OBIT: Mark A. GARDNER, 1984, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  GARDNER
  
  Mark A. Gardner, 31, of Springfield, Ohio, formerly of Rockwood, died Sept.
  1, 1984, in the Somerset Community Hospital, as the result of an automobile
  accident.  Born Feb. 19, 1953, in Somerset, son of Walter and Dorothy
  (Allen) Gardner.  Survived by his wife, Mary Elizabeth (Tomo) Gardner,
  Springfield, Ohio; parents, Rockwood; a brother, Paul, Allentown, Pa.  His
  death terminates a marriage union of six years.  Member of the Faith
  Lutheran Church, Springfield, Ohio, where he served on the church
  council.  He graduated from the Rockwood Area High School, Class of 1971;
  also a graduate of Thiel College, Class of 1975; and of the Hamma Divinity
  School, Class of 1977.  He was an assistant administrator of the Osterlen
  Services for Youth Inc., Springfield, Ohio. Friends will be received in the
  William J. Wood Funeral Home Tuesday from 9 a.m.-9 p.m., and until 10 a.m.
  Wednesday, when the remains will be removed to St. Luke's Lutheran Church
  for services at 11 a.m., with Pastor James Roth and the Rev. Dr. Franklin
  Brookhart officiating.  Interment to follow, Rockwood I.O.O.F. Cemetery. 
  In lieu of flowers, please make donations in his memory to the Osterlen
  Services for Youth, Inc., 1918 Mechanicsburg Rd., Springfield, Ohio
  45503.  Arrangements under the direction of the William J. Wood Funeral
  Home, with Robert H. Halverson supervising.
  
  Daily American, September 4, 1984
  
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