Larry Gardner, II, Family Scrapbook, part 3

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Edward Sargeant

High School Sophomore, 17, Dies in Fox Hospital

Edward Sargeant, aged 17, of 47 Fairview street, died yesterday afternoon about 1:20 in the Fox Memorial hospital, where he had been a medical patient. Death was attributed to an infection at the base of the brain.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Services will be held from the Colwell funeral home, Bainbridge.
Edward was born April 19, 1921 in Bainbrige, only son of Mr. and Mrs. William (Payne) Sargeant. His father, a World war veteran, died in an Albany hospital in 1936.
He had been a resident of this city 15 years. Edward was a graduate of the Plains school and a member of the sophomore class at Oneonta High school. He was popular with the younger set and his willingness to aid others endeared him to many. He attended the Elm Park Methodist church.

Surviving are his mother; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Sargeant, of Bainbridge; and several aunts, uncles and cousins. They will have the sympathy of many friends.

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Mrs. Deloss Gardner

Morris, Nov. 18-After 16 years of failing health, Mrs. Deloss Gardner died at her Grove street home Thurs. dey evening at 9:15, 85 a result of a complication of diseases. | Nettie (Sargent) Gardner, one of the nine children of Marshall and Henrietta (Lewis) Sargent, was born June 16, 1868, in the town of Morris and in this township she spent her entire life, with the exception of one year.
She married Mr. Gardner of Morris March 27, 1886. To them was born five children, Henry Gardner, Waterville, Marshall Gardner of South New Berlin, Mrs. Reuben Miller of Pittsfield, Weldon Gardner of Morris and Ethel Gardner, who died in 1904, at the age of seven.
Mrs. Gardner was a woman whose enthusiastic interest and desire to be of service to others was marked. She was a devoted wife and a kind and indulgent mother. Throughout her long years of invalidism she was cheerful and uncomplaining and she leaves a host of friends who will cherish her memory.
Immediate surviving relatives are the husband; one daughter and three sons: two brothers, Ira Sargent of Bainbridge, Eugene Sargent of Pittsfield; 13 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
The funeral services, conducted by Rev. F. G. Leonard of the Universalist church, of which the deceased had long been a member, were at Sloan's Funeral parlors Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment was in the family plot in the part of Hillington cemetery.

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MEMORIAL TO
MARSHALL GARDNER

Exercises Held at the School Friday Afternoon and Tree Planted -- Rev. Clinton Skinner gave Address.

Several friends of the late Marshall Gardner gathered at the [South New Berlin] central school grounds on Friday afternoon, where a tree was planted and exercises held in honor of the late Marshall Gardner. The address of Reverend Skinner follows:
We are gathered here today to pay a fitting tribute to Marshall Gardner, a neighbor and friend. We wish to perpetuate his memory that those who live here during the years to come may speak his name.
He was a public-spirited man, interested always in any movements or plans that would be of benefit to the community in which he lived and willing to devote his time to any worth while enterprise. He will be remembered by all who knew him as one ready to cooperate in the doing of good things. There are men who seek their own ends and gains, who are satisfied in their own attainments. They live selfish lives and are not concerned about their neighbors. There are those who taking an interest in their neighbors, only do so to criticize and condemn, and offer them no help. But there are those who living with an interest in their neighbors, will endeavor to help them. They see both the good and bad. They are slow to speak ill of anyone, and ready at all times to become a part of any force that will make their neighborhood better and happier. Such a man was Marshall Gardner. He liked the people of this community.
Several years ago I stood with him upon one of the ridges overlooking this valley. His comment was that he believed that nowhere in the world was a more beautiful spot than this. This sentiment was expressed, I believe, as much by his love for the people in this valley as by the beauty of it.
He was interested in athletics but his interest was as much in who participated, as in the game itself. It is fitting that this tree dedicated to his memory, should be planted on these grounds, because of his interest in the boys and girls who came here during the years of his service to this school. During his illness he spoke often of those whom he had known and observed in those days, and he always expressed hope for their success.
This man was honest. How many times have we seen him in charge of games on the baseball field or the basketball court making the player feel that they were receiving justice. He would rather that his home team should lose a game than win it by the slightest dishonesty or foul play. During his illness he once made mention of one poor decision, made because of faulty judgment, in a baseball game, which he had regretted during the following years. This incident gives a picture of an honest mind. He was interested only in clean sports.
This tree is a most fitting memorial to the man whom we here, this day, wish to honor. As it grows ever larger and stronger, may it keep alive in our hearts that interest in the welfare of our neighbor, that interest in youth and that fondness for clean living that characterized his life. We hope that this tree dedicated to the memory of Marshall Gardner, shall ever be a symbol of that quality that was so fundamentally his, fair play.

