Carolyn Farr Gaebler

Gaebler, Carolyn Farr   MADISON- Carolyn Farr Gaebler, wife of the Rev. Max D. Gaebler, died early Friday, August 21, 2009, at her home in Oakwood Village Retirement Community in Madison.   Born in Indianapolis in 1922, she grew up in Glencoe, Illinois.   She attended Western College for Women in Miami, Ohio, graduating in 1944.   She pursued graduate study in Government at Harvard University, where she met the Rev. Max D. Gaebler, then Unitarian /minister to Students at the historic First Parish in Cambridge, MA.   They were married in 1945 at her family home in Glencoe, IL   She and her husband subsequently lived in Westford, Massachusetts; Davenport, Iowa; and --since 1952- in Madison, where her husband served as Minister of the First Unitarian Society, a position he occupied until his retirement in 1987.   A committed supporter of social justice issues, she never tired of recounting her experience in the summer of 1943 as a participant in a Quaker sponsored work camp on Chicago's then heavily segregated south side.   All her life she remained an ardent advocate for social justice.   She loved good music, and for a number of years was a staunch member of the Unitarian Society choir and also of the Madison Philharmonic Chorus.   Carolyn is survived by her husband, five children: David, Mary, John, Ralph, Helen and their families.   A memorial service will be held in the near future at a date to be announced.   In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to First Unitarian Society of Madison, 900 University Bay Dr., Madison, WI   53711, or to Oakwood Village Retirement Community, 6625 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI   53705.