GARDNER, Tera Lynn

The White Mountain Independent, Show Low, Arizona ~ 06/14/2011 Tera Lynn Gardner, 30, died at her home in Snowflake Tuesday, June 7. Tera was born Nov. 5, 1980, to Dennis Pawlik and Alisa Sandberg in Holbrook. She graduated from Snowflake High School in 1999 and married the love of her life, Nathan Curtis Gardner, later that year on Oct. 2 at the Snowflake Main Street LDS Chapel. Tera was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was a homemaker and liked to spend her time scrap-booking, quilting, and spending time with her kids and her family. Tera is survived by her father and step-mother, Dennis and Stephanie Pawlik of Snowflake, as well as by her mother and step-father Alisa and Derek Gallegos, also of Snowflake. She is also survived by her loving husband of 11 years, Nate Gardner; three children: Jesiee Lynn Gardner, 9, Jayce Curtis Gardner, 6, and Jordann Mariee Gardner, 4. Other survivors include her grandparents, M.J. and Coleman Brewer of Snowflake, Anna Dean, and her brother Brandon Pawlik, of Taylor. Tera was preceded in death by her grandfather Frank Pawlik. A private family viewing was held Friday, June 10, at Silver Creek Mortuary in Taylor. Funeral services took place Saturday, June 11, at the Snowflake Stake Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and interment followed at the Snowflake cemetery. To send an online thought of Tera, or to send condolences to the family,visit www.silvercreekmortuary.net. Funeral arrangements were handled by Silver Creek Mortuary of Taylor.