Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gardner, Alfred W. 1934
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The Carson City Gazette, Thursday, March 29, 1934


The funeral services for Fred Gardner were held at his late home in Hubbardston 
Saturday afternoon.  There was a large attendance to show their esteem for this 
highly respected citizen who had been a resident for almost three-quarters of a 
century.  Rev. Floyd N. Drake, pastor of the Methodist church, officiated at 
the services.  His remains were laid to rest in the West Side cemetery at 
Hubbardston.

Alfred W. Gardner was a descent of an old English family. His father and mother 
came over from England about 80 years ago.  The Gardner family settled at 
Hubbardston about 79 years ago.  His father operated a carriage and wagon shop 
in the early pioneer days when the horse and buggy was the only means of 
transportation.

Fred, as he was known to all, was born at Fenton, Michigan February 20, 1859, 
about 1½ years before the family came to Hubbardston.  He was one of fourteen 
children ,eleven of whom grew to maturity.  When he grew old enough to use 
tools, he worked with his father in the carriage shop and gradually grew into 
the general blacksmithing business.  In later years he did the blacksmith work 
and his father did the carriage and wagon work.  On the death of his father, 
Fred took over the entire business.  He retired from the shop six years ago.

He was married December 9, 1882 to Emma E. Townsend.  Three children were born 
to this union; Mrs. Charlotte Hayes of Beechwood, Michigan; Clark of Duluth, 
Minn.; and Mrs. Abbie Bahle of Sutton’s Bay, Michigan.  His wife died March 25, 
1901.  In 1906 he was married to Mrs. Elfa King, who survives him.  He is also 
survived by one brother, John Gardner of Cass Lake, Minn., and by two sisters, 
Mrs. Nettie DeLong of Hammond, Indiana, and Mrs. W. E. Mack of Niagara Falls.


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