Amy Elizabeth Gardner, 58, Formerly of Winchester

Obituary courtesy of Lane Funeral Home

WINCHESTER, MA—Amy Elizabeth Gardner, 58, passed away in April of 2016. She was born in Long Beach, California; she spent her formative years in Winchester, MA and was active in Forum in the First Congregational Church of Winchester. For the last few years she has resided in South Boston and Somerville, Massachusetts.

Amy was the beloved daughter of Richmond Gardner of Quogue NY, and the late Helen “Lyn” Lovejoy Gardner. She was the loving sister to Cindi Gardner Willis of Ambler, PA, and to her brothers Richmond L. Gardner of Horsham, PA and Dave F. Gardner of New York City, New York. She was the devoted godmother and aunt to Amanda J. Willis of Ambler, PA.

In the last 20 years, she spent many hours a week volunteering for various causes. She spent time working for Horizons for Homeless as a play space activity leader. As well as countless hours of volunteer work working for the homeless in Boston and Somerville, which included: serving food at food kitchens, helping run food drives, collecting and passing out mittens through Warm Hands, Warm Hearts, as well as working at a family homeless shelter in Somerville. She also volunteered at the USO, helping visitors at the airport and hosting welcome parties for personnel on navy ships.

In her career, she moved more than 10 times and lived in Idaho, California, Alabama, Maine, Virginia, Connecticut and New York among other places until she settled back in the Boston area. She worked as a Technical Purchasing Specialist at the Nixdorf Computer Company and the Stone & Webster and Parsons Engineering Companies. She also worked at Akamai Technologies as a Logistics Coordinator. She participated in construction of the Millstone, Nine Mile Point, and Brown's Ferry nuclear power plants.

In the 1990’s she took a round the world trip going to Australia, New Zealand, Most of Southeast Asia, and Europe by herself. After that she did a lot of traveling with her sister Cindi Willis and her brother Rich Gardner and later her niece Amanda Willis. Cruises were her favorite.

There will be a visitation at Lane Funeral Home located at 760 Main St, Winchester, MA 01890 on Wednesday April 27, 2016 6 to 8 pm. All are welcome to come by and celebrate her life.