Gale R. Verpoorten

ATHENS - Gale R Ver­poorten 74, of Athens WI passed away at her home on June 30th, 2022.

She was born A New Years Baby on January 1st, 1948 to Herman and Vicki Kramm in Ath­ens WI. She married her love of her life Orville Verpoorten on Oct 24th 1964. They celebrated 54 years of marriage before his passing in 2018 and was blessed with 5 children that she loved dear­ly. Michelle ( Jim) Davis, Michael Verpoorten, Yvette (Pat) Chieves, Jason ( Kathy) Verpoorten & Terri ( Brian) Parsley. She also was blessed with 15 grandchildren & 2 great grandchildren.

Gale lived life to the fullest and if you were to see her, she always had time to chat & she loved talking to everyone, even people she did not know yet. Through the years she enjoyed many activities including snowmobiling, shooting skeet, and she could fix her car if she needed to. On her many travels to visit with people or go shopping, if there was a garage sale sign, she stopped or asked you to stop for her to hunt for additions to her col­lections of antique jewelry that she loved to sit to look at. For most of her career she was a CNA for the Wausau VNA and took extra care for all her patients. Sometimes she shared her rummage sale treasures with them to brighten their day. In her retirement years, visiting with her family & friends was most important to her. She looked forward to her weekly meals with her family. Gale loved attended many local events and drawings with her children to support her local community. Annual local fairs were a highlight to her to travel to and she always helped out by volunteering in the 4-H ice cream stands. During Christmas time in her festive sweater vests she would ring bells for the Salvation Army. She was an avid cribbage card player & attended weekly bingo with her friends. Gale will be greatly missed by everyone for her loving heart, sparky personality, and smiley face.

Funeral services will be 11:30 a.m.  Saturday, July 9, 2022 at St Paul Lutheran Church 224526 Grass Creek Ln Athens WI 54411.  Visitation will be Saturday from 9:30 a.m. until the time of services all at the church.