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Fay Gardiner

CANADIAN - Fay Gardiner, 93, formerly of Beaver, Okla., died Friday, Feb. 3,
2006.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in First United Methodist Church in Beaver
with the Rev. Monte Kreis officiating. Burial will be in Pioneer Cemetery in
Beaver by Hughs Funeral Home of Canadian.

Mrs. Gardiner was born Aug. 3, 1912, in Texmo, Okla., to the late Mr. Charles
Fisher and Mrs. Ora Mae Brown Fisher. She was a graduate of Moorewood High
School in Moorewood, Okla. She then went on to complete a business course at
Draughn's Business College in Elk City, Okla. She married Hagen Gardiner on
June 11, 1933, in Elk City. He preceded her in death on May 7, 1980. While
living in Elk City, she worked at the First National Bank. Her family moved to
Turpin, Okla., where they lived for about 13 years before moving to Beaver in
1955. Fay joined the Baptist church at an early age and later joined the
Methodist church at Turpin, Okla. Upon moving to Beaver, she transferred her
membership to First United Methodist Church and was the financial secretary
for a number of years. Fay worked at the Bank of Beaver City for more than 20
years, where she met the public on a daily basis and was an integral part of
the bank's operations. She was a member of First United Methodist Church,
Martha's Circle and the Eastern Star. She moved to Canadian to be close to her
son in April 2002.

She was also preceded in death by a son, Homer Gardiner on Jan. 29, 2006, and
a granddaughter, Cristen Gardiner on June 11, 1981.

Survivors include two sons, Cliff Gardiner and wife, Maggie, of Lakewood,
Colo., and Mike Gardiner and wife, Deana, of Canadian; a daughter-in-law,
Barbara Gardiner of Monticello, Ind.; 10 grandchildren, Allen Gardiner and
Chad Gardiner both of Frisco, Tra Johnson of Burleson, Stacy Hunzeker of Buda,
Brandon Johnson of Houston, Steve Taylor of Midwest City, Okla., Jon Gardiner,
Chuck Gardiner and Tom Keehen all of Bolingbrook, Ill., and Kim Crain of
Naperville, Ill.; and 11 great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to First United Methodist Church, 201 Ave. F,
Beaver, OK 73932.