Lora Olive Mikesell Gayle Obituary (1933

HANOVER CHAPEL Let Us Pause To Honor the Memory of Mrs. Lora Olive Mikesell Gayle Mrs. Lora Olive Mikesell Gayle, age 86, of Commiskey, Indiana, entered this life on April 19, 1933 in Jefferson County, Indiana. She was the loving daughter of the late Prentice Roosevelt and Hazel Lee Covington Mikesell. She was a 1951 graduate of Dupont High School and spent her entire life in Jefferson County except for a few years when her family moved back to Anderson, Indiana. She married Raymond Dee Gayle on February 13, 1954 and this happy union was blessed with a son and four daughters. She worked at Reliance Electric for 33 years as a line operator from April 26, 1962 to April 26, 1995. She was a member of the Church of the Living God in New Albany, Indiana. She loved traveling, reading, gardening, sewing, listening to music and spending time with her family. Lora died on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, at 5:00 p.m. at the Waters of Dillsboro in Dillsboro, Indiana. Please Click Here to View the Video Tribute Please Click Here to View the Funeral Service Recording A LOVING FAMILY Lora will be missed by her loving husband of 66 years, Raymond Gayle of Commiskey, Indiana; her loving daughters, Deanna Kindred of North Vernon, Indiana, Melissa Johnson and her husband Tom of Monroe City, Indiana, Colleen Black and her husband, Greg of Palmyra, Indiana, Liz Heilman and her husband Steve of Commiskey, Indiana; her loving son, Raymond Dee Gayle, Jr. of Commiskey, Indiana; her sister, Lillie Wingham of Brooksburg, Indiana; her brothers, Donald Mikesell of Madison, Indiana, Gerald "Buddy" Mikesell and his wife Clara of Commiskey, Indiana; her grandchildren, Chris, Michael, Tammy, Amanda, Brooke, Tyler, Dana, Zach, Hannah, Erica,Olivia, Kassie, and Kristian; 20-great grandchildren; her sisters-in-law, Violet Fewell of Lancaster, Indiana, Evelyn Barrickman of Sligo, Kentucky, Dolores Gayle of Midway, Indiana; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her father, Prentice Roosevelt Mikesell, died April 27, 1991, her mother, Hazel Lee Covington Mikesell, died March 14, 2002, her sister, Joy Mikesell Cable, died January 14, 2013, her brothers-in-law, Tommy A. Wingham, Garrett Cable, Trip Barrickman, Richard Fewell, Tom Gayle, Jake Gayle, Warren "Short" Gayle, her sisters-in-law, Roseilda "Rose" Mikesell, Elizabeth Hammers and Pauline Beard; her grandson, Dustin Combs, died June 21, 1984; her great granddaughter, Kennedy Combs died November 2018; and her son-in-law, Stan Kindred, died January 2, 2020. PRIVATE FUNERAL CEREMONY Private family funeral services will be conducted Sunday, April 19, 2020, at 1:00 p.m., by Tom Johnson at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre - Hanover Chapel, 278 East Main Street in Hanover, Indiana. Interment will be private in the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 1415 North Gate Road in Madison, Indiana. PUBLIC VISITATION (NOTE: Due to the Covid-19 Virus Restrictions are applicable) Friends may visit Saturday from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. and Sunday from 12:00 Noon-12:30 p.m. at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre - Hanover Chapel, 278 East Main Street in Hanover, Indiana. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to Dementia Research. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Hanover and Madison. Online condolences, www.morgan-nay.com Make An Online Memorial Donation To send a flower arrangement in memory of Lora Olive Mikesell Gayle, please click here to visit our sympathy store.