Edgar Eubanks

Edgar "Ed" Eubanks, age 94, a resident of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, passed away April 18, 2018 at Garden Plaza Assisted Living in Post Falls, Idaho. Ed was born December 30, 1923 in Harlan, Kentucky to Raymond and Ola (Brock) Eubanks. He grew up mostly in Kentucky but spent a couple of teenaged years on his uncle's cattle ranch near Dupuyer, Montana, an experience that left him a cowboy at heart for all his remaining years.

A proud veteran, he served in the U.S. Army in World War Two, afterwards working in the defense industry for some 30 years, first at Douglas Aircraft in Santa Monica, California and then as a contract executive at Hughes Aircraft in El Segundo, California.

On January 10, 1942 Ed married Willene Lewis in Los Angeles and over the next five years they had four children: Bill, Donna, Jerry, and David. In 1976 Ed and Willene moved to Sacramento, California, where he worked as an independent building contractor for 20 years, and in 1998 they moved to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, to be closer to three of their children.

Ed was preceded in death by his parents and only siblings, Mac and Mary, by Willene in 2012, and by his daughter, Donna, in 2015. He is survived by his three sons Bill, Jerry, and David, 13 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-great-grandchildren.

Ed was a kind, good and generous man who loved his family more than anything, and his passing has left a deep and painful void in all of us.

A graveside service for Ed will be held in Williamsburg, Kentucky June 15th.