April 3, 1934ย ย โย ย March 11, 2025
Neil Roger Lemos passed into eternal life on March 11, 2025, just shy of his 91st birthday. Born April 3, 1934 to Harold and Irene Lemos of Edgewood, Neil was a descendant of the Portuguese pioneers that arrived in Siskiyou County in the late 1850s. Neil spent most of his life in his hometown of Edgewood. He grew up on the Lemos cattle ranch in Edgewood, which Interstate 5 splits at the Weed Rest Area. Riding horses herding cattle, irrigating the pastures with his father, chasing birds with a BB gun, Neilโs childhood was a lot of love and hard work. Tragedy struck the family when Neil was 4, as his baby brother Carl passed away at the age of 2. The family was blessed with three other children, first Dave, then Jim, and finally โLittle Sisโ Nancy.
As many ranching children were, Neil was a member of the 4-H, reaching the All Star honors. He raised a Grand Champion steer and later became a 4-H leader, bringing his children and others in the Edgewood/Weed area into fun and life lessons of 4-H.
