Tiger Gardiner

Tiger Gardiner of Eastport died on September 6, 2025, at home with loved ones. She was 87. Tiger was born Caryl Mary Beer on May 11, 1938, in Brooklyn, the granddaughter of Norma May (Squires) Beer, and a 7th generation of the Squires family of Good Ground, now Hampton Bays.  At the age of six, the family moved to Bronxville, New York where she lived until graduating from high school. She was  a legal secretary for 42 years,  serving  as   Administrative Assistant to the Legal Unit of the House Select Committee on Assassinations in 1978 after which she worked for the prominent law firm of Kirkland & Ellis in Washington,  D.C until retiring at age 62 to pursue her lifelong passion of researching  the  Squires' family of Hampton Bays (previously Good Ground.) In 1983 Caryl legally changed her name to Tiger Gardine.   After retirement she moved to Eastport to continue her Squires' research. Tiger was   the author of The Gardiner-Squires Connection and The South Fork Squires. She was a member of the Suffolk County Historical Society and Charter Member #6 and lifetime member of the Hampton Bays Historical and Preservation Society and the Raynor Family Association.  She also enjoyed photography and during the summer sold her photographs under the name "PHOTIGERPHY by Tiger Gardiner." Visitation will be at Werner-Rothwell Funeral Home from 9am to 11 am on Saturday, September 13th. Interment will follow at Good Ground Cemetery, Hampton Bays.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to East End Hospice or the cancer organization of your choice in Tiger Gardiner's name.

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