Lee Marcel Robinson

Lee Marcel (Reese) Robinson, 82, of Rexburg, Idaho passed to our Heavenly Father on Sunday, March 2, 2025, in Rexburg, Idaho at Homestead Assisted Living.

Lee was born May 21, 1942, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the daughter of Robert Wallace Reese and Elizabeth Mabel Parker Reese. She married John Robison in Chantilly, Virginia. She worked as an Executive Assistant to a Navy Admiral in the US Department of the Navy. Her favorite hobby was terrorizing John.

Lee has lived in Sterling, Virginia, Menan, Idaho, and Rexburg, Idaho. She was a big sports fan especially for Washington Commanders (Redskins) Football, and the Washington Capitals Hockey Team. She enjoyed eating out on Fridays at the Rusty Lantern in Ucon and at Dixie’s Diner in Idaho Falls on Sundays for breakfast.

She loved to read romance novels and re-runs of game shows. She loved her family and would always enjoy hearing how the kids were doing. Most of all, she was an Elvis fan and would sing all his songs. In her last days, her memory was leaving her, but the words from Elvis never did.

Lee is survived by her sons, Tom Simmons of Havelock, North Carolina, and Glen Canterbury of Chesapeake, Virginia. Daughters; Gwen Jones of Ackworth, Georgia and Lisa Hawkins of Cumberland, Georgia. Lee had 13 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren. Her very great friend and guardian angel, Jessica Fisher, who stayed by lee until the end.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, John, a daughter, Regina Canterbury, and a brother, Robert Earl Reese.

A graveside service will be announced soon.