Waterloo Evening Courier, Friday, August 13, 1926
WORLD WAR VET DIES SUDDENLY
"I feel like Million Dollars," says Harry Gardner, then Pitches Forward Dead.
A few moments after he had jovially exclaimed in a group of friends: "I feel like a million dollars," Harry Gardner, 37, assistant cashier of the Waterloo waterworks and overseas war veteran, died of heart disease at 8:15 p.m. yesterday in the Elks club, where he had arrived but five minutes before.
Death was almost instantaneous. Upon entering the club, Mr. Gardner joined Goerge E. Shoemaker and Seph Johnson, fellow lodge members, and William Winger, Chicago. In reply to their salutation, he made the remark that he was feeling like a million dollars and to emphasize the statement reached in his pocket to pull out a handful of coins, then fell to the floor, the money tightly clasped in his hand.
A physician standing nearby hastened to his assistance but Gardner was dead before he reached his side.
A half-hour earlier Mr. Gardner was sitting on the porch of his home, 43 Franklin Street, his old genial self, planning a fishing trip in which the family of his sister, Mrs. Frank Clark, with whom he resided, was to participate. He was in his usual health. The only premonition of the fatal attack was several months ago, when he fell unconscious while entering an automobile.
Mr. Gardner was well known and popular in a wide circle of friends. He had been in the employ of the city waterworks since 1908, when he came to Waterloo from Lockport,NY, where he was born March 28, 1889. His first work was as meter reader. After the world war he was promoted to the assistant cashier.
When the United States entered the war, Harry Gardner enlisted for service and was assigned to the Machine Gun company B. Twentieth U.S. infantry. On Aug. 31, he sailed for France, where he achieved an honorable record of nearly a year's service.
Always a lover of the outdoors, Gardner was happiest when following the hunting trail or manipulating a fly-casting rod. He made frequent trips to the Minnesota lakes, but the Cedar river was always his greatest joy for boating and fishing. He was an active member of the Izaak Walton league, as well as of Waterloo lodge 290, Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks. He was also a member of Becker-Chapman post, American Legion, and Modern Brotherhood of America, local No. 57.
Mr. Gardner obtained his education in the grade and high schools of Lockport. After the death of his mother in 1907, he came to Waterloo and made his home with his sister.
Surviving besides his sister, Mrs. Clark, are his father, John A. Gardner, Hudson, N.Y.; two brothers, Joseph B. and Charles J., Lockport.
WORLD WAR VET DIES SUDDENLY
"I feel like Million Dollars," says Harry Gardner, then Pitches Forward Dead.
A few moments after he had jovially exclaimed in a group of friends: "I feel like a million dollars," Harry Gardner, 37, assistant cashier of the Waterloo waterworks and overseas war veteran, died of heart disease at 8:15 p.m. yesterday in the Elks club, where he had arrived but five minutes before.
Death was almost instantaneous. Upon entering the club, Mr. Gardner joined Goerge E. Shoemaker and Seph Johnson, fellow lodge members, and William Winger, Chicago. In reply to their salutation, he made the remark that he was feeling like a million dollars and to emphasize the statement reached in his pocket to pull out a handful of coins, then fell to the floor, the money tightly clasped in his hand.
A physician standing nearby hastened to his assistance but Gardner was dead before he reached his side.
A half-hour earlier Mr. Gardner was sitting on the porch of his home, 43 Franklin Street, his old genial self, planning a fishing trip in which the family of his sister, Mrs. Frank Clark, with whom he resided, was to participate. He was in his usual health. The only premonition of the fatal attack was several months ago, when he fell unconscious while entering an automobile.
Mr. Gardner was well known and popular in a wide circle of friends. He had been in the employ of the city waterworks since 1908, when he came to Waterloo from Lockport,NY, where he was born March 28, 1889. His first work was as meter reader. After the world war he was promoted to the assistant cashier.
When the United States entered the war, Harry Gardner enlisted for service and was assigned to the Machine Gun company B. Twentieth U.S. infantry. On Aug. 31, he sailed for France, where he achieved an honorable record of nearly a year's service.
Always a lover of the outdoors, Gardner was happiest when following the hunting trail or manipulating a fly-casting rod. He made frequent trips to the Minnesota lakes, but the Cedar river was always his greatest joy for boating and fishing. He was an active member of the Izaak Walton league, as well as of Waterloo lodge 290, Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks. He was also a member of Becker-Chapman post, American Legion, and Modern Brotherhood of America, local No. 57.
Mr. Gardner obtained his education in the grade and high schools of Lockport. After the death of his mother in 1907, he came to Waterloo and made his home with his sister.
Surviving besides his sister, Mrs. Clark, are his father, John A. Gardner, Hudson, N.Y.; two brothers, Joseph B. and Charles J., Lockport.
