R. J. Gardner (died 1917)

GARDNER, MORIARTY

Posted By: Anne Hermann (email)
Date: 8/25/2008 at 00:03:45

Maquoketa Excelsior-Record
July 24, 1917

Died in Kansas City

In Greenwood Cemetery, Council Grove, Kansas, funeral services were held for R. J. Gardner at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning. The body was laid to rest beside his wife and son, Frank, who died some years ago. Mr. Gardner died in Kansas City, June 30, 1917, 81 years of age. Richard, his only living son, came with the body for interment. Mr. Gardner will be remembered as a photographer in Maquoketa several years ago. Mrs. Gardner was Miss Pruella Moriarty, whose father was the first editor of the Maquoketa Excelsior and one of the early settlers of Jackson county.