{"id":1338,"date":"2016-02-16T10:02:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T15:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/?p=1338"},"modified":"2016-02-16T10:02:44","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T15:02:44","slug":"robert-gardiner-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/2016\/02\/16\/robert-gardiner-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Gardiner &#8217;50"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/files\/2016\/02\/Gardiner.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1339\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/files\/2016\/02\/Gardiner.jpg\" alt=\"Gardiner\" width=\"122\" height=\"170\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1339\" \/><\/a>Robert W. Gardiner, 83, of Centerville, passed away Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016. Robert was a loving husband, father, grandfather, son and friend and will be missed by all who knew him.<\/p>\n<p>Robert served as a minister for over 30 years in the United Church of Christ. He was an avid reader and poet. Robert had a love for classical music and also enjoyed long walks and talks with family, friends and members of his congregation.<\/p>\n<p>He was raised and educated in the Boston area, attending Williston Academy, Amherst College, Tufts University and Andover Newton Theological School. Robert ministered in Wellesley, Pittsford, Vermont, and Southampton.<\/p>\n<p>Robert is the beloved husband of Lorraine Gardiner. He is the devoted father of Dr. Matthew F. Gardiner &#8217;88 and his wife Dr. Mary Beth Cunnane. Robert is the cherished grandfather of Nathaniel, Sophia and Luke. He is the loving son of the late Frederick and Gertrude (Worthington) Gardiner. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert W. Gardiner, 83, of Centerville, passed away Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016. Robert was a loving husband, father, grandfather, son and friend and will be missed by all who knew him. Robert served as a minister for over 30 years in the United Church of Christ. He was an avid reader and poet. Robert had &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/2016\/02\/16\/robert-gardiner-50\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Robert Gardiner &#8217;50<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,113],"tags":[369,414,63],"class_list":["post-1338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1950s","category-class-of-1950","tag-class-of-1950","tag-robert-gardiner","tag-williston-academy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1338"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1341,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338\/revisions\/1341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}