This site is dedicated to the memory of Mae Gabriel.
"The world lost and the heavens gained a spectacular, kind, thoughtful, wonderful person, my wife Mae (Mary)" -RAY
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Our Mom was a beautiful, unassuming, and loving person. She was a devoted wife, mother, and an adoring Grandmother.
Mom greatly enjoyed time with family and friends, she loved children and they loved her! She enjoyed reading, cross-word puzzles, playing piano, singing in the DCCC Chorus, and traveling the world with our Father.
With faith in God, she led a Christian life, practicing those ideals every day.
We’ve done so many fun things together which we’ll cherish always.
While not perfect, she always had a good sense of humor. Mary loved life – the simple things. If you were happy, she was happy.
Easy going, never judgmental, quick with a smile – this was our Mom.
My brother and I truly received a gift from God when we were blessed with a great Dad and a great Mom who raised us in a home with love, support, and yes, a measured amount of discipline – because they LOVED us!
Our Mom will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her. Thank you all for your love and support and thanks be to God for all the great, people in our lives.
- Raymond, her loving son
RayJr
11th February 2010
I loved holding her hand. It warmed you up. She never held on too tight, yet you were always embraced. This was my mother. Never one to impose herself, but always there when needed.
A person of true kindness. Our Mom was a most gentle soul who was selfless in an uncommon way, but not in a weak kind of way. I just don't think that she needed ego. To me, that speaks to strength - she knew who she was and what was important.
What takes some people a lifetime of trial and error, she seemed to live effortlessly. And that was her ability to make you feel loved, to make you feel special, to make you feel like you were the most important person in the room. And all of this without any sense of agenda or distraction common to most of us.
A chorus that I heard many times from friends was "Your Mom is a Saint". As I grew older and realized just how deceptively difficult it is to be selfless I came to believe that she was truly blessed. You knew it when you looked into her face or held her hand.
- Stephen, her loving son
Steve Gabriel
11th February 2010
Life is eternal, and love is immortal,
and death is only a horizon;
and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.
admin
25th January 2010