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Obituaries

Monday, October 1, 2018
Rita Jane Gardner
Monday, October 1, 2018
Rita Jane Gardner
WILLIAMSBURG - Rita Jane Gardner Johnston, 62, of Williamsburg died Friday, June 6, 2007 in Marengo Memorial Hospital in Marengo after an extended battle with cancer.
Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Uhlmann-Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Williamsburg with the Rev. James Parks officiating. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the St. Paul United Methodist Church building fund.
Mrs. Johnston was born Aug. 7, 1944 near Williamsburg, the daughter of Lyall and Nadine (Rogers) Gardner. She married Francis Johnston on June 19, 1965 in Williamsburg. They later divorced.