Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA 

Submitted by Gale Stroud and Burta Herger 26 Aug 2007

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Gardiser Helen 920616 p14
Helen Gardiser, 92;  Retired teacher Helen Janet Gardiser, a 50-year resident of Patterson, died last Thursday at Del
Puerto Hospital where she had been a patient for some time.  She was 92.  A native of Sacramento, she was a member of
Sacred Heart Catholic Church and the California Retired Teachers Association.  She was a  teacher at the Jackson School
in San Jose before her marriage.  She then was a substitute teacher in Eureka and moved to the Patterson-Grayson area in
1940.  She taught at the Rising Sun School for eight years beginning in 1941, then at the Las Palmas School in Patterson
until her retirement in 1962.  A rosary was recited Sunday evening at Hillview Funeral Chapel in Patterson.  Her ashes
were to be scattered at sea following the rosary.  Survivors include a daughter, Patricia Burch of Patterson, two
grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Gardiser.  Remembrances
should be sent to the Guide Dogs for the Blind, P.O. Box 151200, San Rafael, Calif., 94515-1200.