Lamar County Texas Archives Obituaries.....Gardner, Katherine Biard June 23, 1969
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Alice Echo, June 25, 1969
CIVIC LEADER DIES MONDAY

Mrs. J. L. (Katherine) Gardner, a civic and community leader of Alice, died 
Monday at 3 p.m. in a local hospital.

Mrs. Gardner had resided in Alice since June 1925, and prior to moving to 
Alice, she lived in Bishop.  

She was born in Paris, Texas on December 11, 1886.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Holmgreen 
Mortuary Chapel with the Rev. Dale Harter officiating.

Burial will follow the services in the Alice Cemetery under the direction of 
Holmgreen Mortuary of Alice.

Pallbearers will be Sammy Gobble, Leo Cohrs, Gary Monferdini, E. A. Austin, 
Dr. W. O. Davis and John Harris.

She was preceded in death by her husband J. L. Gardner, who served as Mayor of 
Alice and Secretary of the Alice Chamber of Commerce.

At the time of his death, Mrs. Gardner assumed the duties of the Secretary of 
the Alice Chamber of Commerce.  Later she also served as the Chamber of 
Commerce Secretary of Falfurrias.

Among many of her civic activities for the community, Mrs. Gardner served as 
Chairman of the Red Cross, President of the PTA, headed the committee to 
restore the old Alice Cemetery, planted the trees around the present high 
school and held numerous offices in the First Christian Church.

The First Christian Church was organized in the Gardner’s home.  At the time 
of her death, Mrs. Gardner was on the building committee for the new First 
Christian Church and was to turn the first spade of dirt for the foundation of 
the new church next Sunday.

She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Louise Burke of Houston; three sons, 
Robert Gardner of Rosenburg; James Gardner of Beeville; Dr. Frank Gardner of 
New York; nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations by made to the Building Fund 
of the First Christian Church.


Additional Comments:
Katherine Biard Gardner was born in Paris, Texas on December 11, 1886 to 
parents Sam Houston Biard and Lula Johnson Biard, memebers of the pioneer 
family who established Biardstown.

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