Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1916 — MRS. B. O. GARDNER DIED IN REDLANDS [ARTICLE]

MRS. B. O. GARDNER DIED IN REDLANDS

Wife of Former Resident Passed Away at Age of Fifty-Eight— ' Had Many Friends Here.

Friends here of Mrs. B. 0. Gardner were shocked to learn of her death which occurred recently at Redlands, Oal. Mrs. Gardner and her husband lived in Rensselaer for some time prior to a few years “ago when they moved to Los Angeles, Cal., and two years ago they moved to Redlands. The Redlands newspapers gave an extended report of her death and of the funeral, which was held at the residence. The body was taken to Los Angeles for burial in Inglewood cemetery. Mrs. Gardner’s maiden name was Nellie Chaniberlin. She was bom in Putnam county, 111., Nov. 1, 1858, but moved to Vermont albout ten years later and there grew to young womanhood. She became a school teacher and while teaching in East Lynn, 111., she met and married B. O. Gardner Sept. 5, 1882. She is survived by her husband and two children, William, of Los Angeles, and Mrs. M. R. Irvine, of Redlands.