Edith M. Gordanier

Edith M. Gordanier, 103 years old, died on Feb. 8, 2010, at HomePlace Care Center in Oak Harbor. She was born in Rockford, Wash., on Nov. 22, 1906. She was preceded in death by an older brother and two younger sisters. She was the widow of U.S. Navy Captain John W. (Bud) Gordanier, CEC, whom she married in 1933. She is survived by a daughter, Joan Birdsell, of Cheney, Wash., and a son, Charles Gordanier, of Whidbey Island, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A memorial service to celebrate her life will be held Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010, at 4 p.m. at Whidbey Presbyterian Church in Oak Harbor,