OBIT: Clara (Kahn) GARDNER, 2007, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  GARDNER, Clara K. 02/24/07  Daily American
  
   Clara K. Gardner, 76, Arandale Street, Bedford, died Feb. 22, 2007. She was born Jan.
  31, 1931, in Central City, a daughter of the late Daniel and Erna (Paulson) Kahn. On
  March 19,1949, in Cumberland, Md., she married the late Frederick A. Gardner who preceded
  her in death on July 9, 2000. She is survived by a son, Kenneth, married to the former
  Melissa Miles, Indianapolis; a daughter, Julie, wife of Randall Weyandt, Oak Harbor,
  Ohio; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Mrs. Gardner was a member of the
  St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Everett. She was a Eucharistic minister for
  the nursing homes and served on the finance council at the church. She was a member of
  the Bedford American Legion Auxiliary, Bedford County Photo Club and the Lincoln Highway
  Association. Clara was the owner of Nanny's Kids Store in Bedford, and was well known at
  the authority of the Ship Hotel, built by her grandfather Herbert Paulson. She graduated
  from Mount Aloysius and was an alumni. She was known as a tireless servant to her friends
  and family, and was a very loving mother and grandmother. Friends will be received 2 to 4
  and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, at the Timothy A. Berkebile Funeral Home in Bedford. Funeral Mass
  will be 11 a.m. Monday at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Everett. The Rev.
  Norman P. Imgrund officiating. Burial at Schellsburg Cemetery. Those wishing can make
  memorial contributions in her name to St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Sanctuary
  Fund, 161 E. First Ave., Everett, PA 15537. Sign our online guest book at
  www.berkebilefuneralhome.com.