Rita Kathryn Gardner

Background

Gardner, Rita Kathryn was born on December 27, 1933 in Halstad, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of Henry Thomas and Bernice Kathryn (Dale) Rice.

Education

Bachelor, University of Minnesota, 1955; Master of Science, North Dakota State University, 1962.

Career

Social worker, Steearns County, St. Cloud, Minnesota, 1955-1956; social worker, Monroe County District Education Office, Key West, Florida, 1957-1958; instructor history and sociology, Mississippi Delta College, Moorhead, 1960-1961; counselor, Hasterman Junior High School, Robinsdale, Minnesota, 1962-1963; subsittute teacher, San Dieguito High School, Encinitas, California, 1975-1982; benefits analyst Childrens Bureau, social worker, San Diego County Department Social Superior vena cava syndrome, oceanside, California, since 1982.

Achievements

• Rita Kathryn Gardner has been listed as a noteworthy Social worker by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Camp Pendleton Subcommittee on Child Abuse, Oceanside, 1991.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, traveling.

Connections

Married Benjamin Hill Gardner II, 1958 (divorced 1983). Children: Jolie Ann, Benjamin Christian World War II.

Father:

Henry Thomas Rice

Mother:

Bernice Kathryn (Dale) Rice

Spouse:

Benjamin Hill Gardner II

child:

Benjamin Christian World War II Gardner

child:

Jolie Ann Gardner