Thomas Gee

Thomas Gee
Oct 27, 1931 - Sept 23, 2024
Thomas Holmes Gee passed away peacefully on September 23rd, 2024 at home in San Francisco, a city he so dearly loved. Tom was born in Arcadia, California and was raised with his younger brother Winston in a multi-generational, close-knit family with many get-togethers.
He graduated from Pomona College and served in the US Navy overseas. He then graduated from the University of California Berkeley School of Law. He was admitted to the Bar in 1961 and worked for the Constitutional Rights
Commission before beginning his career as a criminal defense attorney for the
Alameda County Public Defender's Office. Tom received the highest score in
competition for the position because, as he liked to brag, "I claimed my
Veteran's points". He served four years in that position and then entered
private practice in San Francisco where he practiced for over forty years. He
fought the good fight; not only in law. He represented the fresh, bold
spirit of goodwill and hope of the '60s and '70s. Tom had a vibrant,
astute mind and a gift for establishing warm, lasting friendships. Dinners at
his home were numerous, lively and always special. He first lived and loved
being in North Beach enjoying the Beat Culture, then moved to the Castro in
1971 where he vigorously embraced gay life before the time of AIDS. Tom loved to travel and did so extensively, becoming expert in all things French. He spent 1967 in Paris, attending Le Droit Comparé at the Sorbonne University and savored St. Germain des Pres culture.
He met his future spouse Patrick Faverie in 1989. With time they purchased and restored the family's stone cottage in Normandy where he lived out his retirement for 20 years and where he is remembered for his "joie de vivre" as well as his knowledge of places, people, books, politics and his knack of remembering everyone's birthdates both historical and personal. Tom is survived by his loving spouse, dear friends and family.