Carleen Diana Gamble (Ferrier)

Cathleen went peacefully to heaven in the afternoon of June 26, 2024, in Santa Barbara surrounded by her family.

She was born in Glendale, CA on April 22, 1949 to William and Mary Ferrier, and later moved to Compton where she graduated from Manuel Dominguez High School in 1967. She married a fellow Dominguez Don, David Gamble in 1970 in Anaheim, CA.

She came to Santa Barbara in 1994 from Huntington Beach, Orange County where they had raised their two sons, David Jr. and Ryan. There were short stays along the way in Buena Park, Fullerton, and Santa Ana. In Santa Barbara she initially worked in the Lions Club MD4 office but retired with disabilities from lung cancer and only one lung in 1999. At the time, all she wanted was to see her sons married and maybe a grandchild or two.

It was then that she took on roles of Auntie and Ya-Ya to the many children that came into her life via her grown children and their friends. Sophie and Annabelle Tate became placeholders, as such, for the four grandchildren that came along a few years later.

Her extended family continued to grow and was living proof of the adage “it takes a village to raise a child”.

The lung that was saved was amazing, lasting twenty-five years. She is survived by her husband of 54 years, David Sr., sons David Jr., and Ryan, grand children Alexandria (Alex), Mikayla, Marcus, Addison, and Sophie and Annabelle Tate.

She will be greatly missed by all who knew her.