Gail Ann Cotton Sauer, 69 of Bluffton passed away on Thursday, June 30, 2011 at her home.She was born in Bellevue, PA on August 15, 1941. She was the daughter of the late Robert and Evelyn Wikert Cotton.She and her husband moved to Bluffton in 2004. She was a retired Registered Nurse. She was a graduate of Sewickley Valley School of Nursing. She loved gardening and cooking.She is survived by her husband, David W. Sauer of Bluffton; two sons, Timothy R. Sauer of Tucson, AZ and Matthew D. Sauer of Pittsburgh, PA; two daughters, Kelly S. (Chuck) Mazon of Pittsburgh, PA and Brooke S. (Jim) McDermott of Charlotte, NC; grandchildren, Hannah Mazon, Charlie Mazon, Reilly McDermott, Dugan McDermott, Delaney McDermott, Sullivan McDermott, McKenna Sauer, Griffin Sauer and Quinn Sauer.Memorial Service will be held at 3:30 pm, Sunday, July 3, 2011 at Sauls Funeral Home, 90 Simmonsville Rd., Bluffton. The family will receive friends from 2 til 4 pm on Sunday.The family requests memorial donations be made to Tidewater Hospice, 10 Buckingham Plantation Drive, Suite A, Bluffton, SC 29910; University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Melanoma Program or www.caringbridge.org.