OBIT: Raymond C. GARDNER, 1921, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by MFS Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ RAYMOND C. GARDNER Of 2611 Fifth avenue, died at the family home at 2.25 o'clock this morning of pneumonia, after an illness of one week. He was born Nov. 8, 1873, in Altoona, the son of Albert and Rachael Gardner and spent his entire life in the city. He was married twenty-five years ago to Miss Daisy M. Banks and was a member of the Methodist church. He was employed as a machinist for the Pennsy in the Twelfth street airbrake shop and was a member of the P.R.R. relief, the Knights of Pythias, the Uniform rank and the Improved Order of Red Men. Surviving are the widow and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Jennie Heasley of Pittsburgh, Albert of Punxsutawney and William, John and Mrs. Lizzie Conrad, all of this city. Interment will be made in Rose Hill cemetery. The funeral will be held from the family home on Tuesday afternoon, leaving the house at 2 o'clock. Services will be conducted at the Stevens mortuary chapel at 2.30 o'clock in charge of Rev. George Franklin Bodds, pastor of the Eighth Avenue Methodist church. Altoona Mirror, Saturday, January 8, 1921