n Monday, July 25, 2016; the beloved husband of the late Anna Belle Dyson Gardiner; father of Brian and Michael T. Gardiner; brother of Fr. Richard Eugene Gardiner, John Douglas Gardiner, Mary Elsie Dyson, and Donna G. Burch; grandfather of Kylie, Dawn, Michael T. Jr. and Cathy Gardiner and Heather Coleman; also survived by two great-grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. Relatives and friends are invited to Thomas's Celebration of Life on Friday, August 5, 2016 from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8pm at the GEORGE P. KALAS FUNERAL HOME, 6160 Oxon Hill Rd. Oxon Hill, MD. Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Saturday, August 6, 2016 at 12pm at St. Ignatius Catholic Church, 2401 Brinkley Rd. Fort Washington, MD. Interment St. Peter's Church Cemetery, Waldorf, MD.