Jim Maveal, Dan Stahl (estate executor), Dana Stahl (niece of Gayla) and Fred Hanchett (son of Gayla) pose together for a check presentation from the estate of Gayla Jacobson to the Gladwin County Animal Shelter.
Gayla J. Jacobson
GLADWIN
Jim Maveal has been working at the Gladwin County Animal Shelter for 15 years and, in that time, he has seen many cases of generous residents offering donations, either by sending in a check or by leaving behind a sum in their will.
Last week, he saw something else entirely.
Gayla J. Jacobson moved to Gladwin from Illinois in 1997. She was a lover of animals and an active participant in many …