Miss. Trudi C. Gander, age 86, of Cannon, Kentucky, died Sunday, June 17, 2018 at Baptist Health in Corbin.  She was a daughter of the late Albert and Bess Ann (Chadwell) Gander, born to them on March 31, 1932 at Cannon.

Miss Gander was a 1950 graduate of Knox Central High School.  After growing up in Cannon, she served her country as an Air Traffic Controller in the United States Army. She then lived in Washington, DC where she worked for a Classical Music Radio Station. She also lived in Los Angeles, California where she worked at a Cadillac Dealership in Hollywood. Her next home was in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she worked as a Buyer for the Mabley & Carew department store, after which she worked in the University of Cincinnati's radiology department. After living for many years in Cincinnati,  she came back home to Cannon about 20 years ago.  She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Barbourville, where she was a member of the Friendship Sunday School Class and served as a Extension Worker at First Baptist Church to make visits with the ones that could not come to church.  She was a member of the Barbourville Garden Club for many years, the Redbud Festival Committee, the Barbourville Main Street Committee. She was passionate about caring for animals and growing flowers.

Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister,  Miss.  Bettie Gander; and her brother-in-law, Samuel Cole.

She is survived by her loving family, including her sisters, Mrs. Joyce Cole of Barbourville, and Miss Anna Katherine Gander of Cannon;
her nephew, David ( Betty) Cole of Cannon; her two nieces, Katherine Cole (Terence McCormally) of Reston, Virginia and Leeanne (Jeffrey) Rogers of Lexington, Kentucky; her eight great nieces and nephews; and also her nine great-great nieces and nephews; her two special cousins, Sandra Penn of Gray, and Louise Disney of Barbourville; and many other cousins and dear friends to mourn her passing.

Memorial Services for Miss Trudi C. Gander will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, June 23, 2018 in the Hopper Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Shane Nickell and Rev. Joe Bradshaw officiating.  Burial will follow in the Bingham Cemetery at Cannon.

The Gander family will receive friends at the Hopper Funeral Home after 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, and until the funeral hour.

For those who wish, Memorial Contributions  may be made to the First Baptist Church, 201 North Main Street, Barbourville, Kentucky 40906 in loving Memory of Miss. Trudi C. Gander .

Hopper Funeral Home will be in charge of arrangements.