OBIT: Earl E. GARDNER, 1983, Somerset RD, Somerset County, PA
  
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  GARDNER
  
  Earl E. Gardner, 57, Somerset RD 4, died Sept. 9, 1983, in Somerset
  Community Hospital.  Born Aug. 11, 1926, in Lincoln Township, son of Mrs.
  Gertrude (Beck) Gardner of Sipesville and the late Lester H. Gardner.  
  Preceded in death by two brothers, Ray and Ernest.  Survived by wife, the
  former Blanche (Baker) Holladay; son, Ronald Gardner of Blairsville; and
  these step-children: Mrs. Donald (Virginia) Showalter, Coatesville, Pa.;
  Mrs. Fred (Carol) Walker, Somerset; Larry Holladay, Warren, Ohio; and 10
  grandchildren. A brother of Mrs. Frank (Ethel) Stern of Hollsopple.  Member
  of Bakersville Volunteer Fire Co. and Operating Engineers #66.  Director of
  Laurel Ridge Sportsmen's Association.  A veteran of World War II.  Friends
  will be received from noon to 4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Sunday at the Richard E.
  Hauger Funeral Home where service will be conducted 11 a.m. Monday with the
  Rev. Gregory Pile officiating.  Interment, Bakersville Cemetery. Family
  requests donations be made to the American Heart Association.
  
  Daily American, September 10, 1983.
  
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