to work for Merle Edghill at his garage. Ed married
Joye Holmes on June 24, 1978 in Taylor. They purchased the garage from Merle in 1978 and
called it Ed’s Garage. In 2004 Ed went to work for Community Memorial Health Center in
maintenance for eight years. He then worked maintenance at the Ord Housing Authority until
retiring in 2018.
Ed enjoyed fishing, boating, taking care of people and especially his family and grandkids. He
also restored his 1979 pickup with Ted that Dewey bought new. He was also a member of
Calamus Cruisers Car Club.
Ed is survived by his wife Joye Lee of Burwell, Nebraska. Four children, Valerie and Joshua
Leising of Arapahoe, Nebraska, Ted Lee of Burwell, Nebraska, Catherine and Travis O’Neel of
Ord, Nebraska and Sam and Kristi Lee of Burkburnett, Texas. Five grandchildren, Kara Tobin,
Alaina Leising, Adam Leising, Annistyn Leising and Avalee Leising and a brother Howard Lee
of Burwell, Nebraska.
Ed was preceded in death by his parents
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