Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gardner, Letha Lorraine (Parker) 1992 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net February 17, 2015, 11:52 am Lakewood News, 28 Apr 1992 Letha Lorraine Gardner, 82, of 911 Third Avenue, Lake Odessa passed away Thursday, April 23, 1992 at the Tendercare Nursing Home in Hastings. She was born on March 23, 1910 in Grand Rapids, the daughter of Arthur and Sylvia (Walker) Parker. She attended Parma School and was married to Delmer Gardner on December 14, 1928. He preceded her in death in November of 1990. She lived in Lake Odessa area for 62 years. In the late 1920s she began working at the Lake Odessa Telephone Company where she worked for several years. Later she worked at the D&C Store in Lake Odessa as a sales person. She was a Cub and Boy Scout, Brownie and Girl Scout leader for several years. She was a member of the Central United Methodist Church of Lake Odessa, and served as superintendent of the church Sunday School. Mrs. Gardner is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Wesley (Kaye) Friend of Woodland; two sons, Delmer Gardner Jr. of Ft. Wayne, Indiana and Richard Gardner of Nashville; one daughter-in-law Donna Gardner of Lake Odessa; nine grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one sister Wilda Haas of Lake Odessa and a sister-in-law Thelma Shellman of Lake Odessa. She was preceded in death by one son Jack in 1978. Funeral services were held Saturday, April 25 at the Koops Funeral Chapel, Lake Odessa with Reverend Keith Laidler officiating. Burial was at Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa. Memorial contributions may be made to the Central Methodist Church. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/g/gardner29856nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb