John Edward Gale passed away December 9, 2014. He was born on October 13, 1930 in Pasadena, California to Albert and Signe Gale. He is survived by his wife Betty, his sister Anne, daughter Susan Hoenig (Dave), son Warren Gale (Diane), stepchildren Carla Haug (Jim), Dan Wakefield (Kay), Terri Mosqueda (Jess) and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. His first wife, Ione, preceded him in death.
From Pasadena his family moved to Lake Stevens where he went to elementary school. They then moved to Snohomish where John graduated from Snohomish High School and was a member of the Sea Scouts. Friends from both towns remained friends for life and until the last year of his life he enjoyed time with them having coffee with “the guys” in Snohomish and Lake Stevens.
He began his working career at Simpson Paper and then was self-employed with Service Master and then became owner of AAA Instant Printing which he sold at age 54 and then retired.
He was an avid hiker in his early years and also spent a lot of his time with a partner developing Big Bend in Gold Bar when he was a young man. In his fifties he began skiing and even convinced Betty to give it a brief try. His skiing career ended in his seventies.
He and Betty had 29 wonderful years together. They both enjoyed traveling, gardening and living on the river. For many years they had a second home in Chelan and had many close friends there. He kept in close touch with his Norwegian and English relatives traveling to both countries with Betty numerous times and being visited here by some of those relatives. They also enjoyed a number of wonderful trips with a tour group whose members they became friends with.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the Northwest Parkinson’s Foundation in Seattle.
A celebration of life will be scheduled at a later date.
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