Son of James Gardner of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Robert W. Gardner married Miss Mary Blakeslee on 16 December 1855. He was the founder of Gardner Governor Works, a very successful manufacturing concern.
At the time of his death, three of their children were living: J. Willis Gardner, Paul Herbert Gardner, and Mrs. Effie Neustadt. There were also, at the time, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
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The Quincy Daily Herald, Monday, December 23, 1907; page 6.
BURIAL AT
WOODLAND
FUNERAL OF ROBERT W.
GARDNER THIS AFTERNOON.
Impressive Services at Vermont
Street Baptist Church
Conducted By Dr. Thomas
Goodspeed, an Early Pastor.
The mantle of white, emblematic of his own pure life, rests upon all that was mortal of Robert W. Gardner. This afternoon he is laid to rest in beautiful Woodland. Brief funeral services were held at the family residence, 613 Broadway, at 2:30 o'clock, and at 3 the casket was removed to the Vermont Street Baptist church, only a square away, where the public services were held, the sanctuary with which he had been so closely identified for nearly half a century being filled with the sorrowing friends of the honored dead.
Mrs. Effie M. Neustadt, the daughter, is herself quite ill at her home in Los Angeles, and was unable to start on a journey across the continent, but all others of the immediate family were gathered at the old home for the farewell rites. Great masses of flowers and set designs were sent by loving friends. The mechanical department of the Gardner Governor Works sent a massive pillow of roses and carnations as a last offering to one who had brought the pillow of rest to many an individual in his lifetime. The office staff at the plant, the State Savings, Loan and Trust company, Blessing hospital, and other institutions and enterprises with which the deceased was identified were also represented by the fragrant treasures of the conservatory, and there were also a myriad of individual offerings.
The funeral ceremonies proper were spoken by Rev. Dr. Thomas J. Goodspeed, secretary and financial agent of the University of Chicago. He was the fifth pastor of the Vermont Street Baptist church and an old-time friend and associate of the dead man. He was assisted in the service by Rev. James W. Kramer, who has just resigned the pastorate of the church, but is still in the city. The services were simple but impressive, and were characteristic of the life of the kindly man whom all so honestly mourned.
The church quartet, composed of Mrs. John Schmiedeskamp, Miss Ruth Homan, Thomas Burrows, and Will Zelle, sang three of the favorite hymns of the deceased -- "Jerusalem the Golden," "Abide With Me," and "The Christian's Good-Night," and with the closing verse and benediction the pall-bearers performed their sad office, and in silence and sadness the funeral cortege moved slowly toward the voiceless city of the dead. The honorary pall-bearers were old personal friends of the deceased -- Postmaster David F. Wilcox, Judge S. B. Montgomery, E. J. Parker, W. S. Flack, George Ladd, Maj. James E. Adams, John Richardson, and Andrew Kley. The active pall-bearers were the heads of departments of Gardner Governor Works, including J. Will Wall, Robert A. Kiefer, George A. Wall, M. D. Cheeseman, H. H. Holtman, and Henry Lebrink.
The Gardner Governor Works closed this afternoon, and the State Savings, Loan and Trust company also shut its doors at the hour of the funeral, that all the officers and employees might attend the burial of their honored dead.
Yesterday afternoon Judge S. B. Montgomery, as vice president of the board of trustees of Blessing hospital, called a meeting of the trustees and the lady managers, at which the following memorial minute was adopted:
"In the death of our president, Robert W. Gardner, we, the trustees and managers of Blessing hospital, feel that we have met with a great and irreparable loss. For many years he has been the generous and ever-ready supporter of our work, as well as the able adviser and sympathetic friend. he has not only carried the financial burdens of the institution, but has given his constant and personal attention to the many perplexing problems involved in carrying on such work.
"With loving care he has investigated the conditions surrounding patients in the hospital, especially solicitous for those poor in this world's goods. Many a time he has lifted a burden of anxiety by slipping into the sick man's hand, unnoticed by others, money to pay the overdue rent, or provide for the family at home.
"In the children's ward, as he went from bed to bed, he would inquire about the homes they were going back to, after recovery, and whether they would have proper care. He was always able to note the wants of the hospital, asking the superintendent, on his weekly visit, 'What do you need today?' and was prompt and liberal in response to every request. It was only necessary to let him know that assistance was needed for him to quickly give it.
"Our superintendent and nurses felt they could always rely upon his support and co-operation, and every new project for the growth or improvement of the hospital met with his cordial encouragement. It is useless, however, to try to express all the loving service which Mr. Gardner has rendered to Blessing hospital, and, through the hospital, to the community. 'He rests from his labors, and his works do follow him.' We wish to express our heartfelt sympathy to his family in their affliction."
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- research and transcription by Tree Leaf.
