Gardner, Mary Louise 1850-1936

GARDNER, JUBER

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LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
May 26, 1936

DEATH CLAIMS AKRON SETTLER IN EARLY DAYS
Mrs. Joseph Gardner Was Widely Known Among Pioneers In Western Plymouth

Mrs. Joseph Gardener, early day settler of Akron vicinity, died May 16, at
the age of 86, after a brief illness.

Mary Louise Juber was born in Rochester, N.Y., January 23, 1850, and moved
to Clinton county, Iowa, in early childhood, where she grew to womanhood and
was married November 2, 1865, to Joseph Gardner. In August, 1870, they
drove overland to Union county, Dakota Territory, where they homesteaded and
made themselves a home, enduring with fortitude the troubles and privations
of early frontier life. In 1920 they retired from farming and moved to
Akron, where the husband and father passed away March 29, 1923. Mrs.
Gardner continued to reside in Akron until August, 1929, when she went to
lived with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Welch, on the
home place.

She leaves seven children: Mrs. Cora Bly, of Long Beach, Calif.; Wm. H.
Gardner, of Mound City, S.D.; Mrs. Lillie Goodroad and Mrs. Myrtle Goodroad,
of Whitewood, S.D.; Mrs. Ada Heasley, of Vermillion, S.D.; Eugene Gardner
and Mrs. Josie Welch; thirty grandchildren and three great great
grandchildren; two brothers, Moses and George Juber, of Clinton; and two
sisters, Mrs. Delphine Trude, of Alcester, S.D., and Mrs. Emily Cook, of
Thayer, Iowa.

Funeral services were held Monday in the United Brethren Church, Rev. J. L.
Gorman officiating, and interment made in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

Relatives present from a distance were: Mrs. Ed. Goodroad and Mrs. Bert
Goodroad and son, Ross, of Whitewood, S.D.; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bly, of Long
Beach, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Ellsworth, of Bruce, S.D.; Mr. and Mrs.
Thos. Gilbert and Mrs. John Nanninga, of Sioux City; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Gardner, of Stevens, S.D.

[Transcriber Note: There is a Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Union County,
Alcester, S.D.]