Gail Gabler

Gail Gabler age 92, of Long Prairie passed away on Monday, May 20, 2024, at the St. Cloud Hospital.
A Mass of Christian Burial took place on Friday, May 24, 2024 at St. Mary’s of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Long Prairie. Burial was at the Pleasant Mound Cemetery in Rural Clotho.
Gail Christine Gabler, 92, of Long Prairie, MN, was called home to her much-deserved heavenly rest on Monday, May 20, 2024. Her passing at the St. Cloud Hospital was peaceful and in the midst of loving family members.
Gail was born to Ernest and Evelyn Kuiper in Worthington, MN, on January 27, 1932. She and her family resided in several small towns in Iowa and Minnesota as she grew up, ultimately graduating from Lester High School in Iowa. Her family then moved to Long Prairie and Gail attained her Registered Nursing Degree at the St. Cloud Catholic Hospital. She worked as a Registered Nurse for over thirty years in several area hospitals in Browerville, Sauk Centre, and Long Prairie. After retirement from nursing, she also worked at the Long Prairie Distillery and as a Census employee.
Gail married William Gabler at St. Mary’s of Mt. Carmel Church on June 25, 1955. Their life together produced three children and many many happy experiences and memories. Moving to a farm on Maple Lake in 1959, life was often challenging but always interesting and full of family activities. She fought to remain on that farm right to the very end, loving the wildlife and freedom that living there provided.
Her faith and devotion to God and the Catholic Church were of utmost importance to her. She sat vigil in the St. Mary’s Chapel for several years.
Gail’s interests and passions were many and widely varied. Despite her long and busy work hours, she was a devoted flower and vegetable gardener. She was adept in needlework and no major family occasion could pass without her celebrating it with one of her beautiful and meticulous cross-stitch creations. She bought herself a loom and wove rugs of many lengths and colors for family, friends, and many others. She made quilts for all her children and grandchildren. She Scrabbled with her aunt Clarice in Long Prairie weekly. She went on family trips here and abroad, a cruise or two, family snowmobiling outings and several hair-raising adventures driving her own 750 Kawasaki motorcycle on road trips with husband Bill. An avid gameplayer and reader, she made a point of reading her favorite novel, Gone With The Wind, at least once each year.
Gail is survived by her three children, Vicki Gabler (Doug Brandt) of Camp Hill, PA, Toni Lipa (Jeff Batcher) of Fridley, MN, and Bill (Barb) Gabler of St. Cloud, MN; grandchildren Nicholas (Kim) Zaworski, Daniel (Kjirsten) Lipa, and Michael Lipa; great-grandchild Emeryk Lipa.