Mary Frances Gabel, 84, passed away Jan. 23, 2011 at her residence, Warrenton, Missouri. The 13th child of Jacob & Agatha (Leiker) Gabel, she was born July 27, 1926 in Great Bend Kansas. When her brothers and sisters saw her they said "she looked like a little dolly", hence her lifelong nickname. She attended St. Rose Catholic Grade School and then Great Bend High School. She then went to the Dominican Sisters Convent in Great Bend where she took her final vows to become Sister Mary Gertrude. Of course to all her family, friends, fellow Sisters, and even her students, she was always Sister Dolly. She was a teacher for several years across Kansas in Dubuque, Nashville, Larned, Great Bend, Hutchinson, Wichita, Liberal, and Schulte, as well as for a time in Pueblo, Colo. She, and lifelong friend and fellow nun Frances Kerschen, retired from teaching in 1987 and lived in Wichita, helping at their local Catholic parish as Sacristans spending many hours with the care of the chapel, the flowers, and any other ways in which they could serve the church and their neighbors. Due to poor health in her later years, Dolly moved to St. Louis where she spent the remainder of her years with her niece Jean Wegner and her husband Bill. Despite the loss of her voice to a stroke, Dolly continued to make new friends with her wonderful personality, sense of humor, and the love that naturally emanated from her. She joined her loved ones with God and is no doubt still watching over those she left behind. Dolly is survived by one sister, Odella Gardner, Casper, Wyoming, and a host of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by four brothers: Jake Gabel, Jr., Alex Gabel, Frank Gabel, and Joe Gabel; and seven sisters: Pauline Leiker, Rose Melcher, Dorothy McIntire, Clara Leiker, Germaine Kreutzer, Ann Colegrove, and Katherine Godfrey. A memorial Mass for Dolly will be at 3:30 pm, Friday June 17 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church. Inurnment will be at Great Bend Cemetery, beside her parents. Memorials are requested to American Cancer Society, in care of Bryant Funeral Home.