The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-05
Al,nore s. Gardner.


I this sketch was born in Rochester,
Ohio, August 31st, 1889, and died
at his home near Leon, February
l25th, 1914, being at the time of his
| death "a years, months and %
days old.
He came to this state with his
mother and two brothers when a
young man about II years of age
| and located on the farm where he
still lived. In December 1857 he
was married to Miss Anna NJ. Myers,
and to this union was born four chill
dren: Mrs. Geo. Cox, Mrs. John
Stewart, Miss Nora and Frank, the
latter having preceded his father to
the spirit land 25 years.
They built on the old home place
and have resided. there ever since,
spending their entire married life in
| this same home-something which
but few people living together for Al
Iyears seldom do.
They started in a two-rOom frame
house, making their improvements
as they went, until their present
comfortable and convenient home
has been made, and there amid the
surroundings of those days in which
they reared their family. Thus ends
the life Of one of Decatur countys
pioneers He was a man of strong
convictions, having once made up his
mind that thing was right he bent
every energy to accomplish that OBJ
| ject, thus his life Of "a years was
passed, and he leaves us this life
as an example, that we may avoid
his failures and profit by his sue
cesses.
In the passing of Mr. Gardner the
community has lost a good useful
and noble hearted citizen, the wife
loving companion and the children a
| devoted father. He was a public
spirited man believing in the better
ment of all conditions relative to the
uplifting of all mankind, often sac
irificing his own pleasures to bestoW
the same upon others. When his
country made it's call for aid to pre-
vent the dividing of our nation, he
and his youngest brother quickly
volunteered and enlisted in the saith
Iowa Infantry. He served as a private
soldier but a short time, until he
proved an example of such sterling
worth that he was promoted to first
lieutenant, in which office he faith
fully discharged his duties until he
was mustered out and honorably dis
charged on account of disability. He
then returned home to his widowed
mother and after regaining some in
health, took up his old profession OF
teaching school in winter and farm
ing in the summer time, never loos-
ing sight of the care of his dear old
mother. AS a teacher he was known
over Decatur county as one OF the
best.
AS age advanced he devoted all his
| time to the farm and home which he
SO delighted to improve and which
The had owned for nearly half CEN
| fury.
While we suffer the loss of our
friends and neighbor, we know that
he was the ripe sheaf that was gar
nered in with full haSTest-that he
had lived his allotta lime and that
he had faithfully lscharged his
duties as a sojourny Yin this change
liable world. Besides his wife and
daughters, Mr.. Gardner leaves four
grandchildren, one neice, Mrs. John
Axes, and two nephews, Bert and
1 Charles Gardner, to mourn his depar-
ture.
The funeral services were held at
O'Clock Friday, Feb. 9th at the
home in charge of Rev. Jas. w.
johnson of the Leon Christian
church, burial being made at the
Leon cemetery, in charge of the local
Post of the G. A. r.