Art Gardner passed in the early morning, Sunday, March 26 at the Oklahoma Veteran Center in Sulphur, Oklahoma. He was 91 years old.
Art was born in Breen, Colorado, to William (Bill) and Goldie (Dobbs) Gardner while the family was on the move from Ardmore, Oklahoma, to the Willamette Valley in Oregon. They stopped short at the little town of Harper in the Malheur Valley. Art was raised among the sagebrush and canyons of Eastern Oregon where hunting and fishing was a daily joy. When he wasn’t hunting or fishing, Art worked the farms around Harper and Westfall. Art enjoyed every day he could spend in the outdoors and became a man of the mountains and the open spaces.
Art began to work almost immediately, and in his life he held too many jobs to count. He shoveled grain into ships on the Portland Docks, dyed wool at the Pendleton Woolen Mills, tossed ice at the Boise Ice Plant, was a carpenter, a lumberjack, a horseman, a fur trapper, a Cowboy Poet, a Master Cabinet Builder, and the Commercial Building Inspector for Boise City for nearly 20 years. He even lived on an island in the middle of the Snake River, as well as Orofino, Boise, and many other homes.
While his brothers went off to fight WWII, Art stayed home to tend the farm. When they returned, he went to the Philippines with the U.S. Army near the end of the war, and then on to Japan for the occupation. Art is one of the few people who stood in Hiroshima shortly after the war ended.
Art came home from the Far East and married Vina Mae Lindley, the love of his life. She preceded Art 10 years ago following a long illness. Art moved to Woodbine, Maryland, to live with son Steve and his wife Sharon. He lived in a small cottage behind Steve and Sharon’s house until Steve retired and moved the family back to Ada, Oklahoma, less than 60 miles from where Art’s father was born over a century before. He had been in the Oklahoma Veteran’s Center for rehabilitation less than four days when he passed.
Art enjoyed any time he could be outdoors, and loved any time he could be in the mountains. He loved to collect things and would collect coins, pocket knives, arrowheads, guns…almost anything. He knew the ways of the animals and loved to watch both them and the birds. He was a terrific fly fisherman and tutored many a student who went on to catch “the big ones.” He was a crack shot and once bagged the second largest mule deer downed that year in the Boise Basin. He hunted most often through the years with his two hunting partners, Dauchy Keeler and Bob Pistey. He kept a clean and healthy camp.
Art is survived by his sister, Twilla Darlene Moeller (Parma), daughter, Roxanna Orr (Idaho Falls), son, Dr. Steve Gardner (Ada, OK), grandchildren Steve (Brighton, TN), Paul (Idaho Falls), Sarah (Idaho Falls), and Jennifer Shepherd (Maple Valley, WA), five great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded by his mother and father, sisters Zeona Mae (Sis) and Wanda Nadien, and brothers George Allen (Chock) and Aaron Boliver (Pete).
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 3, Cloverdale Funeral Home, 1200 N Cloverdale Rd, Boise, ID 83713. A viewing will precede the service. Burial will be at Idaho State Veterans Cemetery. In lieu of flowers please donate to Paralyzed Veterans of America.
Art was born in Breen, Colorado, to William (Bill) and Goldie (Dobbs) Gardner while the family was on the move from Ardmore, Oklahoma, to the Willamette Valley in Oregon. They stopped short at the little town of Harper in the Malheur Valley. Art was raised among the sagebrush and canyons of Eastern Oregon where hunting and fishing was a daily joy. When he wasn’t hunting or fishing, Art worked the farms around Harper and Westfall. Art enjoyed every day he could spend in the outdoors and became a man of the mountains and the open spaces.
Art began to work almost immediately, and in his life he held too many jobs to count. He shoveled grain into ships on the Portland Docks, dyed wool at the Pendleton Woolen Mills, tossed ice at the Boise Ice Plant, was a carpenter, a lumberjack, a horseman, a fur trapper, a Cowboy Poet, a Master Cabinet Builder, and the Commercial Building Inspector for Boise City for nearly 20 years. He even lived on an island in the middle of the Snake River, as well as Orofino, Boise, and many other homes.
