Gail K Bell

Gail Karen Bell, 76, of Silvis, Illinois, passed away, March 12, 2020 at Trinity Rock Island Hospital.

A closed interment service will be held on August 7, 2020 at Fairmount Willow Hills Memorial Park Cemetery in Willow Springs, Illinois.

Gail was born on February 7, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Leo and Olive (Helm) Alexander and eldest sibling to Brian Alexander, Jacquelyn Grenda, and Robin Tuttle. She is survived by her husband Victor J. Bell Jr. and son Christopher P. Bell and his wife, Mary Ackerland Bell, and a granddaughter.

She married Victor J. Bell Jr. on July 16, 1966 in Chicago, Illinois.  Gail graduated from Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois in 1965 with a bachelor’s degree in education.  Her husband, son, and numerous family and friends who enriched her life also attended Augustana College.  Augustana continued to be a big part of her life.  She traveled with Augustana College groups for a Latin American Study Abroad term and a Swedish Alumni trip. She loved teaching young children and had a long teaching career that included positions in Florida and a number of primary schools in the southwest suburbs of Chicago.  She completed her master’s degree in teaching at Roosevelt University in 1975.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to either of the two Lutheran churches in her life:  Lutheran Church of the Resurrection in Oak Forest, Illinois (www.resurrection-oakforest.org) and Trinity Lutheran Church in Moline, Illinois. (www.tlcmoline.org)

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