The Superior Express -

Deanna Kathleen Gardner, 74, the daughter of Lynn and Edena (Eakins) Garman was born March 25, 1949, in Superior, Nebraska. She died Jan. 4, 2024, at her home in De Soto, Kansas.

She enjoyed being a cheerleader and playing softball during her educational years at Burr Oak schools. After graduation in 1967, she attended Manhattan Bible College and later took classes at Brown Mackie and Washburn of Topeka.

Deanna was united in marriage to William Kerr. They resided in Salina, Kansas. To this union was born Andrew and Laura. They later divorced and she met James Gardner, whom she married and had...