Wasco-Morrow County OR Archives Obituaries.....Gard, Edward Eldon July 25, 2004 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila Wakley iwakley@msn.com March 28, 2006, 4:58 pm The Dalles Chronicle, July 27, 2004 Edward Eldon Gard, 63, a resident of Boardman, formerly of The Dalles, died at his mother’s home in The Dalles on Sunday, July 25, 2004. He was born April 2, 1941, in The Dalles, the youngest of three children to Eldon Chester and Dorothy May (Ellison) Gard. He was raised in The Dalles and graduated from The Dalles High School with the class of 1959. After high school, he lived in Madras and started meat cutting, having learned the trade from his father who was a meat cutter. His father owned and operated Columbia Meat Market in The Dalles. He enjoyed the outdoors, horses and his work. He is survived by three children, Scott and his wife, Kathy Gard, Portland; Michelle Shine, Bend; and Patrick Gard, Post Falls, Idaho; four grandchildren, Andy, Carlie, Callen, Jera, his mother, Dorothy James, of The Dalles. No public funeral services will be held. Private cremation was held at The Dalles Win-quatt Crematory with Smith Callaway Chapel in care of arrangements. Memorials may be made to Hospice of The Gorge, 751 Myrtle St., The Dalles, OR 97058. Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/g/gard725gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb