Gisela Janet Hawley (née Ruediger) went to be with God and her beloved husband, John, on Friday, August 8, at Regency Coupeville on Whidbey Island, Washington.

Gisela was born in February 1942, in Berlin, Germany, to Annamarie Irma and Heinz Ruediger. After her father passed away when Gisela was two, her mother remarried in 1948 and immigrated to the United States with Gisela and her brother Klaus.

She graduated from high school in Goldsboro, North Carolina, and attended Newberry College in Newberry, South Carolina. She was a member of the civil service in Washington, D.C., holding various clerical positions throughout her life, both professionally and as a volunteer.

In June 1966, Gisela married Coast Guard Captain John Hawley, the love of her life, in San Diego. Following his retireme

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