Boundary County ID Archives Obituaries.....Gee, Lois Gene December 19, 2006
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Bonners Ferry Herald, December 28, 2006
   Lois Jean Gee, 76, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006 in Sandpoint, Idaho.
   Services will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, Dec 29, 2006 at Coffelt’s Funeral
Chapel, 109 N. Division, Sandpoint, Idaho with Chaplain Paul Graves officiating.
 Interment will be at Pinecrest Memorial Park Cemetery in Sandpoint, Idaho.
   Lois was born on March 21, 1930, in Augusta, Mont., the daughter of Louis and
Lula (Goss) Hoffman.  Growing up in a large family of five sisters and two
brothers made for many fond memories and some lively get-togethers later in life
as families gathered for various occasions.
   In about 1940 her family moved to Whitefish, Mont. Where Lois attended high
school and also worked as a nurse’s aide at the hospital.
   On April 14, 1950, in Olson, Mont., Lois married the love of her life,
William J. “Bill” Gee, who worked for the Great Northern Railroad.  Lois and
Bill were married for 53 wonderful years and raised three boys; Bill, Ken and
Russ.  Bill, Sr. passed away on Memorial day, May 26, 2003.  Lois, deeply
saddened showed her immense strength by forging ahead and being the thoughtful,
caring, loving, generous mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt she always had been.
   The ever-faithful wife and mother, Lois followed her husband to sometimes
isolated places as he worked on the railroad.
   From the prairie of Glendive, Mont., to the sometimes snowbound-clims of
Summit, Mont., she persevered, raising her two oldest boys, Bill and Ken.  While
making sure the whole family was healthy, well-fed and clean.  Even snow depths
up over the eaves of the house did not shrink her from her duty to family.  Two
active boys wanted to go outside no matter the weather, so Louis  would bundle
them up and fashioned masks out of an old pair of tweed pants Bill Sr. no longer
needed.  Out they’d go, and shortly come back, as the cold quickly changed the
fickle minds of the boys.
   Later they moved to Bonners Ferry, Idaho, and then on to Sandpoint, Idaho,
1961.  Their youngest son, Russ was born there in 1962 and that is where the
family’s roots grew.  Russ remembers many day picnics with mom along the shores
of Lake Pend Oreille before he became school age.
Besides many great family vacations and tent camping with the boys, Lois and
Bill later enjoyed many trips camping in their fifth-wheel at places like
Robinson and Priest Lakes in northern Idaho.  They both loved fishing and she
was known to occasionally outfish Bill.  She enjoyed meeting other campers and
sharing conversation and a cup of coffee around the evening campfire.
   Lois is survived by her three boys, Bill and wife Peggy of Newport, Wash.;
Ken of Sandpoint, Idaho; and Russ and wife Brenda of Lewiston, Idaho.  Also
surviving are sisters Gloria Gregg and Betty Sagen of Whitefish, Mont., brother
Jim Hoffman of Edmonds, Wash., five grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and
numerous nieces and nephews.
   Lois was preceded in death by her parents, husband, sisters Fern Kaber,
Dorothy Thompson, and Joanne Woolfe,  and a brother Pat Hoffman.
   Family and friends are invited to sign Lois’ on line guest at
www.coffeltfuneral.com.
   Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Coffelt Funeral.


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