rwbrauer@iland.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Hoehns" <rwbrauer@iland.net> To: <MOBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 11:10 AM Subject: Alma Gardner > Please note: Many obits contain many errors. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mopettis/obits/2001/GardnerA.html > > Alma Gardner > > Alma Gardner, 84, formerly of Sedalia, died Saturday, December 22, 2001, in > Fort Worth, Texas. She was born at Sedalia on April 6, 1917, a daughter of > John E. & Sophia Kurtz. As a girl she attended St. Paul's Lutheran School > and the Sedalia Public Schools. She was an active member of the Grace > Lutheran Church, involved in LWML, the Braille Ministry, and the church > office volunteers. > > Mrs Gardner's husband's military career took the couple to Kansas City, > where she was employed by Employers's Mutual of Wausau until they moved to > Bloomfield, New Jersey, in 1949. Various other moves followed...among them > to Suffolk, Virginia, in 1961 and, following retirement, to Arlington, > Texas, in October 1987, allowing them to be closer to their daughter and her > family. She volunteered at local hospitals, the Red Cross, and with various > other charitable organizations. She also assisted with the Feed Arlington > and Arlington Night Shelter. > > Mrs. Gardner is survived by her husband of 55 years, Robert P. Gardner; a > daughter, Janice Runzheimer of Arlington, Texas; one brother, Leonard Kurtz > of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; and three grandchildren. > > Friends can call after 8 a.m. Monday at the McLaughlin Funeral Chapel. A > funeral service will be held in Sedalia, Missouri, at 2 p.m. on Monday, at > the funeral chapel with the Rev. Ken Tatkenhorst officiating. Burial will be > in Memorial Park Cemetery. > > rwbrauer@iland.net >