Gayle E. Mousley (nee Johnson), 69, of Alstead, passed away on Monday, December 26, 2022, at Monadnock Community Hospital. Arthur and Elizabeth (Reitmeier) Johnson welcomed their daughter on January 23, 1953. Born in Lakewood, NJ and raised in Manahawkin, NJ, Gayle was a 1972 graduate of Southern Regional High School.

In 1973, Gayle enlisted in the US Army and was stationed over seas in Germany until 1978. While stationed in Heidelberg, Germany, Gayle met her future husband, Ronald Mousley and they married in 1980. Gayle worked various jobs in her life from the Army to waitressing to being a police dispatcher to being a mother and homemaker.

Gayle was predeceased by her mother in 1984, her father in 2014, grandson, Joshua Giberson in 2016, and “adopted” daughter, Lisa Schneider and her husband, James, both in 2022.

Gayle is survived by her loving husband, of 42 years, Ronald of Alstead; daughter, Nichole Giberson (Jeff) of Cedar Run, NJ; daughter, Pauline Seavey (William “Butch”) of Walpole, NH; sisters, Sarah “Sally” Horn (William) of SC, and Kimberly Riley (Arthurlin) of NC; brother, William Johnson (Elaine) of Manahawkin, NJ. Also surviving are her grandchildren, Austin Mousley, Sarah and Hannah Giberson of NJ, and Aiden, Colton and Krissalyn Mousley of NH, as well as many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, friends and “adopted” children and grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation in Gayle’s name to the Monadnock Humane Society, 101 W. Swanzey Rd., Swanzey, NH 03446.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Fenton and Hennessey Funeral Home, 55 Westminster Street, Bellows Falls, VT.