Lena Alice Gardner
1898 - 1996 (97 years)-
Name Lena Alice Gardner Birth 29 Nov 1898 North Salem, Linn County, Missouri 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Female Death 19 Aug 1996 La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin [2, 3, 4] Burial Mountain View Cemetery, Riverton, Fremont County, Wyoming [2, 3] Person ID I109 Hedges Last Modified 23 Oct 2023
Father Charles Emmett Gardner, b. 4 Apr 1862, Illinois d. 20 Oct 1942, Fremont County, Wyoming (Age 80 years) Mother Emma Annaliza Hedges, b. 18 May 1869, Rowan County, Kentucky d. 19 Jul 1945, Riverton, Fremont County, Wyoming (Age 76 years) Marriage 22 Dec 1888 Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois [1] Family ID F61 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Marvin Eric Williams, b. 24 Jan 1896, Memphis, Saunders County, Nebraska d. 3 Jan 1955, Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming (Age 58 years) Marriage 9 Aug 1926 Lander, Fremont County, Wyoming [1, 3] Family ID F80 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 23 Oct 2023
Family 2 Ralph Marvin Klotz, b. 12 Aug 1894, Mean, Saunders County, Nebraska d. 21 Apr 1984, New Richland, Waseca County, Minnesota (Age 89 years) Marriage 19 Jul 1958 Freeborn, Minnesota [3] - Minnesota marriage collection, 1958-2001
Family ID F81 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 22 Sep 2024
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Birth - 29 Nov 1898 - North Salem, Linn County, Missouri 
Marriage - 9 Aug 1926 - Lander, Fremont County, Wyoming 
Marriage - 19 Jul 1958 - Freeborn, Minnesota 
Death - 19 Aug 1996 - La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin 
Burial - - Mountain View Cemetery, Riverton, Fremont County, Wyoming = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - MHR note: Lena Alice belonged to the Legion Auxiliary and Eastern Star. She graduated from the University of Wyoming and taught school for 8 years.
[1] - Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997: Lena Alice Klotz, d.19 Aug 1996, LaCrosse.
- Lena A. Klotz
Lena A. Klotz, 97, of La Crosse and formerly of La Crescent, Minn., died Monday, Aug. 19, 1996, in the Hillview Healthcare Center, La Crosse.
She was born Nov. 29, 1898, in Laclede, Mo., to Charles and Emma (Hedges) Gardner. She married Marvin Williams in Riverton, Wyo., on Aug. 9, 1925. He preceded her in death on Jan. 3, 1955. In July of 1958, she married Ralph Klotz; he preceded her in death in April of 1984. Lena had taught school for eight years. She was a member of the Riverton Wyoming VFW Auxiliary, the Riverton Eagles Club and the Riverton Order of the Eastern Star.
She is survived by a step-daughter, Catherine Linnihan of Minn.; a step-son, Richard (Martha) Klotz of La Crescent, Minn.; five step-grandchildren; and several step-great-grandchildren; and two sisters-in-law, Mary and Stella Gardner.
In addition to both of her husbands, Lena was preceded in death by two sisters; a step-daughter; and a step-great-granddaughter.
Graveside services will be held at noon Saturday, Aug. 24, in the Mountainview Cemetery, Riverton, Wyo. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, at the Schumacher-Kish Funeral Home, La Crescent, Minn.
The La Crosse Tribune, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Tuesday, 20 August 1996.
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- MHR note: Lena Alice belonged to the Legion Auxiliary and Eastern Star. She graduated from the University of Wyoming and taught school for 8 years.
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