Memorial service for Gale A. Sadler will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 2, 2015 in Centenary United Methodist Church with Rev. Dr. Norma Quinn, Senior Pastor and Rev. Phil Jones officiating. Private family burial will be in Highland Cemetery under the direction of the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. Gale A. Sadler, age 94, died Saturday, November 28, 2015 in Lawton. He was born on November 22, 1921 at Mountain View, Oklahoma, to Arthur Mills and Adelaide Kissner Sadler. He lived on a farm five miles west of Mountain View and attended school through the sixth grade at Kiowa Flat. He attended Mountain View School and Southwestern College at Weatherford prior to enlisting in the U.S. Army. He would later earn his bachelor's degree from Southwestern. Gale enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1942 and served at Sheppard Field, Denver University, Santa Anna, California, Scott Field, Illinois, Harlingen Air Base and at Truax Field in Madison, Wisconsin. He was discharged in 1946. He married Martha Roberts on April 1, 1956 in Altus, Oklahoma. He was working for Ratcliffe Book Store in Weatherford and came to Lawton in 1947 to put in a bookstore at 308 D Avenue, closing the small bookstore Ratcliffe had at 617 C Avenue. Gradually office supplies and office furniture were added to the business offerings and in 1988 Gale purchased the Ratcliffe's interest and changed the name to Sadler Book & Office Supply. He also had a branch location in the Cache Road Square Shopping Center. He joined Kiwanis in 1949, was a past president of the Downtown Kiwanis Club, served as chairman of the Kiwanis Interclub Committee for many years and had 66 years of perfect attendance. He was a life member of Southwestern Oklahoma State University Alumni Association, served on the Board of Directors and was a past president for the Lawton Knife and Fork Club, served on the Marketing Advisory Committee of the Great Plains Area Vo-Tech for several years, served as chairman of the Retail Merchants Committee for the Lawton Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the Armed Forces Day Parade, Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and as Chairman of the Planning and Zoning Committee. He served as a Lawton City Councilman for five years prior to the city having a city manager. He was also a trustee of the McMahon Foundation for over 43 years. Gale joined Centenary United Methodist Church in 1948. He was a member of the Questor Sunday School Class and the Methodist Men. He was the pancake cook for the church's neighborhood breakfast and served on mission, finance and visitation committees. He was a member of the administrative board and had been a delegate to the annual conference in 1972. He had worked in the Kindergarten Sunday School Class and served as a worship service usher for 60 years. He is survived by his wife, of the home; a daughter and son in law, Janet and Rande Worthen, Lawton; two sons and daughters in law, David and Marilyn Sadler, Meers, Oklahoma and Jeff and Aileen Sadler, Lawton; 11 grandchildren, Kristen, Philip, Jenna, Kara, Derek, Nathan, Alyssa, Austin, Mitchell, Marshall and Abigail; and a great grandson, Weston. His parents, his twin brother, Yale, and his sister, Minnie Davis, preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be to Centenary United Methodist Church, 704 SW D Avenue, Lawton OK 73501.