Imogene E. Gee, 79

Imogene E. Gee, 79, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, in Sandpoint, Idaho.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 18, 2008, at the Lakeview Funeral Home Chapel in Sandpoint.

Viewing for friends and family will be held Monday from 1 p.m. until service time.  

Burial will take place in the Dillon, Mont., cemetery.

Imogene was born on Dec. 23, 1928, in Scotts Mills, Ore., to Louis and Edna Smith.

When her mother remarried Ernest Garrison, Imogene changed her name to Garrison.

Imogene married Lyle Gee on Dec. 21, 1948, in Tillamook, Ore.

They later moved to Port Orford, Ore., where Lyle worked in the logging industry.

In 1966 they moved to Livingston, Mont., later settling in Dillon in 1974.  

Lyle passed away on Aug. 3, 1983, in Dillon.

Imogene worked at the Truck Inn Café from 1980-1990.

In 2001 she moved to Sandpoint to be closer to her daughter and family. She enjoyed fishing, art, crocheting and knitting.

She is survived by her four sons, Ernest Gee of Whitehall, Mont., James Gee of Butte, Mont., Mark (Carrie Joe) Gee of Spokane, Wash., and Mike Gee (Shannon) of Dillon, Mont.; a daughter, Lori Miller of Sandpoint; four stepchildren, Pat, Gary, Mike and Diane Kelley; 15 grandchildren, Mason, Aspen, Jenny, Holly, Tyler, Torey, Lindsey, Alicia , Matthew, Sean, Adam, Ashley, Mike, Kim, and Rickie; a great-granddaughter, Anna Marie; and a brother, Lauren Garrison of Arlington, Wash.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and husband Lyle.

Memorials may be made to Bonner Community Hospice, PO Box 1448, Sandpoint, ID 83864.

Lakeview Funeral Home in Sandpoint is handling the arrangements.

Please visit Imogene’s online memorial at www.lakeviewfuneral.com and sign her guest book.