MCDOUGALL
McDOUGALL, GALE J. GALE J. McDOUGALL, of Lakewood, formerly of Hiram, passed away on Friday, December 20, 2013 after a defiant battle with cancer. She was 64 years old. Gale was a restless, hard-working yet accommodating woman who exemplified the American Dream. Gale grew up in Maumee, Ohio. She moved to and attended Kent State University where she met and married the love of her life, Charles. She worked her way through college, having four children along the way. Gale was an entrepreneur and owned three different businesses; The Red Radish Restaurant in Kent, The Tree House, a children’s clothing store in Aurora and McDougall Productions, Inc. in Cleveland. She took great pride in her work for the Cleveland Orchestra’s Star-Spangled Spectacular and Tower City’s outstanding Christmas airship display. Mrs. McDougall also secured her nursing degree and became a labor and delivery nurse for Mt. Sinai Hospital in Cleveland. Always an active member of the community, Mrs. McDougall served as an on-call nurse for Hiram College and as the Vice-President and then President for the Crestwood School District Sports Boosters. She devoted countless hours to masterful creations for Halloween costumes and reveled in the intensity of the Hiram Fire Department ...Read More