William Otto Garden, Jr., 85, born in Lancaster in 1933, passed away after brief illness on Wednesday, April 24, 2019.

William was the son of the late William and Mildred Peters Garden, and was the husband of Mary Jane Garden for 47 years.

Bill graduated from McCaskey High School and from Drexel University with an electrical engineering degree. Upon graduation, he drove to California and worked for an aircraft company for 6 months, before moving to Washington DC to work for 7 years. He then returned to CA, working at Moffett Field for NASA in Mountain View, CAwhere he met Mary Jane, and were married in 1972.

Bill loved traveling, his garden, and most recently reading history books about colonial days and ancestry .com.

He is a recent convert to Catholicism and is a member of St. John Neumann Catholic Church.

In addition to his wife, Bill is survived by his sister, Linda married to Bernie Grim, and by several nieces and nephews. Bill is preceded in death by his brother, Donald.

Friends may visit with the family from 10-11AM on Monday, April 29, 2019 at St. John Neumann Catholic Church, 601 E. Delp Rd., Lancaster, PA 17601 with Mass to follow at 11AM. Interment will be in Conestoga Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the St. John Neumann Church Building Fund or to the Water Street Mission, 201 S. Prince St., Lancaster, PA 17603.