| Graduation Year | Class of 1965 |
| Date of Passing | Apr 20, 2020 |
| About | Gaye-Leene (Pitchler) Hadwick, 73, passed away April 4, 2020 at Dixie Regional Medical Center in St George,Utah due to complications of liver cancer. Gaye-Leene was born December 30, 1946 in Grand Island, Nebraska to Alberta “Bobbi and Gayle Pitchler. She graduated from Grand Island Senior High School in 1965 and then attended Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln. She married her soulmate, John Hadwick on December 20, 1969. While John was in the military, they lived in Germany, Maryland and then settled down in Grand Island where they raised their two children, Shane and Mindy. Gaye- Keene retired as a photo lab technician at Skagway in 2007 and she and John moved to St. George,Utah. She loved photography, gardening and especially spending time with her family. She also enjoyed going to the casinos in Mesquite, Nevada and exploring the many National parks in the Southwest. She was a kind and loving person and was like a sister to her many brothers and sister-in-laws. Gaye-Lerner is survived by her husband John. Son Shane and wife Amanda; daughter, Mindy Mares and husband Sy; grandchildren, Christian, Reagan, Danika and Kole, nephews, Eric Hutchell, David Welch, Christopher Mohr and Greg Hadwick; nieces Theresa Stanley and Erika Mohr. several brothers and sister in laws. She is preceded in death by her parents and sister Vicky Wheeler. Gaye-Leene was cremated and will be winter Ed with John when the time comes and they will be placed in Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Maxwell, Nebraska. |
