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July 1, 2008
Roberta Gardner, 91, formerly of Orange, died Tuesday evening in The Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas.
Born in Orange, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin and Nellie Dymond Eaton. She was a graduate of the former Westmoreland High School. For many years, she was owner and operator of the Gardner Grocery Store, of Orange. She was a member of the Orange United Methodist Church and its various groups. Mrs. Gardner was the church organist for 78 years. Mrs. Gardner was also a member of the Franklin Township Fire Department’s Ladies Auxiliary and the Order of Eastern Star Tunkhannock Chapter 74.
Preceding her in death was her loving husband, Samuel, who passed away in 1995.
Surviving is her son, Robert, and his wife, Judith, of West Nanticoke; granddaughter Nicole Gardner; three great-grandchildren; sister Janet Zarno, Franklin Township; brother Everal Eaton, Franklin Township; nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Metcalfe and Shaver Funeral Home Inc., 504 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming, with the Pastor Leslie Halchak of the Orange United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in the Eaton Cemetery, Franklin Township. Friends may call this evening, from 6 to 8.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Orange United Methodist Church, 1633 West 8th St., Wyoming, PA 18644.