Gardiner, Lester D. Jr.1936-2007

GARDINER, SABIN, GREEN

Posted By: Patricia Schweinebart (email)
Date: 7/11/2007 at 10:22:22

Les Gardiner, Jr., 71, passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 16, 2007 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday, June 22, 2007 at Hamilton's Altoona Funeral Home where a Moose Memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. The body will be cremated following visitation and a memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Johnston Evangelical Free Church in Johnston.

Les was born January 17, 1936 in Perry, Iowa. He had been very active in the Moose Lodge in Newton, where he had received the Pilgrim Degree of Merit. Les attended Johnston Evangelical Free Church in Johnston.

Les is survived by his wife Bev, of Altoona; son, don of Wichita, Kansas; daughters, Donitta Gardiner of Charleston, South Carolina and Dianne (Scott) Green of West Des Moines; four grandchildren, Jerrica, Mackenzie, Jeremia and Jake; and his father Lester D. Gardiner, Sr. of Perry. He was preceded in death by his mother, Mildred Gardiner.

He was united in marriage to Beverly Ann Sabin on February 3, 1979.