ASHLAND – Marilyn A. Gardner, 74, died April 29, 2013, at a Presque Isle hospital after a brief illness. She was born July 2, 1938, in Ashland, the daughter of Herman and Shirley (Oakes) Prue.
She was a graduate of Ashland Community High School and attended Aroostook State Normal School. Marilyn worked as a bookkeeper at Prue Oil Company, a family business, and later with her husband and children at B & M Savemore a grocery store in Ashland.
She is survived by son, Willis Gardner II and wife, Julie, of Ashland; daughter, Lisa Gardner and husband, Joaquin Gonzalez, of San Jose, Calif.; daughter-in-law, Vickie Gardner of Ashland; brother, Allen Prue of Nashville Plantation; three sisters, Carolyn Prue Gayton of Brunswick, Donna Prue Monfette and husband, Douglas, of Davenport, Fla., and Sandra Prue LeBlanc and husband, George, of Nashville Plantation; two grandchildren, Peter John Gardner and Robert Matthew Gardner; great-grandson, Joshua John Gardner; and many special nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Willis “Bo” Gardner in 1993; and by son, Peter Gardner in 2001.
Relatives and friends may call 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, at Advent Christian Church, Exchange Street, Ashland, where a funeral service will be held 3 p.m. with the Rev. William Harris, pastor, officiating. Interment will be at Ashland Municipal Cemetery. Those who wish may contribute in her memory to American Diabetes Association Maine Affiliate Inc., 80 Elm St., Portland, ME 04101. Funeral arrangements are a service of Stimson-Ouellette Funeral Home, 114 Exchange St., Ashland. To leave online condolences, please visit www.ouellettefuneralhome.com.
MARILYN A. GARDNER
