Jennie Gardner

12/8/1898 - 6/24/1975

Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana
Wednesday, June 25, 1975


Jennie Gardner

Mrs. Jennie Irene Gardner, 76, widow of Charles Gardner, died at 6 a.m. Tuesday at the Decatur Community Care Center, where she had resided since 1974.

Mrs. Gardner, a former agent at the Geneva train depot, was a lifelong resident of Adams County and a member of the Decatur United Brethren Church.

Born Dec. 8, 1898 at Geneva, she was the daughter of James and Eliza Walker-Christman, and was married in Indianapolis in April of 1928 to Charles Gardner, who died in 1970.

Surviving are a son, James of Potomac, Maryland; one brother James Arthur Christman of Pennville. Two brothers are deceased.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Downing Funeral Home, Geneva, with Rev. Sylvester C. Martin officiating. Burial will be in Green Park Cemetery, Portland. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Thursday.

Contributed by Karin King

Buried in Green Park Cemetery