Edwin G. ’Eddie’ Savre

Edwin G. "Eddie" Savre, 97, Moorhead, MN, died on Saturday, February 11, 2006, in Moorhead Health Care Center, Moorhead, MN.Eddie was born on April 18, 1908, near Lisbon, ND, to Erick and Ella Albertson Savre. He grew up and attended school in Lisbon, graduating from Lisbon High School, and then attended NDAC in Fargo, ND. Eddie owned and operated Eddy's Coffee Shop in downtown Moorhead for forty years. He married Jessie Pierce on September 7, 1938, and they made their home in Moorhead, MN, for all of their sixty-six years of married life. Jessie died on December 30, 2004. Eddie had been the site manager of the Moorhead Senior Nutrition program. He was a Jolly Old Timer and served at many pancake feeds. He was a avid sports fan for many years, was the director and treasurer of the F-M Merchants baseball clubs and one of the prime backers of the Moorhead Chix Baseball team. In 1958 he was awarded the Minnesota Sports Champion Award and was later nominated for the Clay County Outstanding Citizen Award. U.S. Representative Stangeland chose him to participate in the congressional senior citizen intern program in Washington, D.C.Eddie is survived by three sons, John Diane, Roseville, MN, Chuck Beth Anne, Long Beach, CA, and Joel, Moorhead, MN; three daughters, Sharon Gary Reynolds, Billings, MT, Joyce Jim Hutt Savre, Menlo Park, CA; and Judy Walt Morici Savre, Longmont, CO; one sister, Clara Alexander, Lisbon, ND; fourteen grandchildren, Paul Reynolds, Kristin Beecher, Laurie, Stephen and Scott Savre, Jacob and Jessie Hutt, Edward and Jennifer Savre, Jason, Brian and Heidi Savre, Jeric and Jessie Nordhaugen and four great-grandchildren, Addison and Truman Reynolds, Brandon Savre and Joseph Savre. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Jessie; and two sisters, Selma Savre and Gina Melby; three brothers, Kenneth, Alvin and Ernest.