Robert W. Gardner married Miss Mary Blakeslee on 16 December 1855. He was the founder of Gardner Governor Works, a very successful manufacturing concern.
At the time of his death, three of their children were living: J. Willis Gardner, Paul Herbert Gardner, and Mrs. Effie Neustadt. There were also, at the time, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
__________________________________________________
The Quincy Daily Herald, Monday, December 23, 1907; page 6.
BURIAL AT
WOODLAND
FUNERAL OF ROBERT W.
GARDNER THIS AFTERNOON.
Impressive Services at Vermont
Street Baptist Church
Conducted By Dr. Thomas
Goodspeed, an Early Pastor.
The mantle of white, emblematic of his own pure life, rests upon all that was mortal of Robert W. Gardner. This afternoon he is laid to rest in beautiful Woodland. Brief funeral services were held at the family residence, 613 Broadway, at 2:30 o'clock, and at 3 the casket was removed to the Vermont Street Baptist church, only a square away, where the public services were held, the sanctuary with which he had been so closely identified for nearly half a century being filled with the sorrowing friends of the honored dead.
Mrs. Effie M. Neustadt, the daughter, is herself quite ill at her home in Los Angeles, and was unable to start on a journey across the continent, but all others of the immediate family were gathered at the old home for the farewell rites. Great masses of flowers and set designs were sent by loving friends. The mechanical department of the Gardner Governor Works sent a massive pillow of roses and carnations as a last offering to one who had brought the pillow of rest to many an individual in his lifetime. The office staff at the plant, the State Savings, Loan and Trust company, Blessing hospital, and other institutions and enterprises with which the deceased was identified were also represented by the fragrant treasures of the conservatory, and there were also a myriad of individual offerings.
The funeral ceremonies proper were spoken by Rev. Dr. Thomas J. Goodspeed, secretary and financial agent of the University of Chicago. He was the fifth pastor of the Vermont Street Baptist church and an old-time friend and associate of the dead man. He was assisted in the service by Rev. James W. Kramer, who has just resigned the pastorate of the church, but is still in the city. The services were simple but impressive, and were characteristic of the life of the kindly man whom all so honestly mourned.
The church quartet, composed of Mrs. John Schmiedeskamp, Miss Ruth Homan, Thomas Burrows, and Will Zelle, sang three of the favorite hymns of the deceased -- "Jerusalem the Golden," "Abide With Me," and "The Christian's Good-Night," and with the closing verse and benediction the pall-bearers performed their sad office, and in silence and sadness the funeral cortege moved slowly toward the voiceless city of the dead. The honorary pall-bearers were old personal friends of the deceased -- Postmaster David F. Wilcox, Judge S. B. Montgomery, E. J. Parker, W. S. Flack, George Ladd, Maj. James E. Adams, John Richardson, and Andrew Kley. The active pall-bearers were the heads of departments of Gardner Governor Works, including J. Will Wall, Robert A. Kiefer, George A. Wall, M. D. Cheeseman, H. H. Holtman, and Henry Lebrink.
The Gardner Governor Works closed this afternoon, and the State Savings, Loan and Trust company also shut its doors at the hour of the funeral, that all the officers and employees might attend the burial of their honored dead.
Yesterday afternoon Judge S. B. Montgomery, as vice president of the board of trustees of Blessing hospital, called a meeting of the trustees and the lady managers, at which the following memorial minute was adopted:
"In the death of our president, Robert W. Gardner, we, the trustees and managers of Blessing hospital, feel that we have met with a great and irreparable loss. For many years he has been the generous and ever-ready supporter of our work, as well as the able adviser and sympathetic friend. he has not only carried the financial burdens of the institution, but has given his constant and personal attention to the many perplexing problems involved in carrying on such work.
"With loving care he has investigated the conditions surrounding patients in the hospital, especially solicitous for those poor in this world's goods. Many a time he has lifted a burden of anxiety by slipping into the sick man's hand, unnoticed by others, money to pay the overdue rent, or provide for the family at home.
"In the children's ward, as he went from bed to bed, he would inquire about the homes they were going back to, after recovery, and whether they would have proper care. He was always able to note the wants of the hospital, asking the superintendent, on his weekly visit, 'What do you need today?' and was prompt and liberal in response to every request. It was only necessary to let him know that assistance was needed for him to quickly give it.
"Our superintendent and nurses felt they could always rely upon his support and co-operation, and every new project for the growth or improvement of the hospital met with his cordial encouragement. It is useless, however, to try to express all the loving service which Mr. Gardner has rendered to Blessing hospital, and, through the hospital, to the community. 'He rests from his labors, and his works do follow him.' We wish to express our heartfelt sympathy to his family in their affliction."
___________________
- research and transcription by Tree Leaf.
