De was born at her maternal grandparents’ (Alert William Knapp Sr. and Aletha Mildred Oliphint Knapp) farmhouse near Jarbalo in rural Leavenworth County, Kansas, on May 11, 1933. She was the middle child and youngest daughter of George Stiglmire and Ida Mildred Knapp Stiglmire.
De graduated from Leavenworth High School in 1951 and from St. Luke’s School of Nursing in Kansas City, Missouri in 1954. She married her high school sweetheart, Robert "Bob" Lee Edgeton, on Oct. 3, 1954, in the First Christian Church of Leavenworth, Kansas.
De and Bob moved to Salina, Kansas, where she worked at Asbury Hospital. After Bob’s discharge from the U.S. Air Force, they moved back to Kansas City, Missouri, where De worked at St. Luke’s Hospital. They then moved to Independence, Missouri, where De worked at the Latter-Day Saints Hospital. After a few years, the family moved to Santa Maria, California. In late 1962, the family relocated to Huntsville, Alabama, where De worked at Pediatric Associates for over 20 years.
She enjoyed reading and gardening as well as traveling all over the world with her husband. She enjoyed playing bridge and for many decades was in two supper club bridge groups and a women’s bridge group. De loved to watch and cheer on her beloved Alabama Crimson Tide and Kansas City Chiefs football teams.
De was an active member of the First Christian Church where she served as deacon and on numerous committees including Community Outreach and Hospitality for many years. She did Meals on Wheels for 30 years with her close friend, Joyce Purple. Both De and Bob did volunteer work at Huntsville Hospital for many years. De's most joyful activities were the two walking groups she and Bob were in together and the Cuddlers in the pediatric Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Huntsville Hospital.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, who died in 2014, and her younger brother, John Robert Stiglmire (LHS Class of 1952) .
Survivors include her older sister, Aletha Orzella (Zella) Steed (LHS Class of 1948), Leavenworth; two sons, Robert (Rob) Lee Edgeton II (wife, Sherry), Madison, Alabama, and Douglas (Doug) Lee Edgeton (wife, Jeannine), Raleigh, North Carolina; grandchildren, Scott Holmes, Cincinnati, Ohio, Jared Holmes, Madison, Alabama, Caroline Edgeton-Martin (husband, Nick Martin), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Sloan Edgeton, Raleigh, North Carolina, as well as many cousins, nieces and nephews and close friends.
There will be a private family service at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Christian Church of Huntsville for Community Outreach, Huntsville Hospital NICU or Hospice of North Alabama.
Together ♥♥♥ Forever
Bob earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Finlay Engineering College in Kansas City, Missouri. He worked as an engineer for the Missouri State Highway Department, Contractions Products Company, General Dynamics, and Teledyne Brown Engineering. The family relocated from Santa Maria, California to Huntsville, in late 1962. Bob earned a Master’s of Science degree at Vanderbilt University in 1969 and a Master’s of Business Administration at Alabama A&M University in 1973.
After a job with Northrop Services Inc., Bob began his US Army career in 1980 with the Product Assurance Directorate at Redstone Arsenal as a Reliability Engineer for the ROLAND Missile System. In 1984 he went to work for the Air Defense Command and control Systems Project Office as a Reliability Engineer. Bob progressed to Assistant Project Manager for Product Assurance, Test and Configuration Management before he retired in 1997.
He was a Professional Engineer licensed in Alabama and past President of the Huntsville Chapter Human Factors Society.
Bob enjoyed spending time with his family, traveling, playing cards, restoring cars, and doing volunteer work.
Bob was preceded in death by his parents, Mildred Nettie Siebert and Charles Edward Edgeton; stepmother, Ruby Norene Treadway Edgeton; brother, Richard Glenn "Rich" Edgeton (LHS Class of 1951) and sister, Edith Lilly Edgeton (LHS Class of 1955).
Survivors include his wife, De of Huntsville; son, Robert Lee Edgeton II and wife, Sherry of Cincinnati, Ohio; son, Douglas Lee Edgeton and wife, Jeannine, of Raleigh, North Carolina; grandchildren, Scott and Jared Holmes of Cincinnati, Caroline Edgeton of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Sloan Edgeton of Raleigh; and many cousins, nieces, nephews, and close friends.
Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday at Laughlin Service Funeral Home. The funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at First Christian Church with Dr. Guy McComb officiating. Burial will be in Valhalla Cemetery. www.laughlinservice.com
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 3209 Whitesburg Drive, Huntsville, AL 35802; Hospice Family Care, 3304 Westmill Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805 or Huntsville Hospital Foundation, 101 Sivley Road, Huntsville, AL 35801.
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