Amanda Arbuckle (nee Craig) Tanner of North Gower, widow of the late Rev. John Tanner of the Canada West Conference, passed away peacefully in her sleep on January 9th at the age of 98. Amanda was the second wife of the late Rev. John Tanner, a retired Free Methodist Minister in the Canada West Conference. They were happily married for 13 years during which time they served the Lord in their local church in North Gower, Ontario.

She is the dear Mother of Morley Arbuckle (Gill), and Inez Thompson (Garry). Loving grandmother of Dawn, John (Annamarie), Peter (Josie), Ann Massey (Reverend Dan), Colleen Thompson and Dwight Thompson. Great- grandmother of 9 and great-great-grandmother of 2). Predeceased by her first husband Arthur Arbuckle, daughter Helen Johnston (late Bob) and grandson Kirk Johnston.

Mrs. Tanner died at Carleton Lodge, Ottawa, a long-term care facility where she had worked as the first Health Care Aid hired when it opened in 1960. Mrs. Tanner is the grandmother of Ann Massey (Rev. Dan Massey) and the step-mother of Glenys Eddy (Rev. Lane Eddy).

Her funeral was held from Cornerstone Wesleyan Church (Standard Church) in North Gower, Ontario on Saturday January 14, 2012, and she was interred at the Rideauvale Cemetery in Kars, Ontario.