Kristine Dee

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Kristine Louise Dee passed peacefully in her sleep with her family at her side on June 12, 2017, at the age of 70. Kris was born Nov. 10, 1946, to Wally and Mary Read (Arrillaga) in Boise, Idaho.

She graduated from Mountain Home High School in 1965 and attended cosmetology school. Kris married Steve B. Letson, and they had a daughter, Misty Marnell, and a son, Steven St. John. In 1979, Kris met and married Robert Dee of Portland, Ore., and together had a son, Robert W. Dee.

Kris loved her grandchildren with all her heart. She also loved to garden and always had the most beautiful flowers and she loved to frame pictures of her family. Kris is a proud Basque and Catholic.

Kris is survived by her mother, Mary Read of Mountain Home, and her devoted caring husband, Robert Dee of La Pine, Ore.; children Misty Cram of La Pine, Steve Letson of Mountain Home, Robert W. Dee of La Pine and Lonni Smith of Mountain Home; grandchildren Breanna and Makenzie Cram, Allisa Letson and Rowan Dee; two sisters, Deanne Todd and Carren Peck; numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and aunts and loving friends. Kris is preceded in death by her father, Wally Read.

Services will be held at a future date in Mountain Home, Idaho.