Lasting Memories

Harriet Lee
Oct. 4, 1923-Nov. 10, 2015
Menlo Park, California

Harriet Lee, 92, died peacefully on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 in the comfort of her home in Menlo Park, California. Her preferred Cremation took place on November 18th and her ashes were interred on November 19th at Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, CA.

Harriet was born October 4th, 1923, the daughter of Harrison Dudley Lee and Thelka Selk Lee. She graduated from Keystone High School in 1941 and received her BA from the University of Nevada in 1948 and her MS in Social Work from Columbia University in New York in 1955.

She also attended Birmingham University in England under a Fulbright Scholarship Grant from 1957-1958.

Harriet was married to Bill Binford from 1957-1959. From 1959-1983 she worked as a social worker for San Mateo County. After retirement she resided in Menlo Park, CA.

During Harriet’s youth she was a babysitter for Ben and Marie Eggers’ two children, Barb and Allan (Lanny) in Keystone, Iowa. She was also Godmother to Ben and Marie’s youngest child, Cathy. She has always been a special person to the Eggers family and considered a member of their family.

She is survived by her nephew Dennis Lee (Judy), from Oregon and James Lee, from LaPorte City, IA, along with great nieces and nephews and the Eggers family, Barb (Ken DeKlotz), Allan (Lee), Cindy (Rick Jennings), her Godchild Cathy (Joe Humeniak), Carri Eggers Markoulis and Crisula, and their family members.

Harriet was preceded in death by her parents: two brothers, Roy and Kenneth, and three sisters, Dorothy, Lenore, and Mae Kay.

Her family extends a special thank you to Carri Eggers Markoulis and Harriet’s Caregivers, the Makoni Family, for the past four years. Because of their loving care, Harriet got her wish to stay in her home until her passing.