Lois Ann Lee

July 18, 1934 – June 20, 2020

 LOIS ANN LEE went to her final sleep on June 20, 2020 with the knowledge that her belief in God, his promise of forgiveness for her sins and that when she woke again, she would see his face.

 Lois Ann was born in McCook Nebraska to Fredrick Lee and Irma McMahon, an only child that was primarily raised by her grandmother Mary (Mamie) McMahon.

 A mother of 7 children, Marilyn Jeane, Michele (Jay), Katy Sue (predeceased), Eric (Melody), Deanna, Jean Pierre (Wilsi), and Lee (Leslie), all her children have professional lives and exhibited her attitude of sharing in the personal responsibility for helping others; a grandmother of 7 children and a great-grandmother to an additional 7 children. She left a legacy.

 Lois Ann was a fiercely independent woman, never afraid of taking risks to accomplish what she very stubbornly pursued.

 She had a highly developed creative side, she loved music, a vocalist for the church and a member of the Inland Master Chorale for 3 years. She pursued artistic hobbies, knitting, crocheting, needle point, sculpting in clay and oil painting. As part of her creativity, she never owned a house that she did not take down walls, add bedrooms, moved doors, etc. For a few years, she partnered with a local contractor-friend to flip houses.

 She was a pilot, owned her own Cherokee 150, and was a member of the San Bernardino County Civil Air Patrol stationed at the Rialto Airport; flew her 3 youngest children at the time, to Nova Scotia to live in the Canadian provinces for 2 years.

 Lois Ann taught high school language classes within the San Bernardino Unified School District. She spoke 4 languages but taught French and Spanish. During her tenure with the school district later in her career, she taught at an alternative high school, San Andreas, where she devoted herself to the disenfranchised teenagers. In the early 1990s she was the major influence in establishing the “Peer to Peer Counseling” program where students were trained to help each other through personal hardships.

 Her life principles were to love the Lord, care for her family, comfort, and aid those less fortunate, advise those who are conflicted and be true to oneself.

Private interment services will be held at a later date.