Jeannine Miriam Gable

Jeannine Miriam Gable, age 72, of Sault Ste. Marie and Drummond Island, Michigan died Friday, July 18, 2008 at War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The former Jeannine McInnes was born February 16, 1936 on Drummond Island to Lauchlan McInnes and Helen (LaPointe) McInnes. Jeannine grew up on Drummond Island and then attended high school at Loretto Catholic High School in Sault Ste. Marie. After graduating from Loretto, she attended Mercy School of Nursing in Detroit, where she became ill with tuberculosis and spent two years recovering in a hospital in Powers, Michigan. She returned to Drummond Island and married her childhood sweetheart, Daniel Howard Gable in 1960. In addition to raising their children, Jeannine worked as a teacher's aid for DeTour Schools, a Tribal census taker, and a hardware store clerk. Later in life, she continued her nursing training and also became an Appellate Court Judge for the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Sault Ste. Marie. Jeannine was a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians where she was a Tribal Elder, the St. Florence Catholic Church, and the Drummond Island Ambulance Corps. Jeannine Gable enjoyed fishing, golf, bingo, and playing cards with friends. Jeannine was survived by four sons, Daniel Howard (Janet) Gable Jr. of Greenville, Illinois, Andrew Edwin (Jennifer) Gable of Rudyard, Michigan, Timothy Clare (Katy) Gable of Chicopee, Massachusetts, and Robert Joseph (Suzanne) Gable of Sault Ste. Marie; and nine grandchildren, Nathan, Rachel, Jeremy, Amber, Emily, Benjamin, Carrie, Marisa and Alaina. She is also survived by one sister, Bonnie (Carl) Bucht of Drummond Island; one sister-in-law, Jo Ellen McInnes of Davidson, Michigan; and two brothers-in-law, Ike Isaacson of Tucson, Arizona and Harry Hirth of Columbus, Ohio. Jeannine was preceded in death by her husband, Daniel Gable; daughter Mary Gable; sisters, Lorraine Hirth, Elaine Nixon and Blanche Isaacson; and brothers, Lauchlan McInnes III and James McInnes. Services held at St. Florence Catholic Church on Drummond Island.