Dwight Hilliard Gardiner

1919 - 2012  (92 years)

• Name	Dwight Hilliard Gardiner
  Born	10 Aug 1919	Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Professor of Psychology at Hobart and William Smith Colleges
  Died	16 Jul 2012	Farmington, Ontario County, New York, USA   [1]
  	Cause: bladder cancer
  Buried	Stumptown Mennonite Cemetery, Bird-in-Hand, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I326868	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Dwight Murray Gardiner,   b. 23 Nov 1885, Port Hope, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Jun 1967, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Margaret Neidinger,   b. 11 Mar 1887, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA ,   d. 4 Aug 1958, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Married	28 Jun 1916	Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA
  Family ID	F110068	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Barbara E. Herr
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2020
  Family ID	F153840	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S888] Social Security Death Index 1935 - Current, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Dwight H Gardiner BORN: 10 Aug 1919 Died: 16 Jul 2012 State (Year) SSN issued: Florida (Before 1951) [S8] Information from an informant - Auskunft eines Informanten - Information d'un informateur. Proposed Change: Dwight H. Gardiner (I326868) Tree: Suedpfalz Link: http://www.birkenhoerdt.net/getperson.php?personID=I326868&tree=1 Description: I was Dwight's companion for 47 years. Dwight Hilliard Gardiner did not die in Florida. He died in Farmington, New York on July 16, 2012. He is buried with my family in the Stumptown Mennonite Cemetery, Bird-in-hand, Pennsylvania. Dwight was Catholic. He lived all his life near where he was born, in Rochester, NY. He was a Professor of Psychology at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Barbara E Herr [S927] Obituary. Gardiner, Dwight Hilliard, Ph.D. Farmington: Went to the Lord on Monday, July 16, 2012, at home, after a 1 ½ year battle with bladder cancer. He was born August 10, 1919 to Margaret Neidinger Gardiner and Dwight Murray Gardiner. He is survived by his life's partner, Barbara Evelyn Herr, and his first cousin, Elaine Pugliese, and her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchild. He attended Aquinas High School and received his Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees in Psychology from the University of Rochester, where he was Instructor at the Prince Street Women's Campus. He spent his career at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY, where he was Professor and Chair of Psychology for many years. He taught until he was 80. He was a member of the Geneva Country Club, an assistant at the Genesee Valley Golf Course while a graduate student, and Technical Director of the Swain Ski School in the 1960's. He was also a Navy veteran of WWII. Grateful thanks to Robert Kerper, MD, and the personnel at Woodside Manor and Lifetime Care Home Health Care for their superb and loving care. Friends may call WEDNESDAY 2-4 & 7-9 at Miller Funeral Homes, Inc. (3325 Winton Road South). His Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Catherine of Siena Church, 26 Mendon-Ionia Road, Mendon, NY at 10 AM on THURSDAY. Interment will be in Stumptown Mennonite Cemetery in Lancaster, PA. In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 615 South Main Street, Geneva, NY 14456 for their Scholarship Fund.