OBITUARY: Matthew James Gardner

DATELINE: Saint Albans City

Matthew James Gardner, age 25 years, a resident of Barlow Street in Saint Albans City died early Wednesday morning, April 9, 2008, at the Fletcher Allen Health Care Facility in Burlington.

Born in Saint Albans on, April 16, 1982, he was the son of Cindy McNally and Robert G. Gardner. He attended Missisquoi Valley Union High School and for the past several years was a painter with Dick Leahy Painting.

Matt was as an avid outdoorsman who loved to ski and fish. He enjoyed playing his guitar and was also known as a computer wiz. He was considered by many as an excellent automotive mechanic and was always available in an emergency to repair someone’s car.

Matthew leaves his mother, Cindy McNally and companion Richard E. Leahy and his father, Robert G. Gardner and companion Donna Champagne all of Saint Albans; his maternal grandparents, Richard and Doris McNally of Lexington, KY; paternal grandmother, Lorraine Gardner of Saint Albans; two sisters, Kristen Major of Franklin, and Bobbi Jo Gardner of Saint Albans; a brother, Edward Major of Enosburg; aunts and uncles, Laurie Gage of Saint Albans, Heidi McNally and partner Jim Putnam of South Alburgh, Shirley “Bug” Gardner of Saint Albans, Arnold “Popeye” Gardner of Saint Albans, Matthew and Jennifer Watkins of Lexington, KY and Angela McNally Moury of Lexington, KY; special cousins and fishing buddies, Adam Hughes, Daniel Reynolds, James Gardner and “Little” Terry Gardner; his girlfriend, Michelle Robtoy of Sheldon. He also leaves many cousins and extended family.

Matt truly valued the time he spent with Dan and Sara Brown and Tim and Carrie Staples.

He was predeceased by his maternal grandmother Margaret “Peggy” McArthur, paternal grandfather, Gerald Gardner and uncle, Terry Gardner.

A Funeral Service will be held Tuesday, April 15, 2008, at 11 a.m. from The Kidder Memorial Home, 89 Grand Avenue, Swanton, (802-868-3331). The Reverend Herman Benjamin will officiate. Interment Services will follow in Saint Mary’s Cemetery, Canada Street, Swanton. Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday morning from 10 a.m. until the hour of the funeral. Gifts in Matt’s memory may be made to the family at 42 Barlow Street, Saint Albans 05478.

To offer online condolences please visit: www.kiddermemorialhome.com

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