Shirley Frances Gardiner
Lieu de naissance : Glace Bay, Nouvelle Ecosse, Canada
Lieu de décès : Glace Bay, Nouvelle Ecosse, Canada
Date de décès : 31 janvier 2012
Mrs. Shirley Francis Gardiner of Glace Bay, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, at the Glace Bay Hospital, surrounded by her loving family.
Born in Glace Bay, she was the daughter of the late Francis William and Lillian Louise (Butts) Budgell.
For many years Shirley worked as a telephone operator with Maritime Tel & Tel. In her younger days she belonged to the ladies auxiliary of Epworth United Church.
Shirley was a kind, caring and giving person who enjoyed shopping with Georgia and Garrison and whose favourite hobby was playing bingo.
She was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
Shirley is survived by her loving husband, George ‘Gumps’ Gardiner; daughter, Nancy (Gary) Condran, Ottawa; sons, Terry (Val), Halifax, and Glenn (Sheila) Glace Bay. She will also be sadly missed by her grandchildren, Matthew, Craig (Rai-Lee), Colin, Justin, Quintin, Georgia, Garrison; grandnephew, Andrew; sisters-in-law, Alice Popwell, Irene (Roddie) MacLean and by a very special niece and her husband Blanche and Gerry Tyne, who were always there for her.
Besides her parents, Shirley was predeceased by her son, Kenneth William and her mother and father-in-law, Blanche and George Gardiner.
Visitation for Shirley will be held today from 7-9 p.m. at Patten Funeral Home, 71 Union St., Glace Bay. Funeral service will follow Friday, Feb. 3 at 2 p.m. in Patten Chapel with Rev. Judy Phillip’s officiating. Interment in Forest Haven Memorial Gardens, Sydney.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Cape Breton Chapter of the VON.
Words of comfort may be left for the family at www.pattenfuneral.com.
