Edward T Edwards

Edward Thomas Edwards, aged 94, died on October 11, 2026, in Phoenix, Arizona. Ed was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to his parents Edward V. and Emma Edwards. He grew up in Tinton Falls and Long Branch, New Jersey, until he joined the United States Air Force in 1952. While stationed in Phoenix, Ed met and married his wife of 71 years Marilyn Armeda (Jagger) Edwards in 1954. After raising two sons, Stephen Matthew Edwards and the late Edward Ronald Edwards, in New Jersey, Ed and Marilyn moved back to Phoenix in 1985. Ed was an electrical engineer and worked for Electronics Associates Incorporated and Goodyear Aerospace. Ed was an avid ham radio operator, who always stuck with using Morse code. Ed and Marilyn were devoted church members of Orangewood Presbyterian Church in Phoenix. Ed is survived by his son Stephen and his wife Lorraine Edwards of South Hamilton, Massachusetts, late son Edward’s widow Fredda Edwards of Phoenix, grandchildren Matthew Edwards and his wife Sinyin Edwards of Southlake, Texas, Jeffrey Edwards and his wife Natasha Edwards of Salem, Massachusetts, Gwendolyn Iris Edwards of McKinney, Texas, Jonathan Edwards and his wife Elynn Edwards of Phoenix, Joy Edwards of Phoenix, and great grandchildren Ella and Louisa Edwards, William Cothran and Minerva Edwards.

A Committal Service will be held at Greenwood Memory Lawn Mortuary & Cemetery, 2300 W Van Buren St, Phoenix, AZ 85009, US, on October 22, 2026, from 11:00 am.