Gayle Lavon (Fuller) Molzahn

Gayle LaVon (Fuller) Molzahn, was born May 17, 1936, in Formoso, Kansas, to Johnson Guy “John” Fuller and Mildred (Ellingson) Fuller Graham, and passed away September 11, 2017, in Kearney, Nebraska, after acquiring the rare disease/syndrome of Gullain-Barre syndrome in July of this year.

Gayle started her early school years in Cody, Wyoming, when her dad was overseas in W.W. II, and finished the rest of her school years in Formoso, Kansas.  She graduated from Mankato High School in 1954.

She was an outstanding pianist, having given piano lessons for over fifty years.  Gayle wrote and composed her own music and wrote individually for her students, especially for contests.  She and her friend, Dr. Dale Sherrard, gave many concerts in Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado, and loved being able to share her music.

Gayle married Buren Fulton, June, 1955, and to this union four children were born, Danny, Dawn Marie, Michelle, and James (Jimmy).  They later divorced. She married Calvin Molzahn in September, 1979, in Rock Springs, Wyoming and became step-mother to Mark, Allyson and Jonathan.  Gayle and Calvin moved to Mankato, Kansas, in 2000.  Calvin died in 2011.

Her life was her Lord, her family, and her music.  She leaves many broken hearts in family, friends and loved ones, including: daughters - Dawn Marie May and special friend, Mel Krause, and Michelle and husband, Hector Olmedo; sons -  Daniel and wife, Pam Fulton, and James (Jimmy) Fulton; grandson -Cody Lammers; granddaughters - Shannon Mueller and special friend, Aaron Delaney, Jeri Dawn Dennis, Lindsey and husband,  Matt Teply, and Emma Fulton; great-grandchildren - Tate Teply, Edisyn Teply and Asher Delaney; sister - Joan E. and husband, Clyde Mickelsen; niece - Angela and  husband, Tom Salestrom and their children - Tyson, April, and Owen Schroder, Travis and Lauren Schroder, and Ben and Jack Salestrom; step-sisters – Verla and husband,  Bill Roe, and Jeannie Blair; step-children – Mark and wife, Vickie Molzahn, and son - Tony and wife, Hannah Dellos and family; John Molzahn and children, Noah, Mia, Joel, and Jenna; and Allysyn and husband, John Paap, and Dylan; and special friend - Glen Suhr.

Celebration of life services for Gayle L. (Fuller) Molzahn will be (were) Saturday, September 16, 2017, at 2:00 p.m., at the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Mankato, Kansas, with Pastor Dennis Beckmann officiating.  Casket bearers were: Dan Fulton, Jim Fulton, Cody Lammers, Clyde Mickelsen, Hector Olmedo, and Glen Suhr; Interment was in Balch Cemetery, Formoso, Kansas; Memorials may be made to the Gullain-Barre research at https://www.gbs-cidp.org/gbs or to the Lutheran Church.  Friends may sign the register book, Friday, September 15, 2017, from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Melby Mortuary, 402 N. High Street, Mankato, Kansas.  Melby Mortuary, Mankato, Kansas, was in charge of arrangements.  On-line condolences can be left at www.melbymortuary.com.