lay for life, mentoring young men, serving on the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo Committee, providing Christmas Dinners for several years to the Turning Point Shelter, and serving in various church callings. Ed loved being outdoors whether it was camping, riding 4 wheelers, hiking, fishing, hunting, snorkeling, working in the yard and garden, or most of all moving dirt with a shovel or his backhoe "oh how he made a backhoe dance". He accomplished many things, and one of his proud accomplishments was hiking the full 100 miles of the Uinta Highline Trail at the age of 60 and doing it faster than average. Most of all he loved his family, his children and grandchildren and he would do anything for them. In 2017 he started suffering from the cruel disease of dementia. His adventures slowed down, but not his love for his family and friends. Now he can have a clear and peaceful mind again. Dad you are going to be greatly missed. Ed is preceeded in death by his father Claude Francis Souders, mother Helen Burkhiem Souders, step father/uncle Vernon Souders, and brother Bobby Souders. Ed is survived by his children Jared Dean (Nicole) Souders and Cherissa Lyn (Bret) Hitchcock, Grandchildren Maggie May (Andrew) Bird, and Tayson Calder Collett, Siblings Carol (Frank) Sales of NY and Danny (Linda) Souders of CO and many nephews and neices. Services for Ed are pending at this time. Please check for updated service information. Services under the direction of the Phillips Ashley Valley Funeral Home.