Lois Marie "Boots" Brown

Jan 20, 1934 -

Mar 26, 2024

Boots was born in Los Angeles, Calif., and passed peacefully in Anchorage, Alaska, at the age of 90.

Boots married fellow Californian Harold Brown in 1952. They followed Harold's oilfield career to Anchorage in 1967. Boots joined the Petroleum Wives of Anchorage and the Anchorage Petroleum Club in the late 1960s. She worked as a bookkeeper in the 1970s, and also for National Oilwell in the 1990s and 2000s in Anchorage.

Boots is remembered by her family as kind, thoughtful, very generous and someone who never forgot a birthday, anniversary or a special occasion. Great joy came in 1987 and 1992, with the addition of two grandsons. Her oldest grandson's marriage brought more joy by gaining her beloved granddaughter and also her great-granddaughter. Her family was the highlight of her life. Gram, as she was known to her grandkids, always looked forward to their visits and hugs.

Boots is survived by her sons, Eric (Tracie) Brown and Philip Brown; grandsons, Austin and Travis (Sue) Brown; and great-granddaughter, all of Homer, Alaska; California family, including brother, Jim (Kathy) LeBard; sister-in-law, Shirley; Brown; nephew, Russell Brown; and niece; Debbie Brown; as well as nephews, Michael (Cheyenne) LeBard and Bryan Stafford. Boots was preceded in death by her mother, Peggy "Fitz" Fitzpatrick; father, Harold LeBard; stepmother, Marge LeBard; and stepsister, Joyce Robertson. Her loving husband of 43 years, Harold Brown, passed away in 1995.

Boot's family is especially grateful for the years of loving care she received from her caregivers at Amy's on Aphrodite and Ancora Hospice.

A graveside ceremony will be held on Dec. 29, 2024, at 11 p.m., at the Bardsdale Cemetery in Fillmore, Calif. To read more about her life, go to https://www.alaskacremation.com/obituaries.