Son of James Gardner of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Robert W. Gardner married Miss Mary Blakeslee on 16 December 1855. He was the founder of Gardner Governor Works, a very successful manufacturing concern.
At the time of his death, three of their children were living: J. Willis Gardner, Paul Herbert Gardner, and Mrs. Effie Neustadt. There were also, at the time, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
__________________________________________________
The Quincy Daily Herald, Monday, December 23, 1907; page 6.
BURIAL AT
WOODLAND
FUNERAL OF ROBERT W.
GARDNER THIS AFTERNOON.
Impressive Services at Vermont
Street Baptist Church
Conducted By Dr. Thomas
Goodspeed, an Early Pastor.
The mantle of white, emblematic of his own pure life, rests upon all that was mortal of Robert W. Gardner. This afternoon he is laid to rest in beautiful Woodland. Brief funeral services were held at the family residence, 613 Broadway, at 2:30 o'clock, and at 3 the casket was removed to the Vermont Street Baptist church, only a square away, where the public services were held, the sanctuary with which he had been so closely identified for nearly half a century being filled with the sorrowing friends of the honored dead.
Mrs. Effie M. Neustadt, the daughter, is herself quite ill at her home in Los Angeles, and was unable to start on a journey across the continent, but all others of the immediate family were gathered at the old home for the farewell rites. Great masses of flowers and set designs were sent by loving friends. The mechanical department of the Gardner Governor Works sent a massive pillow of roses and carnations as a last offering to one who had brought the pillow of rest to many an individual in his lifetime. The office staff at the plant, the State Savings, Loan and Trust company, Blessing hospital, and other institutions and enterprises with which the deceased was identified were also represented by the fragrant treasures of the conservatory, and there were also a myriad of individual offerings.
The funeral ceremonies proper were spoken by Rev. Dr. Thomas J. Goodspeed, secretary and financial agent of the University of Chicago. He was the fifth pastor of the Vermont Street Baptist church and an old-time friend and associate of the dead man. He was assisted in the service by Rev. James W. Kramer, who has just resigned the pastorate of the church, but is still in the city. The services were simple but impressive, and were characteristic of the life of the kindly man whom all so honestly mourned.
The church quartet, composed of Mrs. John Schmiedeskamp, Miss Ruth Homan, Thomas Burrows, and Will Zelle, sang three of the favorite hymns of the deceased -- "Jerusalem the Golden," "Abide With Me," and "The Christian's Good-Night," and with the closing verse and benediction the pall-bearers performed their sad office, and in silence and sadness the funeral cortege moved slowly toward the voiceless city of the dead. The honorary pall-bearers were old personal friends of the deceased -- Postmaster David F. Wilcox, Judge S. B. Montgomery, E. J. Parker, W. S. Flack, George Ladd, Maj. James E. Adams, John Richardson, and Andrew Kley. The active pall-bearers were the heads of departments of Gardner Governor Works, including J. Will Wall, Robert A. Kiefer, George A. Wall, M. D. Cheeseman, H. H. Holtman, and Henry Lebrink.
The Gardner Governor Works closed this afternoon, and the State Savings, Loan and Trust company also shut its doors at the hour of the funeral, that all the officers and employees might attend the burial of their honored dead.
Yesterday afternoon Judge S. B. Montgomery, as vice president of the board of trustees of Blessing hospital, called a meeting of the trustees and the lady managers, at which the following memorial minute was adopted:
"In the death of our president, Robert W. Gardner, we, the trustees and managers of Blessing hospital, feel that we have met with a great and irreparable loss. For many years he has been the generous and ever-ready supporter of our work, as well as the able adviser and sympathetic friend. he has not only carried the financial burdens of the institution, but has given his constant and personal attention to the many perplexing problems involved in carrying on such work.
"With loving care he has investigated the conditions surrounding patients in the hospital, especially solicitous for those poor in this world's goods. Many a time he has lifted a burden of anxiety by slipping into the sick man's hand, unnoticed by others, money to pay the overdue rent, or provide for the family at home.
"In the children's ward, as he went from bed to bed, he would inquire about the homes they were going back to, after recovery, and whether they would have proper care. He was always able to note the wants of the hospital, asking the superintendent, on his weekly visit, 'What do you need today?' and was prompt and liberal in response to every request. It was only necessary to let him know that assistance was needed for him to quickly give it.
"Our superintendent and nurses felt they could always rely upon his support and co-operation, and every new project for the growth or improvement of the hospital met with his cordial encouragement. It is useless, however, to try to express all the loving service which Mr. Gardner has rendered to Blessing hospital, and, through the hospital, to the community. 'He rests from his labors, and his works do follow him.' We wish to express our heartfelt sympathy to his family in their affliction."
___________________
- research and transcription by Tree Leaf.
