Edwin Burris

Edwin E. Burris (56) passed away May 25, 2020 at his home in Leawood Kansas. Eddie was born February 12, 1964 in Danville Illinois to Edwin Burris (Sr) and Carolyn Snell. He attended school in Henning Illinois, Bismarck Illinois, Potomac Illinois, and Nuremberg, Germany. He attended college in Munich Germany, Carbondale Illinois, and East Lansing Michigan. After earning a Master’s Degree at Michigan State University, Eddie had experience as a software engineer including appointments at IBM and Los Alamos National Research Lab and then taught Computer Science for several years in the School of Computing and Engineering at the University of Missouri at Kansas City (UMKC). Eddie enjoyed teaching, flying (he earned his pilot’s license in 2015), collecting and restoring antique radios, physical fitness, and traveling. He was proceeded in death by grandfather Charles Burris, grandparents John and Margaret Deeken, an aunt Carla Adkins (Tiny), and an uncle Dennis Burris. He is survived by his grandmother Ernestine Burris, his father Edwin Burris (Shirley), his mother Carolyn Snell (Bob), aunts Ann Ferguson (Bob), Leslie Miller (Don), Laura Berry (Glenn), and sisters Deborah Gouard and Anita O’Mellan (Tim). Eddie’s laugh, his humor, and his charm will be missed.