Lee Goodman Mills

Lee Goodman Mills passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, September 23, 2018, after a long battle with sarcoma. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, on February 9, 1952, to Robert Hernan Mills and Audrey Marie Goodman Mills, he was raised in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Lee graduated from Lincoln Senior High in 1970, where he played basketball and football. Lee attended the University of Kansas, where he played rugby. He received both his Bachelor of Science degree in 1975 and his Master's degree in Journalism from KU in 1985. In 1989 he earned his teaching certificate from K.U. He then earned a second Masters degree in Computer Science/Networking from Fort Hays State University. Lee taught English, Journalism, Newspaper and Yearbook in West Franklin, Emporia, and Bonner Springs School Districts. He retired from USD 290, Ottawa, in 2012 after teaching English, Journalism, Newspaper, Yearbook, Desktop Publishing, Printing, Networking, Cisco, and working in the IT department. Lee was a member of NEA-KNEA-OEA. Lee was very proud of his students and their successes in life, keeping in touch with many of them. Lee inherited his grandfather's love for woodworking, remodeling the house where he and Katie raised their children. In retirement, he became a wood turner and was a member of both the Wood Turners Club and Woodworking Guild of Kansas City. He enjoyed fly fishing his entire adult life, so much so that he built his own fly rods and learned to tie flies. He is survived by his wife, Catherine Ann Ecroyd; his mother, Audrey Marie; two daughters, Joanna Catherine Mills and Rebecca Mary (Mills) Alderman and husband Alex; two grandchildren, Max William and Sophia Fay; and his brother and wife, Hans Michael Mills and Debra Whitlock-Mills. There will be a private family memorial service at Evergreen Mound Cemetery at a later date. Because all of Lee's nurses were so important to him and his family during his long illness, memorial contributions may be given to the Jean Geiss Nursing Scholarship at the University of Kansas Medical Center or Hospice Partners sent in c/o Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home, P.O. Box 14, Ottawa, KS 66067. Condolences to the family may be sent through www.lamb-roberts.com. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Lee Goodman Mills please visit our Sympathy Store.

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