Gay Ann Caldbeck passed away on Nov. 7, 2013, after a long battle with cancer.
Gay Ann was born to Richard and Doris (Druesedow) Hulbert on Feb. 26, 1958, in Kalispell. She was the youngest of three girls.
Gay Ann graduated from Flathead High School in June of 1976 and shortly thereafter married her best friend, Ronald Caldbeck. They lived in Columbia Falls where they ran the Columbia Saw Shop until they sold it and moved to their new home west of Kalispell.
The second love of Gay Ann's life came along on June 25, 1982, when her son was born. Geoffrey Richard Caldbeck completed this family and the three of them had a very exciting life together. It didn't matter what they were doing, they all worked hard to make sure that the project was completed, which many times involved long days of hard work. Ron and Geoffrey were usually out making the deals and Gay was making sure that the bills were paid and the checkbook balanced. She took care of the books for their many businesses. She was no stranger to the 10-key.
In the middle of this continual whirl of activity she found the time to cook and quilt. Ron will tell you that she was an awesome cook and her homemade pies were without equal. Quilting became her passion. She loved to help people and quilting was one way that she did this. In fact, she has a couple of her quilts that have been sort of a "sisterhood of the traveling quilts," traveling over 10,000 miles back and forth to friends who are cancer patients and individuals with severe injuries. When Gay Ann found that she had cancer, she became the recipient of her own quilts. The Traveling Quilts are currently on their way back to Ron, sent to him by friends in Texas. Their lives were never boring.
Gay Ann was preceded in death by her father and mother, Richard and Doris Hulbert.
Gay Ann is survived by her husband, Ronald Caldbeck; son, Geoffrey Caldbeck and his wife, Tanya; sister, Myrna Fleming, and her husband David Sr., of Whitefish; sister, Lora Paulson, and her husband, Victor, of Spokane; uncle, Charles Druesedow, and his wife, Shirley, of Kalispell; aunt, Phyllis Druesedow, of Billings; nephew, David Jr. Fleming, and wife, Shirley, of Kalispell; niece, Connie Heckman, and her husband, Jason, of Atwater, Calif.; niece, Amie Heuschkel, and her husband, Jeff, of Spokane; and niece, Melanie Reierson, and her husband, Mike, of Washington. She will be missed by her many, many cousins, great-nieces and great-nephews and numerous friends.
A memorial of Gay Ann's Life will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, at the White Oak, 4820 Hwy. 93 S., Kalispell.
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Gay Ann was born to Richard and Doris (Druesedow) Hulbert on Feb. 26, 1958, in Kalispell. She was the youngest of three girls.
Gay Ann graduated from Flathead High School in June of 1976 and shortly thereafter married her best friend, Ronald Caldbeck. They lived in Columbia Falls where they ran the Columbia Saw Shop until they sold it and moved to their new home west of Kalispell.
The second love of Gay Ann's life came along on June 25, 1982, when her son was born. Geoffrey Richard Caldbeck completed this family and the three of them had a very exciting life together. It didn't matter what they were doing, they all worked hard to make sure that the project was completed, which many times involved long days of hard work. Ron and Geoffrey were usually out making the deals and Gay was making sure that the bills were paid and the checkbook balanced. She took care of the books for their many businesses. She was no stranger to the 10-key.
In the middle of this continual whirl of activity she found the time to cook and quilt. Ron will tell you that she was an awesome cook and her homemade pies were without equal. Quilting became her passion. She loved to help people and quilting was one way that she did this. In fact, she has a couple of her quilts that have been sort of a "sisterhood of the traveling quilts," traveling over 10,000 miles back and forth to friends who are cancer patients and individuals with severe injuries. When Gay Ann found that she had cancer, she became the recipient of her own quilts. The Traveling Quilts are currently on their way back to Ron, sent to him by friends in Texas. Their lives were never boring.
Gay Ann was preceded in death by her father and mother, Richard and Doris Hulbert.
Gay Ann is survived by her husband, Ronald Caldbeck; son, Geoffrey Caldbeck and his wife, Tanya; sister, Myrna Fleming, and her husband David Sr., of Whitefish; sister, Lora Paulson, and her husband, Victor, of Spokane; uncle, Charles Druesedow, and his wife, Shirley, of Kalispell; aunt, Phyllis Druesedow, of Billings; nephew, David Jr. Fleming, and wife, Shirley, of Kalispell; niece, Connie Heckman, and her husband, Jason, of Atwater, Calif.; niece, Amie Heuschkel, and her husband, Jeff, of Spokane; and niece, Melanie Reierson, and her husband, Mike, of Washington. She will be missed by her many, many cousins, great-nieces and great-nephews and numerous friends.
A memorial of Gay Ann's Life will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, at the White Oak, 4820 Hwy. 93 S., Kalispell.
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