Gayle Patricia Gaddis' Obituary
Let us come together in joyous celebration that Gayle Patricia Gaddis was received by our
Heavenly Father on January 3, 2021. She was born on November 30, 1943 to the late Charles
Gottlick and Bernadette Gottlick of Scotch Plains, New Jersey.
After graduating Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, Gayle began working at Lockheed Martin
where she eventually received a promotion necessitating the relocation to Houston, Texas.
There she met the love of her life, Captain Edwin Glenn Gaddis of the Houston Fire Department
to whom she was happily wed for over 47 years. The two would eventually settle down in
Pearland, Texas in order to raise their three sons and build a happy life together.
After serving many years in her role as a dedicated housewife and devoted mother, Gayle
re-entered the workforce as the city secretary, tax-collector, and notary public for the city of
Brookside Village, Texas until she retired in 1995 in order to spend time with her six
grandchildren who were her greatest pride and joy. The creativity and love she put into all the
family camping trips and family vacations over the years will be a source of great memories by
all those who have survived her which include sons Glenn Gaddis and Gary Gaddis;
daughter-in-laws Angela Gaddis and Rose Gaddis; grandsons Justyn Glenn Gaddis, Taylor
James Gaddis, Shane Patrick Gaddis; granddaughters Stephanie Patricia Gaddis, Abigail Marie
Gaddis, and Mallory Alexis Gaddis; great-grandchildren Autumn Rose Gaddis, James Patrick
Gaddis and Jonathan David Gaddis; and, friends of the family Stephen “Stevito” Mora and
Sheila Marie Gaddis, and James and Betty Jo Leach.
Gayle is also survived by her brother Russell Gottlick, wife Joyce Gottlick, their children April,
Donald, Valerie, Emily and Grace, and their grandchildren; her sister Bernadette Gottlick,
husband George Lopez, and their children Andrew and Bernadette Sara, and their two
grandchildren; and her dear sister-in-law Maureen Gottlick married to her late brother Charles
Gottlick, their children Marc Gottlick and Jennifer Gottlick, and all of their grandchildren; her aunt
Margie and many cousins whom she was so fond of; her sister-in-law Pat Reeves along with her
children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
Gayle is preceded in death, among other cherished family and friends, by her parents,
mother-in-law Willie Mae Hopkins, brothers Donald Gottlick and Charles Gottlick, as well as her
brave son Houston Police Officer Guy Patrick Gaddis who was taken away from his mother at
the tender age of 25, falling in the line of duty. The tragic loss was one of the lowest points in
Gayle’s life, but through the strong bonds she and her husband had created for their family, she
was able to lift her family back up and rise above the injustice and loss.
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