Representative John R. Gardner View All Years

DR. JOHN R. GARDNER

MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Dr. John R. Gardner, begs leave to submit the following memorial:

John R. Gardner was born September 23, 1875 on a farm near Iowa City. He attended grammar school and was graduated from the City Academy in Iowa City in 1893. He entered the University of Iowa Medical School in September 1895, and also played on the University football team for three years. In 1899 he was graduated from the University of Iowa School of Medicine and was the second intern in the SUI Hospital, now East Hall.

On April 1, 1905 he was married to Pearl O. Smith of Lisbon. Three children were born of this union, a son and two daughters.

Dr. Gardner joined the Iowa National Guard in April, 1893, and was called to active duty in April, 1895, for the Spanish American War. He was commissioned a Captain during World War I and served in the Alsace-Lorraine sector. He was a colonel in the army reserve during World War II, but was not called to active duty. He was a charter member of Benjamin Franklin Masonic Lodge, Lisbon O.E.S., Cyclops Legion Post, and the Rotary Club. He was also active for years in the Cedar Rapids Consistory and El Kahir Shrine.

Dr. Gardner, a Republican, served in the Iowa House of Representatives in the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, Fiftieth Extra, and Fifty-first sessions of the General Assembly as Representative of Linn County. He died June 18, 1965.

Dr. Gardner is survived by a son, Raphael, of Scottsdale, Arizona, and two daughters, Mrs. Lucille Dunn and Mrs. Fay Sizer, both of Lisbon. There are seven grandchildren and twenty-four great grandchildren who also survive.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SIXTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF IOWA: That in the passing of the Honorable John A. Gardner, the state has lost an honored citizen and a faithful and useful public servant, and the House by this resolution would express its appreciation of his services, and tender its sympathy to the members of his family.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the Journal of the House and that the Chief Clerk be directed to forward an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.

RICHARD M. RADL,

WALTER MCNAMARA,

SCOTT MCINTYRE, JR.,

Committee.