Obituary of Gayle Elaine Link

Gayle Elaine Link (Lewis) passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on March 4, 2020, at Regency Grand in Dover, NJ at the age of 73.

Born in Jersey City she had lived in Sparta for 20 years before moving to Newton, NJ where she lived for 18 years.

Gayle was a licensed hair dresser and opened the Village Mane hair salon in Lafayette Village in 1986 and would operate the salon until she sold it in 1996.  She was a member of Our Lady of the Lake Church in Sparta, NJ for over 40 years.  She loved to travel, with her husband she traveled  all over the world.  They also went on 14 cruises together.  Her other passions were music, organizing and labeling photo albums, 26 to be exact, knitting, and spending time on “Good Idea”, a 40’ Silverton Boat that they sailed on the Hudson River and on Lake Hopatcong, as well as traveling on it from the Chesapeake to Cape Cod.

Gayle is survived by her beloved husband of 55 years, John H. Link of Newton, NJ.

She is also survived by her loving children Chris and his wife Colleen of Emmaus, PA

And Virginia and her husband Mike Erianne of Denville, as well as her adoring grandchildren Ally, Jordan and Ryan.  She is also survived by her sisters Elizabeth Deluca and family of Dunellen, FL and Carol Boger and family of Gloversville, NY and her sister in law’s Judy VonItter and family of Denville and Sheila Tarantula and family of West Orange, NJ.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday March 10, 2020, from 4:00 to 8:00PM  at Norman Dean Home for Services 16 Righter Ave Denville, NJ 07834 www.normandean.com.

Funeral services will begin at 9:00AM on Wednesday at the funeral home and then going to St. Mary’s Church in Denville for a 10:00AM Liturgy of Christian Mass.

Memorial donations can be made in her memory to the Alzheimer’s Association by way of inmemof.org.