- Date Of Birth: April 5, 1922
- Date Of Death: September 9, 2018
- State: Nebraska
Gen is survived by two daughters, Eunice and her husband, Jim Wilson, of Gillette, Wyoming, Lois Essex of Lincoln; a son, Randy Essex and his wife, Angelyn Frankenberg, of Detroit; four grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and five great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Howard, in 1996; son, Howard “Tom” Thomas Jr. in 2013; daughter, Judith Elaine, who died shortly after her birth in 1947; grandson Jayson Stigley in 2017; three sisters; four brothers; two half-sisters; and three half-brothers.