Gaylia Ann (Fuller) Correll passed away November 6, 2012 at the age of 81. She was born March 28, 1931 in Kalkaska County to Robert P. and Gladys M. (Eley) Fuller. Gaylia was a 1949 graduate of Traverse City High School. On August 20, 1950 she married her husband Donald L. Correll in the Ogdensburg Methodist Church. He preceded her in death in 1965. Since 1965 Gaylia has been a resident of Traverse City and an active member of Central United Methodist Church. After retiring from Sarah Lee, Gaylia started her own cleaning business which she worked at until she retired in 2001. Besides her husband, Gaylia was preceded in death by her oldest son Donald Correll Jr., a brother Calvin Fuller, and her parents.
Gaylia was a kind, humble and loving mother who gave freely of her time and gifts to support her family, church and community. She will be sadly missed by her children: Judy (Bruce) Behnke of Las Vegas, Nevada and Jim Correll of Traverse City; five grandchildren: Abigail Behnke Thompson and Steven (Rachel) Behnke of Las Vegas; Jamie (Marci) Correll of Lake Ann, MI; Jesse (Mary Kay) Correll of Traverse City, MI; and Joe Correll of Buckley, MI; and nine great-grandchildren. She is also survived by a brother David (Marian) Fuller of Cadillac, Michigan, a sister Marilyn (Robert) Judson of Elkhart, Indiana , sister-in-law Shirley Fuller of Traverse City, one aunt and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
The family asks that in lieu of flowers a donation can be made to one of Gaylia’s favorite charities: Salvation Army, Traverse City, MI, VA Hospital, Traverse City Heart & Vascular or the Biederman Cancer Treatment Center in Traverse City.
The funeral service will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, November 9, 2012 at Central United Methodist Church, Traverse City, with a viewing for friends and family at 10:00 a.m. the same day at the church. Burial will be after the service at 1:15 p.m. at Grand Traverse Memorial Gardens.
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Arrangements have been entrusted to Covell Funeral Home in Traverse City.
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