Gail Rector

Dear Gail was one of my younger Cousins (by three years). She was always a sweetheart. Several years ago, when my wife and I started having Cousin's Parties, she and Jim always came to share the love of Family. The last time they visited us was on New Years Day for my wife's traditional Ham & Beans lunch. It was obvious then that she was failing. She was so fortunate to have Jim, who watched over her with love all the time. We will surely miss her sweet smile and loving persona. I'm...

Gail and I worked together in the library of the Clark, Dietz consulting engineering company in downtown Urbana back in the 1970's. She liked libraries and excelled at archiving engineering reports and files for microfilming. Not everyone can do such a specialized job, but Gail caught on quickly and was exceptionally good at it. She was smart, curious about new things like civil engineering, hard working, optimistic, and cheerful. We kept in touch by mail all these years. I always...