On March 29, 2023 Gayle (Abrams) Lewis died in Colby, Kansas after a long fight with Lupus.  Gayle was born in Little Rock, Arkansas to Colonel John and Harriet Abrams on January 16, 1951.  She had one older brother, Stephen.  The family moved to Ft. Riley, Kansas in 1952.  In 1953 Colonel Abrams and family deployed to France where he was assigned to the Army hospital in LaRochelle and the family lived in the rural outskirts, in wine growing country.

Upon retiring from the military, the family moved to Kansas City, Kansas where the extended members of the family lived, ultimately buying a home in newly developing Prairie Village, Kansas in 1955.  Gayle attended elementary school, junior high school, and high school at Shawnee Mission East where she graduated in 1969.  Gayle enrolled at the University of Kansas, beginning a lifetime love of all things Jayhawk, and began working as a bank teller in Lawrence, Kansas.  Her parents retired to Scottsdale, Arizona and Gayle followed, finding employment again in banking.  Gayle enjoyed a close relationship with her parents until their deaths.  She had begun to experience health problems and in 2007 moved to Colorado to live with her brother Stephen and sister-in-law Sherry, in Bailey, Colorado.

In 2015, the family moved to western Kansas to enjoy retirement.  Gayle enjoyed the wildlife and the slower pace of life, as well as family visits of the Abrams sons and families.  In 2022 her health further deteriorated.  She spent several months in Citizens Medical Center in Colby, where she received loving daily care and attention.

Gayle is preceded in death by her parents, John and Harriet Abrams, her grandparents, Bella and Joseph Yaffe, as well as all her aunts and uncles.  She is survived by her brother, Stephen Abrams and sister-in-law Sherry of Colby, their son Aaron and his wife Nicole and nieces Katelynn, Lucy and Carly of Fallbrook, California; and their son Logan, his wife Laura, and their children Tate and Shelby, of Hughes Springs, Texas.

Cremation was chosen.  Gayle requested no memorial service.  Memorials may be made to Citizens Medical Center, Respiratory Therapy Dept. and sent in care of Kennedy-Koster Funeral Home, P.O. Box 221, Oakley, KS  67748.

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