Carol Frances Gabel

Carol Frances Gabel

Carol Frances Gabel, 70, Hays, died Monday, January 25, 2016 at the Golden Living Center in Wilson, Kansas.

She was born December 30, 1945 in Hays the daughter of Edmund and Josephine (Leiker) Gabel.  She was a graduate of Hays High School and worked for many years in housekeeping at Hays Medical Center.  She was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Munjor, Kansas and a member of the Daughters of Isabella in Victoria, Kansas.  She loved her dog, watching television, and playing bingo.

Survivors include her cousins, Betty Gamble of Phoenix Arizona and Ellie Gabel and husband Gary of Hays, Kansas. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, and two sisters; Twila Weigel and husband Leo and Dorothy Hammerschmidt and husband Marcian.

Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Munjor.  Burial will be in the St. Francis Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 4:00 pm until 7:00 on Tuesday and from 9:00 am until 9:30 on Wednesday, all at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine.  A Victoria Daughters of Isabella rosary will be at 5:30 pm followed by a vigil service at 6:00, both on Tuesday at the funeral home.  Memorials are suggested to St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church or to the St. Francis Cemetery, in care of the funeral home.  Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com