GEE, Homer James - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

West Lebanon - Homer Gee, 80, West Lebanon, died 6:45 p.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Danville, Ill., after a one-year illness. He was born in Warren County Oct. 3, 1887, the son of John R. and Nora Miller Gee. His marriage March 13, 1916, in Danville, was to Grace Berkshire. He was a former Warren County farmer and in later life worked for the New York Central Railroad. He lived in the West Lebanon area his entire life. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Maintenance and Way of Railroad Workers of America. Surviving are his wife; a son. Robert of West Lebanon; two daughter, Mrs. Joseph Godvin of Wilmette, Ill., Mrs. R.B. Crouch of Palo Alto,Calif., and Mrs. Clarence Johnson of West Lebanon; 15 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; three brothers, Harley of State Line, Charles of Attica and Claude of Williamsport; and two sisters, Mrs. Bess King of Danville and Mrs. Ethel Kiby of Apache Junction, Ariz. Final rites were 2 p.m. Sunday at Crowmer-Siddens Chapel in West Lebanon.