Dee Ann Sessions
Dee Ann Sessions
Dee was born on September 12,1934 in Shelley Idaho. She was the
second of two children, (brother- Norman Brighton; Deceased), of George Harold
Brighton and Bertha (Dial) Brighton, (both deceased)
.
She grew up in Firth Idaho
,
and
lived there until meeting her husband, Donald Sessions of Taylor
I
daho.
They Met in Shelley before Don left for Mi
l
itary
Service in the Philippines. Upon his return, they married on March 5
,
1955.
Dee welcomed their first two ch
i
ldren,
Scot, in January of 1956, and Nancy in July of 1957. Some of Dee's fondest
memories were caring for her children, while Don Studied Accounting at Idaho
State University. She would vividly reminisce about Scot and Nancy Frolicking
about, dancing to The American Band Stand, once they got their first television.
After graduation, the couple settled in to Blackfoot Idaho and
welcomed their third child, Joel, in 1961. Don remembers Dee being a great
partner, caring for their children, helping out their new family by working at
the local nursing home, and both sharing a love of vegetable gardening.
Opportunity called for Don, and he and Dee packed up their
family and moved to Montana
.
After a brief time in
Anaconda, the family settled in Great Falls for the next fifteen years
.
With Don and Dee moving to Great Falls, her parents settled in
Helena, next door to her brother, Norman. She was a devoted daughter, and drove
frequently between Great Falls and Helena, to help care
f
or
her aging parents. She felt devoted and great satisfaction helping her parents
when she could.
Don and Dee
'
s set off on a change of
course, and returned to Idaho in 1987. They located in Boise and ventured off
in business on their own. They worked side by side each day for six years
,
building
a
successful business. Dee was surely Don's right hand (wo)man,
picking up the heavy lifting, when needed, assuring their success.
Dee and Don retired for good in 1996. They spent their
retirement traveling throughout the west. Their annual vacation, for the first
few years, of their retirement, was driving Highway One
,
from
San Diego to the Olympic Peninsula
.
In 2005
,
they discovered cruising. Their first cruise was to Alaska. The
highlight of their cruise was looking down the blowhole of a Grey Whale, while
on a ship's tender viewing coastal wildlife
.
In 2009 and 2011, they ventured south on cruises; once to the
Mexican Riviera and the last cruise through the Panama Canal. Dee enjoyed the
shopping and e
x
ploring Latin Cultures
.
She
reminisced strol
l
ing through a work
i
ng
co
f
fee plantation, in the high volcanic mountains of Guatemala and
watching in awe as the workers harvested the fields of sugarcane by hand.
The highlight of the last cruise was traversing the Panama
Canal, riding the rough seas to Colombia, and enjoying a horse drawn carriage
ride through the 500 year old colonial streets of Cartagena.
The end of this cruise was the beginning of the next chapter in
Dee's life. Shortly after her return, she started developing frequent
pneumonias that required ongoing hospitalizations.
She courageously fought on with the strength of woman from the
salt of the earth. Her fight came to a peaceful end on August 28, 2013, with
her husband of 58 years by her side
.
Her parents, George and Bertha Brighton, her brother Norman, her
baby girl, and her granddaughter Holly preceded her in death.
Her Husband, Don, of Boise, her son Joel of Boise, her daughter
Nancy of Helena Montana, and her son Scot, of Choteau Montana, survive her.
Three granddaughters and a grandson also survive her.
The family would like to thank St. Luke's Hospice for making the
transition to home, from the hospital peaceful, and allowing her to die with
the dignity she wished and deserved.
A graveside inurnment service will be held at 2 p.m., on
Friday, Sept. 6, at Dry Creek Cemetery. Cremation arrangements by
Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel, Boise.
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