Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Gardner, Lola Esther 1927
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The Payette Independent  12-29-1927
The Payette Independent 
Payette, Idaho 
Thursday, December 29, 1927
 
OBITUARY
 
Leora Esther Eldredge was born in Morris County, Kansas, September 11, 1897.  
In 1909 she came with her parents Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Eldredge to Idaho where 
they lived on a farm near Fruitland.  She graduated from the Fruitland High 
School with the class of 1917.  January 6, 1918 she married Amos A. Gardner, 
of Payette.  To this union were born five children, Byron, Eugene, Jack, Helen 
and Baby Kenneth.  In giving life to Kenneth the supreme sacrifice of 
motherhood was made.  She died December 22, 1927 at 9:40 p.m. being at the age 
of 30 years, 3 months and 11 days.  How applicable is the scripture of 1 
Timothy 2:15, "Not-withstanding she shall be saved in childbearing if they 
continue in faith, charity and holiness with sobriety."
 
Besides her husband and little ones she leaves her parents, 7 sisters and six 
brothers.  Brothers and sisters of the deceased are as follows:  Mrs. Mary 
Burnett, of Wilder, Idaho; George Eldredge, of Delta, Ohio; Mrs. C. H. 
Sargent, Mrs. E. B. Sargent, Mrs. Oliver Bingaman, Mrs. Harry Curtis and Frank 
Eldredge, of Fruitland; Leon Eldredge, of Delta, Utah; Mrs. Lyle Brown, of 
Boise, Idaho; Tom Eldredge, of Corvallis, Oregon; Fred and Glen Eldredge, of 
South Bend, Indiana; and Mrs. John Metzler, of Burbon, Indiana.
 
For the past six years the Gardner family have been living in Oregon, with the 
exception of one year spent in California.  Since August they have been living 
in Fruitland.
 
Lola as she was known by her friends was of quiet disposition, a good mother 
and a true friend.  At the age of 13 years she publicly confessed her Christ 
and united with the church of the Brethren.  Her Faith in the Infinite was 
manifested when on the evening before her death she asked to be anointed with 
oil and be prayed for according to the scripture of James 5.  Her last words 
expressed confidence and peace as glimpses of a fairer land seemed to be 
visualized before her.
 
Funeral services were held from the Brethren church Sunday morning at 11 
o'clock, conducted by Rev. H. G. Shank and the body laid to rest in Riverside 
Cemetery in Payette.  The many beautiful flowers, and the large crowd of 
sorrowing friends who attended the services, were as tokens of the high esteem 
in which this beloved woman was held.  The sympathy of the entire community is 
extended to the bereaved ones, especially to the husband and the 5 poor 
babies, who will never know or have a mother's love.

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