Mary Gee's granddaughter Nicale Spencer said police discovered Gee's body on Tuesday morning at her home at the Northshore Meadows apartment complex in northeast Houston.
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Not even a day later, robbers reportedly broke into Gee's home and got away with a few of her belongings, her family said.
A medical examiner said Gee died of hypothermia, similar to other cases around the area.
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"For somebody to freeze to death is... I'm always cold. So, just for that coldness to sit in my body that long for me to pass from it, that's just a hard way to go," said Spencer. "It's almost like suffering, and its just sad."
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Gee's family said both the heat and power were shut off at her apartment overnight Monday.
"It bothers me deeply," said her stepdaughter Rachel Cook. "I mean, you don't know what happened to her within those hours."
Family members said they're still struggling to cope with her death.
And that's not the only issue this family has had to deal with. The family is also tasked with finding the robbers who got away with Gee's television, stereo, phone and her son's army badges.
"The stuff was just ransacked and thrown," explained Cook. "I really don't care about that stuff, I cared about her."
Funeral plans have been released for Gee.
Visitation services are planned for March 2 at noon and March 3 from 10 a.m. to 10:45 p.m. at Pruitt's in the Heights.
Also on March 3, a celebration of life will be held.
For more on services and sending flowers to the family, visit this page.
As of Sunday night, 22 people have died in the Houston area from weather related causes such as hypothermia and carbon monoxide poisoning.
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Twelve deaths are suspected to be weather related, but the medical examiner's office is still investigating.
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