Dec. 24, 1937 – Dec. 4, 2013
Barbara J. Gable, 75, of Sweet Home, died Dec. 4, 2013 at Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis.
She was born Dec. 24, 1937 in Quincy, Wash., the daughter of Donald and Margaret (Sweet) Webley. She was raised in Washington and married Robert L. Gable on May 19, 1960 in Kittitas, Wash.
The couple resided in Washington until moving to Bend, Oregon in 1978 and then moving to Sweet Home in 1998. Mrs. Gable had been a homemaker and also worked numerous jobs throughout her life.
She enjoyed sewing, making porcelain dolls, playing pinochle and being a grandmother.
She is survived by her husband Robert; children Karen Westvik, Donald Thompson, Mike Gable, Lisa Brown, Bob Gable, Midge Harrison and Robert A. Gable; brothers Walt and John Webley; sisters Suzie Davies and Sandra Lynch; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by two sons, James Gable and Robert Lee Gable.
Private family services were held.
Huston-Jost Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.