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“It might seem strange to start a story with an ending. But all endings are also beginnings. We just don’t know it at the time.” ~ Mitch Albom
Lee David Pesky was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in August 1995 and passed away on November 6, 1995. He was 30 years old. When he died, he was survived by his older sister, Heidi, her 6 week old daughter, Eliza Lee, his younger brother, Greg, and his parents, Wendy and Alan.
Lee was born in New York City, New York on November 19, 1964. He was diagnosed with learning disabilities in his early years at New Canaan Country School, located in Stamford Connecticut, where he attended PK-9th grade. The school was not very knowledgeable about learning disabilities during that time, but Lee managed to keep up in a very competitive environment and graduate with the other students in his class in 1980.
He attended high school at The King School (currently King & Low-Heywood Thomas School), also in the city of Stamford. He played ice hockey, lacrosse, and tennis, and graduated from there in1983.
Lee learned to live with his learning differences and found ways to overcome them. He pursued his education further at Lafayette College, majored in Political Science, and graduated in 1987.
He worked in New York City in real estate management for a short period of time, prior to moving to Ketchum, Idaho where he spent a lot of his time as a young child. He worked in marketing for Peak Media, publishers of Oh Idaho magazine, The Valley magazine and Golf Idaho. Lee then started and owned the Buckin’ Bagel stores in Ketchum and Boise from 1993-1995. Buckin’ Bagel was Ketchum’s first retail bagel store which also supplied many of the local markets and restaurants in the area. Lee ran this business until he passed away.
The featured slideshow song, Ripple, by the Grateful Dead, was inspired by Lee’s music collection. He was known to be a “Deadhead,” an avid Grateful Dead fan. Lee’s brother, Greg, said, “Lee had the most musical influence on me out of everyone in my family.”
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