Mary G. Redner, co-founder of Redner's, has died
Mary G. Redner, co-founder of Redner's, has died
Mary G. Redner, a co-founder of Redner's Warehouse Markets, died July 14 in the Reading Hospital & Medical Center in West Reading, PA, where she had been a patient for five days. She was 89.
The Wyomissing, PA, resident was the wife of Earl W. Redner, to whom she was married for 58 years.
Born Mary Germond on Oct. 5, 1917, in Oneonta, NY, she was the daughter of the late Seward and Ethel Germond.
Ms. Redner was a kindergarten teacher in Port Jervis, NY, where she met her husband. She later taught in Silver Spring, MD.
In 1970, she and her husband co-founded Redner's Markets, which they operated for 20 years before retiring in 1990, when they turned the business over to their sons. The employee-owned company operates 40 Redner's Warehouse Markets and 12 Quick Shoppes in eastern Pennsylvania, New York and Maryland.
Ms. Redner was a graduate of Oneonta High School and received a bachelor's degree in education from Oneonta State University, followed by a master's degree from the University of Maryland.
She was a member of the First Church of the Brethren in Wyomissing. Besides her husband, she is survived by two sons, Richard E. Redner of Sinking Spring, PA, and Gary W. Redner of State Hill, PA; a daughter, Chere A. Kelley of Charleston, SC; grandchildren Nicole, Lexus, Ryan, Stacy, Gary M. and Casey; and 11 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by a brother, Andy Germond.
Services were held July 19 at the First Church of the Brethren in Wyomissing, with the Rev. Timothy D. Speicher officiating. Burial followed in the Leesport (PA) Cemetery.
Contributions in Ms. Redner's memory may be made to the First Church of the Brethren, 2200 State Hill Road, Wyomissing, PA 19610.
The Wyomissing, PA, resident was the wife of Earl W. Redner, to whom she was married for 58 years.
Born Mary Germond on Oct. 5, 1917, in Oneonta, NY, she was the daughter of the late Seward and Ethel Germond.
Ms. Redner was a kindergarten teacher in Port Jervis, NY, where she met her husband. She later taught in Silver Spring, MD.
In 1970, she and her husband co-founded Redner's Markets, which they operated for 20 years before retiring in 1990, when they turned the business over to their sons. The employee-owned company operates 40 Redner's Warehouse Markets and 12 Quick Shoppes in eastern Pennsylvania, New York and Maryland.
Ms. Redner was a graduate of Oneonta High School and received a bachelor's degree in education from Oneonta State University, followed by a master's degree from the University of Maryland.
She was a member of the First Church of the Brethren in Wyomissing. Besides her husband, she is survived by two sons, Richard E. Redner of Sinking Spring, PA, and Gary W. Redner of State Hill, PA; a daughter, Chere A. Kelley of Charleston, SC; grandchildren Nicole, Lexus, Ryan, Stacy, Gary M. and Casey; and 11 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by a brother, Andy Germond.
Services were held July 19 at the First Church of the Brethren in Wyomissing, with the Rev. Timothy D. Speicher officiating. Burial followed in the Leesport (PA) Cemetery.
Contributions in Ms. Redner's memory may be made to the First Church of the Brethren, 2200 State Hill Road, Wyomissing, PA 19610.
