Gail Marie Goetz

Gail Marie (Hines) Goetz of Kinross, MI joined her heavenly Father on Saturday, April 11, 2015, after a long battle with Parkinson's disease and its side effects. Gail was born to Frank Willard and Jessie Rosada (Richardson) Hines in Reed City, MI on December 24, 1934. Shortly thereafter, she moved to Newberry, MI and as member of the National Honor Society she graduated in the Newberry High School Class of 1953. She married her best friend Roland Theodore Goetz in Newberry on April 3, 1954. Gail worked as a telephone operator, attended Northern Michigan College in Petoskey, MI, and became a devoted homemaker and loving mother and grandmother. She enjoyed toll painting, square dancing, antiquing, working crossword puzzles, and traveling the country to visit family and friends. A lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church, she attended church services in Rudyard and Dafter. Gail was active in serving her Lord in women's devotional groups, as a Sunday school teacher, as a youth counselor at Presbytery Point, and as a volunteer at the Crisis Pregnancy Center in Sault Sainte Marie. Gail also was active in visiting friends and others who were sick or shut in. Gail was predeceased by her parents Willard and Jessie Hines, an infant brother and sister, and brothers Logan Charles, William James, and Brian Lee Hines to whom she was deeply dedicated. Gail is survived by Roland her devoted husband of sixty-one years. Together they raised their children Catherine (D'Arcy) Wernette of Auburn, AL; William (Christine) Goetz of Kinross, MI; and Amy Anderson of Williston, ND. A loving grandmother, Gail is also survived by grandsons Matthew Wernette, Savannah, GA; Benjamin Wernette, Auburn, AL; Ryan (Monika) Anderson, Kalamazoo, MI; and Kyle Goetz of Kinross, MI. Gail was blessed with one granddaughter Alexandra (Lexi) Goetz (Kinross, MI) of whom she was especially fond. Gail is further survived by her loving sister-in-law Rose Marie Hines of West Branch, MI; a great aunt Shirley Richardson of Green Bay, WI; and many loving nieces and nephews. For the past four years, Gail was a resident of Cedar Cove Assisted Living Community in Cedarville, MI. The family wishes to express their deep appreciation to the staff of Cedar Cove for the exceptional care, patience, kindness, and love they provided over the course of her residence there. A memorial service open to family and friends will be held at 4:30 PM on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at C.S. Mulder Funeral Home, 4951 South M-129, Soo Township. A gathering will be held from 3:00 PM until the time of the service. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations made to Cedar Cove Assisted Living Community in Cedarville, MI.

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Gail Marie Goetz

December 24, 1934 - April 11, 2015