Clifford I. Gardner

Born 12 June 1908 at Morris, Otsego County, New York

Died 15 December 1993 at New Berlin, Chenango County, New York

Clifford was the son of Harry Jacobs Gardner and Rosa Belle Chase Gardner. He was raised at Morris, a village in Pittsfield, New York, where his father was the owner and operator of a farm. After he graduated from Morris High School, he relocated to Queens in New York City where he was a bookkeeper with Consolidated Edison. During World War II, he served as a mounted security officer. In the mid-1940s, Clifford relocated his family to Earlville, New York where he was the manager of I. L. Richer Company at Sherburne, New York. He later was employed by General Millwork Company at Utica, New York and was a general manager of the Binghamton, New York branch until his retirement. He was a member of the Sherburne Masonic Lodge and active in the Sherburne Grange. Clifford married first to Gladys Stanhouse on 5 July 1936 at Oneonta, New York. Clifford and Gladys were the parents of four children; two daughters and two sons. Gladys died in 1972 and Clifford married next to widow, Virginia Ruth More Elliott on 29 December 1984 at Garrattsville, New York. Clifford and Virginia had no children. A resident of Garrattsville, Clifford died at Chase Memorial Nursing Home at New Berlin where he had been a patient for about five months. His funeral was held at First Presbyterian Church at Garrattsville and he was buried in Hillington Cemetery at Morris. Clifford was John More Association cousin # R471431 and the husband of my fourth cousin once removed.

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