Waterloo Evening Courier, Friday, August 13, 1926
WORLD WAR VET DIES SUDDENLY
"I feel like Million Dollars," says Harry Gardner, then Pitches Forward Dead.
A few moments after he had jovially exclaimed in a group of friends: "I feel like a million dollars," Harry Gardner, 37, assistant cashier of the Waterloo waterworks and overseas war veteran, died of heart disease at 8:15 p.m. yesterday in the Elks club, where he had arrived but five minutes before.
Death was almost instantaneous. Upon entering the club, Mr. Gardner joined Goerge E. Shoemaker and Seph Johnson, fellow lodge members, and William Winger, Chicago. In reply to their salutation, he made the remark that he was feeling like a million dollars and to emphasize the statement reached in his pocket to pull out a handful of coins, then fell to the floor, the money tightly clasped in his hand.
A physician standing nearby hastened to his assistance but Gardner was dead before he reached his side.
A half-hour earlier Mr. Gardner was sitting on the porch of his home, 43 Franklin Street, his old genial self, planning a fishing trip in which the family of his sister, Mrs. Frank Clark, with whom he resided, was to participate. He was in his usual health. The only premonition of the fatal attack was several months ago, when he fell unconscious while entering an automobile.
Mr. Gardner was well known and popular in a wide circle of friends. He had been in the employ of the city waterworks since 1908, when he came to Waterloo from Lockport,NY, where he was born March 28, 1889. His first work was as meter reader. After the world war he was promoted to the assistant cashier.
When the United States entered the war, Harry Gardner enlisted for service and was assigned to the Machine Gun company B. Twentieth U.S. infantry. On Aug. 31, he sailed for France, where he achieved an honorable record of nearly a year's service.
Always a lover of the outdoors, Gardner was happiest when following the hunting trail or manipulating a fly-casting rod. He made frequent trips to the Minnesota lakes, but the Cedar river was always his greatest joy for boating and fishing. He was an active member of the Izaak Walton league, as well as of Waterloo lodge 290, Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks. He was also a member of Becker-Chapman post, American Legion, and Modern Brotherhood of America, local No. 57.
Mr. Gardner obtained his education in the grade and high schools of Lockport. After the death of his mother in 1907, he came to Waterloo and made his home with his sister.
Surviving besides his sister, Mrs. Clark, are his father, John A. Gardner, Hudson, N.Y.; two brothers, Joseph B. and Charles J., Lockport.
WORLD WAR VET DIES SUDDENLY
"I feel like Million Dollars," says Harry Gardner, then Pitches Forward Dead.
A few moments after he had jovially exclaimed in a group of friends: "I feel like a million dollars," Harry Gardner, 37, assistant cashier of the Waterloo waterworks and overseas war veteran, died of heart disease at 8:15 p.m. yesterday in the Elks club, where he had arrived but five minutes before.
Death was almost instantaneous. Upon entering the club, Mr. Gardner joined Goerge E. Shoemaker and Seph Johnson, fellow lodge members, and William Winger, Chicago. In reply to their salutation, he made the remark that he was feeling like a million dollars and to emphasize the statement reached in his pocket to pull out a handful of coins, then fell to the floor, the money tightly clasped in his hand.
A physician standing nearby hastened to his assistance but Gardner was dead before he reached his side.
A half-hour earlier Mr. Gardner was sitting on the porch of his home, 43 Franklin Street, his old genial self, planning a fishing trip in which the family of his sister, Mrs. Frank Clark, with whom he resided, was to participate. He was in his usual health. The only premonition of the fatal attack was several months ago, when he fell unconscious while entering an automobile.
Mr. Gardner was well known and popular in a wide circle of friends. He had been in the employ of the city waterworks since 1908, when he came to Waterloo from Lockport,NY, where he was born March 28, 1889. His first work was as meter reader. After the world war he was promoted to the assistant cashier.
When the United States entered the war, Harry Gardner enlisted for service and was assigned to the Machine Gun company B. Twentieth U.S. infantry. On Aug. 31, he sailed for France, where he achieved an honorable record of nearly a year's service.
Always a lover of the outdoors, Gardner was happiest when following the hunting trail or manipulating a fly-casting rod. He made frequent trips to the Minnesota lakes, but the Cedar river was always his greatest joy for boating and fishing. He was an active member of the Izaak Walton league, as well as of Waterloo lodge 290, Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks. He was also a member of Becker-Chapman post, American Legion, and Modern Brotherhood of America, local No. 57.
Mr. Gardner obtained his education in the grade and high schools of Lockport. After the death of his mother in 1907, he came to Waterloo and made his home with his sister.
Surviving besides his sister, Mrs. Clark, are his father, John A. Gardner, Hudson, N.Y.; two brothers, Joseph B. and Charles J., Lockport.
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