OBIT: Joseph Millard GARDNER, 1996, Stoystown, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Sylvia Reed Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ GARDNER Joseph Millard Gardner, 86, Stoystown, died Dec. 9, 1996, at Somerset Hospital. Born April 15, 1910, in Hollsopple, son of Joseph and Maude (Shank) Gardner. Preceded in death by parents; first wife, the former Anne Greenshields; son, Thomas, and infant sister. Survived by wife of 29 years, the former Mary (Corbett) Stotler; son, Joseph, married to the former Faye Miller, Stoystown; daughter-in-law, Judy (Minick) Staul, Youngstown, Ohio; sister, Esther Wepsic, Reading; stepchildren: John Stotler, married to the former Patricia Howell, Stoystown; David Stotler, married to the former Ella Bambling, Central City; Ernest Stotler, married to the former Dorla Peden, Tucson, Ariz.; Dale Stotler, married to the former Patricia Waltermire, Maseru, Lesotho, Africa; Donald Stotler, married to the former Mary Hay, Berlin, and Mrs. David (Nancy) Dinning, Indian Lake; 20 step-grandchildren, 13 step-great-grandchildren. Retired from Somerset County Assessment Office. Former owner of Gardner Moving Company. Member of Grace Lutheran Church, Stoystown. Former member of Stoystown Borough Water Authority and Stoystown Lions Club. Family will receive friends from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at Deaner Funeral Home, Stoystown. Viewing from 10 a.m. until time of service at 11 a.m. Thursday at Grace Lutheran Church, Stoystown, Rev. Walter L. Startzel. Interment, Odd Fellows Cemetery, Stoystown. Memorial contributions may be given to Grace Lutheran Church, Stoystown, Pa. Daily American, December 10, 1996 [G0060]