Alexander Lindsay

Alexander J. “Lex” Lindsay, Jr. June 25th, 1929 ~ January 14th, 2017 Lex Lindsay led an amazing life and was an incredible man. Husband to Janie, father to Debbie, Pam, Caroline and Judi, grandfather, great grandfather, uncle, cousin, colleague and friend to everyone fortunate enough to know him. He left such a legacy for us to stand and walk within. A brilliant scientist, father-figure, world traveler, adoring husband and family man he gave us everything we needed to be the women and people we are today. Raising four daughters is no easy task, but he and our mother always led by example and taught each of us dignity and respect. He insisted we all understand what listening truly means and how to communicate with each other by first listening to what others had to say before responding. One of his favorite sayings was describing the two words in the English language that have exactly the same letters and mean exactly the same thing….LISTEN & SILENT. His teachings were genuine, wise and always grounded in love. Sometimes growing up, we’d rather be punished than lectured about what we’d either done wrong or inappropriately, but oh my goodness, did we learn from each and every counsel! At home and in the workplace, our father was a champion of women. He taught each of us that we can do and become whatever we wanted to do and become in life. In the field of archeology, in a time when there were fewer women involved in this career path, he mentored, directed and encouraged many women to pursue a meaningful life’s work dedicated to archeology and anthropology. From the Glen Canyon Project to Paiute Mesa, there were always women on his field crews involved in the passionate field work needed to document the history of both our planet and the history of man’s development here. He drew his last breath late Saturday afternoon with the love of his life, Janie and his girls surrounding him. He leaves behind so much love, wisdom and true dedication to what it means to live a good life with family, friends, work, play, ups and downs, good and bad all gently balanced around him. He will be with us in our every single day and his teachings will live on with so many of his colleagues, past and present that held him in such high regard for his respect of anthropology and archeology. His time on so many sites will be remembered and researched and followed for generations to come as science has no end to future teachings to all that follow in his footsteps. He taught us all well and we will carry on his legacy. We, as family are eternally grateful for your friendship and we will let you know when we have finalized plans for a memorial service in March for our beloved father and husband, Lex. Godspeed and God Bless! Jane, Debbie, Pam, Caroline & Judi