Gale E. Avery, 1933 - 2021

AVERY, FOLEY, LORENZ

Posted By: Connie Swearingen- Volunteer (email)
Date: 10/19/2021 at 09:44:47

Sioux City Journal
4 April 2021

Sioux City

Gale E. Avery, 87, of Sioux City, died Friday, April 2, 2021, at Sunrise Retirement Center. She had been in declining health for the last year or so.

Her friends will be able to visit her at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel from Wednesday, April 14 until Friday, April 16 from noon until 7 p.m. each day. Family will not be present. Private graveside services will be held for the family with Rev. Roger Madden presiding. Online condolences may be directed to www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Gale was born April 6, 1933, in Sioux City, to William and Margaret (Foley) Lorenz. She attended Sioux City public schools and was in the second class to graduate from Bishop Heelan Catholic High School. She attended Briar Cliff College for one year.

Gale married Chuck Avery on Sept. 20, 1952. They lived for many years at McCook Lake, before moving to Sioux City, where they lived in the summer, spending winters at their home in Rancho Viejo, Texas, from 1985 until 2015.

She was a stay-at-home mom until her children got older, at which time she was a bookkeeper at Avery Brothers for many years. She worked on the census for North Sioux City and McCook Lake and volunteered for many events at McCook School. Gale loved to play bridge with her friends as well as poker and other card games with her husband and their friends.

Gale is survived by her son, Stephan, his wife, Jeanne and their sons, Ryan and Jonathan; son, Mark, his wife, Terri and their children, Angela, Monica and David; daughter, Jean, her husband, Rick and their children, Brian, Cari, Ashley and Chad; son, Noel, his wife, Teresa and their sons, Christopher, Sam and Camden; and her son, Milt, his daughters, Taylor and Kennedy and Milt's fiancée, Dr. Rena Kazos. She and Chuck have 16 great-grandchildren.

Gale was preceded in death by her husband, Chuck; her parents; her sister, Elaine and brother-in-law, Bob Kipper; and her brother, Bill Lorenz and sister-in-law, Maxine Schulenberger.