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Edward Bliss Gardiner

Male 1888 - 1982  (94 years)


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  • Name Edward Bliss Gardiner  [1
    Birth 14 Oct 1888  Scandia, Republic County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 8 Nov 1982  Bad Axe, Huron County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Cass City Chronicle
      Thursday, November 18, 1982
      Page Twelve

      Edward Gardiner Dies

      Edward B. Gardiner, 94, of Broken Rocks, near Port Austin, died Nov. 8 at Huron Memorial Hospital, Bad Axe, following a brief illness.

      He was born Oct. 14, 1888 in Scandia, Kan., the son of Pinckney and Annie (Franklin) Gardiner.

      Edward Gardiner and Viola MURRAY were married in Kansas City, Mo. She preceded him in death May 9, 1940.

      He married Mary E. Striffler Oct. 1, 1941, in Geneva, Ohio.

      The couple lived the past 26 years at Broken Rock.

      Gardiner was the superintendent of the Detroit House of Correction, retiring in 1956.

      He was a life member of Raytown No. 391, F and AM, the Scottish Rite Bodies, Kansas City, Mo.; the Moslem Shrine Temple, Detroit, and a member of the Huron Shrine Club.

      Gardiner was the senior active member of the Bad Axe Rotary Club and a former Detroit Old Newsboy member.

      Surviving are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Peter (Virginia) KLOPP, Farmington Hills; one grandson; three great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Beth RUEDY, Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Lee Anna BENJAMIN, Santa Monica, Calif., and several nieces and nephews.

      Two brothers, Marion and Charles, and two sisters, Floy and Ida, preceded him in death.

      Funeral services were held last Thursday afternoon at the MacAlpine Funeral Home, Bad Axe. Burial was in the Colfax Cemetery mausoleum.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2008)
    • (Research):Census Listings:

      1930 Census
      Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit City, Ward 15, Block 262
      Enumerated April 11, 1930
      ED 82-462 SD 22 Sheet 22A
      1276-17-45
      Gardiner, Edward B Hd R 45 M W 41 M 25 Kansas Kansas Kansa
      s Social Worker House of Corrections
      Gardiner, Viola Wf F W 42 M 26 Wisc Wisc Wisc
      Gardiner, Virginia Dtr F W 15 S Mo Kan Wisc
      Yax, Edna Lodger F W 39 M Ill Ill Oh Stenographer Tea Store
    Person ID I29744  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Family 1 Viola Murray,   b. Abt 1888, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 1940, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1910  Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Virginia Gardiner,   b. 7 Oct 1914, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 1991 (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F9921  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2008 

    Family 2 Mary Elizabeth Striffler,   b. 4 Mar 1908, Argyle, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1997, Port Austin, Huron County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 1 Oct 1941  Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • They were married by Roy Jacob Striffler in Geneva, Ohio.
    Family ID F9589  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2012 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 Oct 1888 - Scandia, Republic County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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    Link to Google MapsDeath - 8 Nov 1982 - Bad Axe, Huron County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/, Friday, December 4, 1942 (Reliability: 3).