While his brothers went off to fight WWII, Art stayed home to tend the farm. When they returned, he went to the Philippines with the U.S. Army near the end of the war, and then on to Japan for the occupation. Art is one of the few people who stood in Hiroshima shortly after the war ended.
Art came home from the Far East and married Vina Mae Lindley, the love of his life. She preceded Art 10 years ago following a long illness. Art moved to Woodbine, Maryland, to live with son Steve and his wife Sharon. He lived in a small cottage behind Steve and Sharon’s house until Steve retired and moved the family back to Ada, Oklahoma, less than 60 miles from where Art’s father was born over a century before. He had been in the Oklahoma Veteran’s Center for rehabilitation less than four days when he passed.
Art enjoyed any time he could be outdoors, and loved any time he could be in the mountains. He loved to collect things and would collect coins, pocket knives, arrowheads, guns…almost anything. He knew the ways of the animals and loved to watch both them and the birds. He was a terrific fly fisherman and tutored many a student who went on to catch “the big ones.” He was a crack shot and once bagged the second largest mule deer downed that year in the Boise Basin. He hunted most often through the years with his two hunting partners, Dauchy Keeler and Bob Pistey. He kept a clean and healthy camp.
Art is survived by his sister, Twilla Darlene Moeller (Parma), daughter, Roxanna Orr (Idaho Falls), son, Dr. Steve Gardner (Ada, OK), grandchildren Steve (Brighton, TN), Paul (Idaho Falls), Sarah (Idaho Falls), and Jennifer Shepherd (Maple Valley, WA), five great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded by his mother and father, sisters Zeona Mae (Sis) and Wanda Nadien, and brothers George Allen (Chock) and Aaron Boliver (Pete).
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 3, Cloverdale Funeral Home, 1200 N Cloverdale Rd, Boise, ID 83713. A viewing will precede the service. Burial will be at Idaho State Veterans Cemetery. In lieu of flowers please donate to Paralyzed Veterans of America.
Art Gardner passed in the early morning, Sunday, March 26 at the Oklahoma Veteran Center in Sulphur, Oklahoma. He was 91 years old.
Art was born in Breen, Colorado, to William (Bill) and Goldie (Dobbs) Gardner while the family was on the move from Ardmore, Oklahoma, to the Willamette Valley in Oregon. They stopped short at the little town of Harper in the Malheur Valley. Art was raised among the sagebrush and canyons of Eastern Oregon where hunting and fishing was a daily joy. When he wasn’t hunting or fishing, Art worked the farms around Harper and Westfall. Art enjoyed every day he could spend in the outdoors and became a man of the mountains and the open spaces.
Art began to work almost immediately, and in his life he held too many jobs to count. He shoveled grain into ships on the Portland Docks, dyed wool at the Pendleton Woolen Mills, tossed ice at the Boise Ice Plant, was a carpenter, a lumberjack, a horseman, a fur trapper, a Cowboy Poet, a Master Cabinet Builder, and the Commercial Building Inspector for Boise City for nearly 20 years. He even lived on an island in the middle of the Snake River, as well as Orofino, Boise, and many other homes.
While his brothers went off to fight WWII, Art stayed home to tend the farm. When they returned, he went to the Philippines with the U.S. Army near the end of the war, and then on to Japan for the occupation. Art is one of the few people who stood in Hiroshima shortly after the war ended.
Art came home from the Far East and married Vina Mae Lindley, the love of his life. She preceded Art 10 years ago following a long illness. Art moved to Woodbine, Maryland, to live with son Steve and his wife Sharon. He lived in a small cottage behind Steve and Sharon’s house until Steve retired and moved the family back to Ada, Oklahoma, less than 60 miles from where Art’s father was born over a century before. He had been in the Oklahoma Veteran’s Center for rehabilitation less than four days when he passed.
