Cheryl A (Gardner) Bender

Sarasota, FL-

Cheryl A Bender formerly of Mt. Tremper, died peacefully Sunday April 24, 2022 at Sarasota Health & Rehabilitation Center.  She was born Dec. 14, 1949 in Kingston daughter of the late Donald and Dorothy Yager Gardner.  Cheryl was an active parishioner of St. Francis de Sales Church and the Sodality of Our Lady of LaSalette.  For many years she was a customer service representative for United Health Care.  She was predeceased by her husband Gerald Bender in 2015.

Completed obituary and funeral arrangements will be announced. 

Surviving are Cheryl & Jerry's children:  Alane Beth (Robert) Jones of Woodstock, Karen Jean Ricketson of FL,Lisa Marie (Leonard) Ingram of TX, Debra Lynn (Tom) VanWart of Kingston, Laurie Ann (Harry) Brown of Olive Bridge.  Two sisters: Donna Pelham, and Joyce Carr, a brother Paul Gardner, nine grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also survive  

The funeral procession will form on Saturday May 7th at 12:30pm at the E. B. Gormley Funeral Home 87 Main St. Phoenicia thence to the St. Francis de Sales Church where at 1pm a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Fr. Ed Stewart.  Burial in the family plot at the Woodstock Cemetery.  Friends will be received on Friday from 2-4 and 7-9pm at the E. B. Gormley Funeral Home.   You may share a special memory or condolence with the family on Cheryl’s Tribute Wall at www.gormleyfuneralhome.com

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