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Visitation:
9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Thursday, February 22, 2018 at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln
Service:
11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Obituary
Gabrielle “Gay” Marie Ruble Bowen,
64, of Lincoln died peacefully on February 14, 2018
at The Christian Village in Lincoln as a result of a
stroke she suffered on October 4, 2015.
Gay was born March 18, 1953 in Lincoln, the only
child of Earl and Florence (Wiltz) Ruble. She
married Richard Piatchek on August 11, 1973, and had
three daughters. They divorced in 1984. She married
John Bowen on June 9, 1990. He survives in Quincy.
Also surviving are her daughters: Jennifer (Ryan)
Keith of Lincoln, and Julie (Kris) Atwood of St.
Joseph. She has six amazing grandchildren who will
miss their Mamaw every day: Madison, McGwire,
McKenzie, and Miles Atwood of St. Joseph, and
Gracelyn and Emersyn Keith of Lincoln.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her
beloved daughter, Kristi Piatchek, who passed from a
car accident May 11, 2001. It is a blessing to know
they are now reunited in heaven.
She attended Carroll Catholic School, Lincoln
Community High School, Springfield College in
Illinois and the University of Illinois. She was a
member of Holy Family Parish in Lincoln. |
She worked at the Illinois Department
of Revenue in the Willard Ice Building in
Springfield for over 20 years, retiring in 2013, but
returned part-time for the next few years as she
missed her co-workers.
She was an avid St. Louis Cardinal fan and loved to
bake for The Logan County Fair, plan reunions and
laugh a lot. She was a marvelous friend, generous
and kind to all she met, and will be missed by her
family and friends desperately.
Services for Gay will be held at 11:00 a.m. on
Thursday, February 22, 2018 at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln.
Visitation will take place two hours prior to the
service (9:00-11:00 a.m.) also at the funeral home.
Burial will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery, Lincoln.
The family wishes to thank the staffs of The
Christian Village, Safe Haven Hospice, Havana Health
Care, Vibra Hospital, Memorial Medical Center, and
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home.
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“Gay” Marie Ruble Bowen
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