As it appeared in The South New Berlin Bee on May 23, 1941 on the front page.

OBITUARY

Marshall Frederick Gardner
Marshall Gardner, a life long resident of this community, died at the home
of his uncle, Frederick Gardner, at Dimmick Hollow, on Saturday March 8,
1941.
He is survived by his wife, formerly Emily Cristman, to whom he was
married on February 29, 1916; his father, Delos Gardner of Morris; two
brothers, Henry of Waterville and Weldon of Morris; a sister, Mary (Mrs.
Reuben Miller) of Morris; and by numerous nephews and nieces.
He had been for many years a sufferer from pulmonary tuberculosis and
for four years, had been confined to his bed.
Through all the years of sickness with its resulting suffering and sorrow,
he had looked always to the world with a smile and a word of courage and of
hope. A lively and informed interest in life, in friends, in government, in
topics of the day, made a visit to him not only a pleasure, for friendship’s
sake, but a profitable venture into an intellectual world, whose happenings
and events from his cloistered place, he saw with a singularly clear and
penetrating objectivity.
He was a life long member of the Universalist Church of Morris, New York,
whose pastor, the Rev. Fred G. Leonard, because of illness, could not
participate in the funeral services which were held Tuesday, March 11, 1941,
at the Baptist Church at South New Berlin, with C. H. Skinner, D.D.,
officiating.
For many years, Mr. Gardner had been intimately associated with the Odd
Fellows Lodge of South New Berlin, and was widely known in the fraternal
circles of that organization. A special memorial service for him was held
there on Monday evening. (Brother Marshall Gardner joined Victor Lodge,
No. 111, I.O.O.F., April 23, 1912. He was a Past Grand, had represented his
lodge at a session of the Grand Lodge, and was a member of P.D.D. Lingee’s
staff of grand officers. There was an attendance of 36 Odd Fellows at the
service held at the home of Bro. Laverne Anderson in this village, Monday
evening—a very impressive service)—Ed.
For several years he owned and operated the Cristman farm, later moving
to South New Berlin village, and for years prior to his illness he was in the
employ of the Central School here.
He was a genial, kindly man with a wide circle of acquaintances, and the
writer with more than a passing regret, lays here upon his bier, not alone
the tribute of respect of the many who called him friend, but the tribute of
his own affection and esteem for one whose friendship he had treasured for
many years.
His uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gardner, and his faithful wife, have
given unstintingly of time and effort for his comfort during the four years he
has been ill at the Gardner home.
Interment will be in Riverside cemetery at South New Berlin, New York.
Six Odd Fellows acted as bearers: Hugh Lingee, Bert Dixson, Will Coy,
William Martin, John McGuire and Luke White.
Friends and relatives attending the funeral of Marshall Gardner, Tuesday,
March 11th, were: Delos Gardner, Weldon Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Gardner and Parley Baulf of Dimmick Hollow; Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Miller,
Harry Gardner and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Sargent, Frank Elliott,
Mrs. Roy Knickerbocker, Mrs. Kenneth Eggleston, Mrs. Laverne Lull, Mrs.
Harry Sargent, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Backus, Mrs. Homer Davis and Mrs.
Frank Benedict, all of Morris; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Turner, Mrs. Benj.
Stebbens, Gilbertsville; Mr. and Mrs. Harley Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Smith, and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cristman, New Berlin.

South New Berlin Bee, South New Berlin NY, Fri. 14 Mar 1941
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"MORRIS - Harry Jacobs Gardner died at 9:20 p. m. Wednesday of last week at his home in this village. Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 p. m., at Sloan's Funeral home. The Rev. Samuel Little, pastor of the Methodist church, officiated, with burial in Hillington cemetery. Mr. Gardner was born May 17, 1885, son of Fred and Emma Gardner. He married Rose Belle Chase on June 30, 1907. He is survived by his wife; a son, Clifford Gardner; a daughter, Mrs. Floyd Fuller; two brothers, Fred and Delos, and a sister, Mrs. John Turner, all of Morris." ["The Otsego Farmer & Republican" (Cooperstown, NY), Fri., Oct. 31, 1947, Page Two]

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