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, IL.

Also, surviving are her daughters: Jennifer (Ryan) Keith of Lincoln, IL and Julie (Kris) Atwood of St. Joseph, IL. She has six amazing grandchildren who will miss their Mamaw every day: Madison, McGwire, McKenzie, and Miles Atwood of St. Joseph, IL, 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.