Robert W. Gardner married Miss Mary Blakeslee on 16 December 1855. He was the founder of Gardner Governor Works, a very successful manufacturing concern.
At the time of his death, three of their children were living: J. Willis Gardner, Paul Herbert Gardner, and Mrs. Effie Neustadt. There were also, at the time, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
__________________________________________________
The Quincy Daily Herald, Monday, December 23, 1907; page 6.
BURIAL AT
WOODLAND
FUNERAL OF ROBERT W.
GARDNER THIS AFTERNOON.
Impressive Services at Vermont
Street Baptist Church
Conducted By Dr. Thomas
Goodspeed, an Early Pastor.
The mantle of white, emblematic of his own pure life, rests upon all that was mortal of Robert W. Gardner. This afternoon he is laid to rest in beautiful Woodland. Brief funeral services were held at the family residence, 613 Broadway, at 2:30 o'clock, and at 3 the casket was removed to the Vermont Street Baptist church, only a square away, where the public services were held, the sanctuary with which he had been so closely identified for nearly half a century being filled with the sorrowing friends of the honored dead.
Mrs. Effie M. Neustadt, the daughter, is herself quite ill at her home in Los Angeles, and was unable to start on a journey across the continent, but all others of the immediate family were gathered at the old home for the farewell rites. Great masses of flowers and set designs were sent by loving friends. The mechanical department of the Gardner Governor Works sent a massive pillow of roses and carnations as a last offering to one who had brought the pillow of rest to many an individual in his lifetime. The office staff at the plant, the State Savings, Loan and Trust company, Blessing hospital, and other institutions and enterprises with which the deceased was identified were also represented by the fragrant treasures of the conservatory, and there were also a myriad of individual offerings.
The funeral ceremonies proper were spoken by Rev. Dr. Thomas J. Goodspeed, secretary and financial agent of the University of Chicago. He was the fifth pastor of the Vermont Street Baptist church and an old-time friend and associate of the dead man. He was assisted in the service by Rev. James W. Kramer, who has just resigned the pastorate of the church, but is still in the city. The services were simple but impressive, and were characteristic of the life of the kindly man whom all so honestly mourned.
The church quartet, composed of Mrs. John Schmiedeskamp, Miss Ruth Homan, Thomas Burrows, and Will Zelle, sang three of the favorite hymns of the deceased -- "Jerusalem the Golden," "Abide With Me," and "The Christian's Good-Night," and with the closing verse and benediction the pall-bearers performed their sad office, and in silence and sadness the funeral cortege moved slowly toward the voiceless city of the dead. The honorary pall-bearers were old personal friends of the deceased -- Postmaster David F. Wilcox, Judge S. B. Montgomery, E. J. Parker, W. S. Flack, George Ladd, Maj. James E. Adams, John Richardson, and Andrew Kley. The active pall-bearers were the heads of departments of Gardner Governor Works, including J. Will Wall, Robert A. Kiefer, George A. Wall, M. D. Cheeseman, H. H. Holtman, and Henry Lebrink.
The Gardner Governor Works closed this afternoon, and the State Savings, Loan and Trust company also shut its doors at the hour of the funeral, that all the officers and employees might attend the burial of their honored dead.
Yesterday afternoon Judge S. B. Montgomery, as vice president of the board of trustees of Blessing hospital, called a meeting of the trustees and the lady managers, at which the following memorial minute was adopted:
"In the death of our president, Robert W. Gardner, we, the trustees and managers of Blessing hospital, feel that we have met with a great and irreparable loss. For many years he has been the generous and ever-ready supporter of our work, as well as the able adviser and sympathetic friend. he has not only carried the financial burdens of the institution, but has given his constant and personal attention to the many perplexing problems involved in carrying on such work.
"With loving care he has investigated the conditions surrounding patients in the hospital, especially solicitous for those poor in this world's goods. Many a time he has lifted a burden of anxiety by slipping into the sick man's hand, unnoticed by others, money to pay the overdue rent, or provide for the family at home.
"In the children's ward, as he went from bed to bed, he would inquire about the homes they were going back to, after recovery, and whether they would have proper care. He was always able to note the wants of the hospital, asking the superintendent, on his weekly visit, 'What do you need today?' and was prompt and liberal in response to every request. It was only necessary to let him know that assistance was needed for him to quickly give it.
"Our superintendent and nurses felt they could always rely upon his support and co-operation, and every new project for the growth or improvement of the hospital met with his cordial encouragement. It is useless, however, to try to express all the loving service which Mr. Gardner has rendered to Blessing hospital, and, through the hospital, to the community. 'He rests from his labors, and his works do follow him.' We wish to express our heartfelt sympathy to his family in their affliction."
___________________
- research and transcription by Tree Leaf.
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