A memorial service for Mrs. Gail McKenzie Stoppel will be celebrated on Tuesday, January 17th, at 2pm at First Presbyterian Church, Aiken. The family will receive friends in the Fellowship Hall following the service for those who would like to join and share in remembrance and appreciation for Gail and her life. George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Aiken, is assisting with arrangements. Mrs. Stoppel, 77, of Aiken, SC, passed away on Thursday, January 12, 2012 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers after a sudden illness. Born on April 1st, 1934 in Highland Park, Michigan, she was the only child of the late Angus McKenzie and Rena Mae Patterson McKenzie. She graduated from Michigan State University in 1954 and was an active member of the Alpha Phi Sorority and has enjoyed lifelong friends from her college and high school days. Gail had a beautiful spirit, a wonderful sense of humor, found the sacred in the secular, and will be sorely missed by her family and her friends. Gail lived a rich life and enjoyed the many blessings of family and friends. She enjoyed gardening, bird watching, theater, walking the beach, and found great joy in the small and spectacular things that life offered. She and Dean travelled extensively with friends and have been long time active participants in faith communities including the First Presbyterian Church of Stamford, CT and the First Presbyterian Church of Aiken, SC. She is survived by her loving husband, Dean, whom she married on July 12, 1955; two daughters, Kristin Grier Fleischhauer and Leslie Forest Gordon; seven grandchildren and the recent joyful addition of a great grandson. The family requests in lieu of flowers that donations may be made to First Presbyterian Church of Aiken in memory of Gail Stoppel.