In Memory of Lee Ann Eddleman
Lee Ann Paxson Eddleman, 59 years old, passed away surrounded by those she loved on November 6, 2025.
Lee Ann always loved animals and earned her associate’s degree in veterinary technology from Bel-Rae Institute of Animal Technology in 1990 and proceeded to work in the Small Animal Intensive Care Unit at the Colorado State University School of Veterinary Medicine.
Lee Ann was an amazing, caring, intelligent, forward-thinking veterinary technician and therefore was offered the opportunity to renew and manage the Small Animal Intensive Care Unit at the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine in 1997. She helped the LSU vet school become one of the top schools in veterinary medicine.
Lee Ann trained everyone on CPR and was the catheter queen, even for Large Animal. She became Director of Nursing in 2012 and helped build this new position, as there were few other veterinary schools with technician centered leadership.
Lee Ann could never stop helping: nurses and animals alike. She was constantly adopting the unwanted misfits and loving them like nobody else would or taking in random strays from the roadside or wherever she found them.
Lee Ann taught patience, kindness and compassion. She dedicated herself to being the best she could be in her field by becoming both a Certified and Licensed Veterinary Technician Specialist in Emergency and Critical Care.
Lee Ann was diagnosed with stage IV terminal cancer in December of 2018. She was always a rockstar and a warrior; she fought for seven years before her body got tired. She continued to work while undergoing treatment, retiring in August of 2024.
There will never be another like her and she will be sorely missed by all who met her. Enjoy “dancing with yourself”, Mom. Love you forever, Scooter and Baby Girl.
If you would like to make your gift by check, make check payable to: LSU Foundation
Notation Line: In Memory of Lee Ann Eddleman
Send to: LSU Foundation, 3796 Nicholson Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70802
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