Gail Ann Okash's Obituary
Gail Ann ( Nee Nelson) was born on December 5, 1951 in Duluth, Minnesota to Harold and Beverly Nelson, Her step father was Clyde Fuller. Gail passed away on February 20, 2023 at Palomar Hospital in Escondido, California, She was 71 years old.
At 29 years old and a widow with a 9 year old son she moved to Escondido, Ca. She was diagnosed with Lung cancer in 2015 that progressed to stage 4 in 2023.
She is survived by her fiancée and love of 13 years, John David Burks Jr, her granddaughter Eliana Okash, her first cousins, Pamela Fritch-Hieb, Bruce Johnson, and Diana Parask, her elder sister Gloria Notman, and Gail’s son with husband Tim Okash; Jason A. Okash also her two foster sons Raphael Mijares and Cyrus Stevens, and her best friend of about 40 years Debi Davisson (known as Miki to her friends).
Gail is preceded in death by her close friends Teresa McRaney & Sharon West.
Gail loved doing stitchery and she was an accomplished maker of custom rugs. Gail had interests as varied as the study of metaphysics and numerology and making custom rugs. At Denfield High School Gail did flag twirling and her favorite was music was The Beatles and she remembered watching the moon landing in 1969.
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