Obit: Gardner, Linda #2 (1869 - 1953)

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Surnames: Gardner, Johnson, Heiking

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) 29 Jan 1953

Gardner, Linda L. (16 JUN 1869 - 25 JAN 1953)

Linda Lorraine Johnson was born in Sheboygan Falls on June 16, 1869 and came with her parents to Clark County, Wis. When she was five years old, settling on a farm in the Town of York, where she grew to womanhood.

On Aug. 23, 1886 she was united in marriage to George Gardner. To this union were born two children, a son, Floyd and a daughter, Mrs. Fred (Vera) Heiking.

The Gardners lived in Greenwood (Clark Co.) until Mr. Gardner passed away in 1925. For the past seventeen years she has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Heiking, southeast of Greenwood.

Mrs. Gardner passed away at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 25, 1953 at the Heiking home, death was due to old age complications. She has been in poor health for some time.

The body reposed at the Myre Funeral Home, Loyal, until Wednesday noon, when it was taken to the Methodist Church, Loyal, where services were held at 2:00 p.m. The Rev. Virgil Nulton, Neillsville, officiated. She was laid to rest in the Loyal Cemetery.

Mrs. Gardner is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Heiking, a brother, Lyman Johnson, Oshkosh, vie grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.