- Date Of Birth: March 2, 1917
- Date Of Death: September 5, 2010
- State: Michigan
GAY, Herbert Lee, Of Zephyrhills, FL. Formerly of Portage, MI Herb passed away into heaven quietly and peacefully on Sunday, September 5, 2010. He was born March 2, 1917, in Kalamazoo, the son of Lee and Viola Warren Gay. Herb was employed for 24 years with the City of Kalamazoo prior to his retirement in 1979.
On June 23, 1937, he was united in marriage to the former Hazel DeHaven, who preceded him in death on November 18, 2008. Also preceding Herb in death was a grandson, Charles Gay; three sisters, Frances Gay, Mildred Brock and Helen Blacker; and a brother, Earl Gay. He is survived by a son, Herbert Joanne Gay of Pascagoula, MS; three daughters, Carol Hilboldt of Parchment, MI, Joan Jack Davison of Harrisburg, NC, Kathy Dennis Girard of Leesburg, FL; six grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
Herb was an active member of the Portage Methodist Church before retirement and then the Zephyrhills Methodist Church in Florida. He especially loved traveling the U.S. with his wife in their campers and motor homes. Herb enjoyed carpentry and repairing anything that needed attention, always offering to assist anyone that needed help with repairs; but most of all was a devoted family man.
