Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-12-23
THE DEATH ROLL
HON. GEO. r. GARDNER PASSES
AWAY SUDDENLY.
The Entire Community nourns. His
Death Great Public Loss.
Others Gone to the Silent CITY.

| OkhSiS oohC " NIIN.
The death of Geo. r. Gardner at hi
home Monday night at 9 o'clock was 81
sudden and unexpected that few coulC
comprehend its truthfulness unlil it wa
verified by members of the family. [
appears that he came home from Wau
sau Saturday night pretty well fatiguet
and exhausted after three weeks hare
work attendant upon the prosecutio,
of Lord and Emery for murder. He
was one of the attorneys for tie state
and addressed the jury at length OF
Friday, requiring most of the day, anc
without doubt overtaxed his energies
When he reached home he said that he
was glad to get back for good rest. He
undoubtedly felt the great need of it
The family physician was called thai
night and found him in very PROSTATE
condition. The heart action was feeble
and rapid and the bronchial tubes ap.
peared to be congested On Monday
morning his condition appeared i'm.
proved and his friends believed he soon
would be out again, but his physician
advised consultation and urged the
calling in of outside medical talent
When this was submitted to Mr.. Gard.
ner he objected, claiming that his all.
ments, he believed, were only tempo.
rary and with needed rest he would be
all right again. So decided was he in
this that the desire upon the part of his
family and attending physician for a
consultation was then abandoned. II
was not until the attending physician
called at O'Clock Monday evening that
his condition was fully realized and was
known to be positively dangerous. AT
this time DR.. Steele of Oshkosh was
ordered by phone to come, but Mr.
| Gardner grew worse and died at 6
O'Clock that evening.
Geo. Ransom Gardner was born in
the village of Horse Heads, Chemune
county, New York, January 19, 1887
and therefore was 60 years, II months
and l day old when he died. He came
to Wisconsin in 1872 and settled at
Grand Rapids. Enlisted August II,
1861, as private in Co. E., 4Sth regi-
ment N. Y. Vol. Infantry. Was in
Sherman's expedition to Port Pulaski
| where his regiment remained for about
one year. He was in the battle of Nor
ris Island, South Carolina, July, 1868
and was in the charge on Fort Wagner
July Is, 1868, where he lost his tight
arm and was discharged the following
November. He was district attorney OF
Wood county from December, 1873, to
January, 1876; appointed county Judge
in December, 1876, and served to Jan
uary l., 1878; appointed to same office
in October, 1879, and was elected for
full term in the spring of 1881. Was
mayor of Grand Rapids in 1876. Was
| elected member of assembly in 1888,
and often served on the sch ool board ID
Grand Rapids, and board of supervisors
for Wood county.
Was married to Miss Racheal De-
laney at Poynette, Wisconsin, in 1872
His wife and four children, two sons
Harry and George E.-and two daugh-
ters-Geneve and Mabel-survive him.
| Judge Gardner's death is not only a
serious loss to his family, but to the
community as well. His residence here
of twentyseven years has proven his
value 10 us and has not lost him a
| friend. The community, regardless OF
sect or creed, mourn his death. Ex-
| presslons of regret and sorrow are
heard on every hand. A good man
without an enemy has gone to his rest
| A devoted husband, a kind and affec-
| tionate father, an able lawyer and an
ideal citizen has gone from among us.
AS time passes the more we will miss
him and appreciate his true worth.
His body will rest in state at his fam
| lily residence on High street Thursday
afternoon and Friday morning, during
remains. The funeral service will take
place Friday afternoon at the house at
| 2 O'Clock IN charge of the /. O. O. f.
and g. A R. of which orders he was a
member.
The Independent Order of Odd Eel
lows passed the following resolutions of
respect in commemoration of Brother
Gardner:
WHEREAS, The all wise Father has re-
moved from our midst George r. Gard
ner, man whose example of truth,
purity and uprightness will ever go on
making the world better, a friend whom
all trusted and Brother whom all hon
ored, loved and mourn;
BE IT RESOLVED, By Grand Rapids
Lodge No. 81 of the Independent Order
of Oddfellows, that We, the Lodge of
which he was so long an honored mem
| Der, tender our sincere sympathies to
his bereaved family in this hour of
grief, and that the charter of this Lodge
| be draped in mourning as fitting ex-
| preston Of our sorrow.
B. NJ. VAUGHAN,
A. 3. CRAWFORD,
T. j. WooD,
| Committee.