LEE STEWART NEWBILL
1958-2007

Newbill

Lee Stewart Newbill was born in Newport Beach, California October 3, 1958.

Officer Newbill ended his watch May 19, 2007.

Lee loved music, especially Celtic music and while he could not sing, he was self-taught with the fiddle and dulcimer. However, as he practiced the fiddle he was often asked to take his efforts to another room. Lee was a great storyteller. He had a gift for turning everyday happenings into entertaining stories to share with family and friends.

Lee died doing what he loved, serving people. Lee's last words were to tell his partner to take cover as they came under fire that last night.

It is not how he died that makes Lee a hero, it's how he lived his life.

Lee's father was a Marine aviator and Lee gained much of his love for history by living all over the United States and in the Panama Canal Zone.

Lee graduated from high school in Cherry Point, N.C. Afterwards he attended college in northern Virginia until transferring to the University of Idaho, where he graduated in 1982.

Lee married Rebecca Fouts December 22, 1981 in Twin Falls, Idaho, hometown of Lois and the late Marvin Fouts. He was proudly sworn in as a commissioned Army officer in May 1982 and served in the Army for 10 years.

He is survived by his wife, Rebecca Fouts Newbill, his three children, Christina Newbill of Missoula, Mt; Lisa Rippee and husband Capt. Scott Rippee of Fort Gordon, Georgia; and Airman 1st Class Jeremiah Newbill and wife Samantha Banner Newbill, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. He is also survived by his three grandchildren, Caiden and Danny Rippee and Aiden Sullivan.

Lee was the fourth of five children and is survived by his parents, Merrill (Bud) and Mary Newbill, his siblings - Dixie Reyes, Judy Burns, Katy Newbill and Edward Newbill of Gulf Breeze and Pensacola. He will be sorely missed by his family, which includes numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews and in-laws.

Please help by celebrating his life with your happy memories of him.

Lee will be cremated and his ashes scattered over his beloved Idaho woods.