Marion
Marion Gardner
d. December 14, 2010
Marion Edward Gardner, age 102, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 14, 2010.
Marion was born on October 2, 1908 in Salyersville, KT. He was the second oldest of seven children born to Walter Major Gardner and Anna Atkinson Gardner. After graduating from Berea Academy and Berea College, he attended the University of Kentucky before receiving a master's degree in political science from the University of Illinois. During the Great Depression, he moved to Washington D.C., where he obtained a law degree from George Washington University, worked for the federal government, and met Elinor Merritt. The couple were married on Easter Sunday in 1940.
After service as a naval lieutenant in WWII, he returned with his family to the Washington area where he worked for several government agencies, most notably in the General Counsel's Office of the Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare. Retiring in 1970, he and Elinor built a home on a small lake near the Chesapeake Bay where they lived for the next 20 years. In 1998, they moved to Laurel's Edge in Mankato.
Loved by family and friends for his intelligence, generosity, and unflaggingly sharp sense of humor, Marion was preceded in death by his parents, siblings, and wife. He is survived by his daughter, Janet (Jan Macbeth), sons, Robert (Judy) and Bruce (Nancy); granddaughters, Rachel (Keith) Bridges and Tina (Jeff) Dow; great-granddaughters, Madeleine Dow and Rosemary Bridges; Marcia Gardner, Lisa and Joel Cox (Celia, Tatum, Andrew), David and Monica Sanderson (Cady, Bobby, Cory), Kathy and Mark Andrews (Madeleine, Elijah, Josiah), and Robert Sanderson.
A memorial service will be held at Church of the Holy Communion in St. Peter in the spring of 2011.
Marion was born on October 2, 1908 in Salyersville, KT. He was the second oldest of seven children born to Walter Major Gardner and Anna Atkinson Gardner. After graduating from Berea Academy and Berea College, he attended the University of Kentucky before receiving a master's degree in political science from the University of Illinois. During the Great Depression, he moved to Washington D.C., where he obtained a law degree from George Washington University, worked for the federal government, and met Elinor Merritt. The couple were married on Easter Sunday in 1940.
After service as a naval lieutenant in WWII, he returned with his family to the Washington area where he worked for several government agencies, most notably in the General Counsel's Office of the Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare. Retiring in 1970, he and Elinor built a home on a small lake near the Chesapeake Bay where they lived for the next 20 years. In 1998, they moved to Laurel's Edge in Mankato.
Loved by family and friends for his intelligence, generosity, and unflaggingly sharp sense of humor, Marion was preceded in death by his parents, siblings, and wife. He is survived by his daughter, Janet (Jan Macbeth), sons, Robert (Judy) and Bruce (Nancy); granddaughters, Rachel (Keith) Bridges and Tina (Jeff) Dow; great-granddaughters, Madeleine Dow and Rosemary Bridges; Marcia Gardner, Lisa and Joel Cox (Celia, Tatum, Andrew), David and Monica Sanderson (Cady, Bobby, Cory), Kathy and Mark Andrews (Madeleine, Elijah, Josiah), and Robert Sanderson.
A memorial service will be held at Church of the Holy Communion in St. Peter in the spring of 2011.
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