GARDNER, GORDON ANDREW WAS CALLED HOME TO HIS LORD AND SAVIOUR APRIL 20, 1998 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 87 YEARS.
GORDON WAS BORN FEBRUARY 2, 1911 AT REID HILL TO WILLIAM AND ROBERTA LEE GARDNER. HE GREW UP IN OREGON. AFTER RETURNING TO ALBERTA GORDON MARRIED MARGARET JEAN WARDEN ON NOVEMBER 25, 1937, THE FIRST WEDDING IN THE VULCAN CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST. FOLLOWING THEIR MARRIAGE THEY MOVED TO SYLVAN LAKE WHERE GORDON FARMED WITH HIS FATHER. IN 1947 THEY MOVED SOUTHWEST OF KIRKALDY AND BEGAN FARMING. IN 1954 THEY MOVED TO FARM IN THE REID HILL DISTRICT. THEY SOLD THE FARM AND MOVED INTO THE TOWN OF VULCAN IN 1976 TO THEIR HOME ON CHINOOK CRESCENT.
IN HIS YOUNGER YEARS, GORDON ENJOYED HUNTING AND FISHING WHICH HE CONTINUED TO DO ALL HIS LIFE, HE ALSO ENJOYED CAMPING, TRAVELLING, WALKING ON SANDY BEACHES AND LISTENING TO JEAN PLAY THE ORGAN.
GORDON LOVED HIS FAMILY AND HIS CHURCH FAMILY. HE SERVED ON THE CHURCH BOARD AND MANY OTHER COMMITTEES. HIS SENSE OF HUMOUR WAS MOST APPRECIATED.
LOVING FATHER OF A DAUGHTER CONNIE (RICHARD) KLASSEN OF PONOKA, SON RALPH (DENISE) OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN CATRENA KLASSEN OF RED DEER, LANCE KLASSEN OF PONOKA, MICHAEL (ANNE) GARDNER OF CALGARY, BRUCE OF LANGLEY AND JANICE OF VANCOUVER, FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, SHENNA-MARIE AND KIRRA ANEESHA KLASSEN, CHRISTOPHER AND MEGAN GARDNER, A SISTER NORMA McLEOD OF CALGARY, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
GORDON WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS WIFE JEAN IN 1997, TWO BROTHERS KEN AND BILL AND HIS PARENTS.
FUNERAL SERVICE THURSDAY APRIL 23, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M AT VULCAN CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST WITH REV. DOUG BARRIE OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
CASKET BEARERS WERE JEFFERY BUDD, DANA BUDD, MICHAEL GARDNER, BRUCE GARDNER, TIM WARDEN AND LANCE KLASSEN.
IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, TRIBUTES IN GORDON’S MEMORY, COULD BE MADE TO EITHER THE HEART & STROKE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA 1825 PARK RD. S.E. CALGARY T2G 3Y6 OR THE VULCAN CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, VULCAN TOL 2BO.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, TELEPHONE 485-2633.