Editing Gale Storm (section)

==Personal life==
Storm was married and widowed twice. In 1941, while still a teenager, she married Lee Bonnell (1918–1986), then an actor and later a businessman. They had four children: Peter, Phillip, Paul, and Susanna. In 1988, two years after she was widowed, she married Paul Masterson (1917–1996), who also predeceased her.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|title=RootsWeb: Database Index|website=Ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|access-date=2014-08-20}}</ref>

In her fifties, Storm struggled with [[alcoholism]]. She later said:
{{blockquote|During the 1970s I experienced a terribly low and painful time of dealing with alcoholism. I had Lee's unfailing support through the entire ordeal. My treatment and recovery were more than rugged. At that time, there was such a stigma attached to alcoholism, particularly for women, that it could be hazardous to your reputation and career. I thank God daily that I have been fully recovered for more than 20 years. During my struggle, I had no idea of the blessing my experience could turn out to be! I've had the opportunity to share with others suffering with alcoholism the knowledge that there is help, hope, and an alcohol-free life awaiting them.<ref name=StormBio>{{cite web | url=http://www.galestorm.tv/bio | title=Gale Storm Biography | website=Galestorm.tv | access-date=August 21, 2017}}</ref>}}

Storm later became an active member of the South Shores Baptist Church. She once said: "Life has been good and I thank God for His many blessings and the happy life He has given to me."<ref name=StormBio/> Storm was a registered [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] and campaigned for U.S. Senator [[Barry M. Goldwater]] in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EfI0AgAAQBAJ&q=Gale+Storm+Republican&pg=PA173 | title=When Hollywood Was Right: How Movie Stars, Studio Moguls, and Big Business Remade American Politics | first=Donald T. | last=Critchlow | publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] | location=New York, New York | date=2013 | isbn=9781107650282}}</ref>