Art enjoyed any time he could be outdoors, and loved any time he could be in the mountains. He loved to collect things and would collect coins, pocket knives, arrowheads, guns…almost anything. He knew the ways of the animals and loved to watch both them and the birds. He was a terrific fly fisherman and tutored many a student who went on to catch “the big ones.” He was a crack shot and once bagged the second largest mule deer downed that year in the Boise Basin. He hunted most often through the years with his two hunting partners, Dauchy Keeler and Bob Pistey. He kept a clean and healthy camp.
Art is survived by his sister, Twilla Darlene Moeller (Parma), daughter, Roxanna Orr (Idaho Falls), son, Dr. Steve Gardner (Ada, OK), grandchildren Steve (Brighton, TN), Paul (Idaho Falls), Sarah (Idaho Falls), and Jennifer Shepherd (Maple Valley, WA), five great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded by his mother and father, sisters Zeona Mae (Sis) and Wanda Nadien, and brothers George Allen (Chock) and Aaron Boliver (Pete).
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 3, Cloverdale Funeral Home, 1200 N Cloverdale Rd, Boise, ID 83713. A viewing will precede the service. Burial will be at Idaho State Veterans Cemetery. In lieu of flowers please donate to Paralyzed Veterans of America.
Art was born in Breen, Colorado, to William (Bill) and Goldie (Dobbs) Gardner while the family was on the move from Ardmore, Oklahoma, to the Willamette Valley in Oregon. They stopped short at the little town of Harper in the Malheur Valley. Art was raised among the sagebrush and canyons of Eastern Oregon where hunting and fishing was a daily joy. When he wasn’t hunting or fishing, Art worked the farms around Harper and Westfall. Art enjoyed every day he could spend in the outdoors and became a man of the mountains and the open spaces.
Art began to work almost immediately, and in his life he held too many jobs to count. He shoveled grain into ships on the Portland Docks, dyed wool at the Pendleton Woolen Mills, tossed ice at the Boise Ice Plant, was a carpenter, a lumberjack, a horseman, a fur trapper, a Cowboy Poet, a Master Cabinet Builder, and the Commercial Building Inspector for Boise City for nearly 20 years. He even lived on an island in the middle of the Snake River, as well as Orofino, Boise, and many other homes.
While his brothers went off to fight WWII, Art stayed home to tend the farm. When they returned, he went to the Philippines with the U.S. Army near the end of the war, and then on to Japan for the occupation. Art is one of the few people who stood in Hiroshima shortly after the war ended.
Art came home from the Far East and married Vina Mae Lindley, the love of his life. She preceded Art 10 years ago following a long illness. Art moved to Woodbine, Maryland, to live with son Steve and his wife Sharon. He lived in a small cottage behind Steve and Sharon’s house until Steve retired and moved the family back to Ada, Oklahoma, less than 60 miles from where Art’s father was born over a century before. He had been in the Oklahoma Veteran’s Center for rehabilitation less than four days when he passed.
Art enjoyed any time he could be outdoors, and loved any time he could be in the mountains. He loved to collect things and would collect coins, pocket knives, arrowheads, guns…almost anything. He knew the ways of the animals and loved to watch both them and the birds. He was a terrific fly fisherman and tutored many a student who went on to catch “the big ones.” He was a crack shot and once bagged the second largest mule deer downed that year in the Boise Basin. He hunted most often through the years with his two hunting partners, Dauchy Keeler and Bob Pistey. He kept a clean and healthy camp.
Art is survived by his sister, Twilla Darlene Moeller (Parma), daughter, Roxanna Orr (Idaho Falls), son, Dr. Steve Gardner (Ada, OK), grandchildren Steve (Brighton, TN), Paul (Idaho Falls), Sarah (Idaho Falls), and Jennifer Shepherd (Maple Valley, WA), five great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded by his mother and father, sisters Zeona Mae (Sis) and Wanda Nadien, and brothers George Allen (Chock) and Aaron Boliver (Pete).
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 3, Cloverdale Funeral Home, 1200 N Cloverdale Rd, Boise, ID 83713. A viewing will precede the service. Burial will be at Idaho State Veterans Cemetery. In lieu of flowers please donate to Paralyzed Veterans of America.
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