Mae Elliot Owen Gardner
October 4, 1937 — August 4, 2015
Mae Elliott Owen Gardner, 77, of Walker, Iowa, passed away with her family and friends by her side on Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Service: 1:00 p.m. Saturday, August 8, 2015, at Walker Bible Church, Walker, Iowa. Family will greet friends from 4-8 p.m. on Friday, August 7, 2015, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center Point, Iowa. Burial: Walker Cemetery, Walker, Iowa.
Survivors include her husband, Grant Gardner of Walker, Iowa; son, Dwight (Marianne) Owen of Sioux City, Iowa; grandchildren, Kendra (Joe) Logan, Alan Barwick, Drew Barwick, Skyler Bauer; great-grandchildren, Evan and Landon Logan; brother, Russell (Sylvia) Elliott; sister, Linda (James) Tingen; many nieces and nephews and her beloved dog, Charlie.
She is preceded in death by her parents; former husband Richard Owen; sisters, Foy Breedlove, Margaret Cole; and niece, Diane Keith.
Mae was born on October 4, 1937, in Berea, North Carolina, daughter of Bailey and Melissa (Vaughn) Elliott. She married Grant Gardner in 1970 at the Stem Methodist Church, Stem, North Carolina. Mae worked for 22 years as a surgical technician/central supply at John Umstead Hospital, Butner, North Carolina. She was also an administrator at Kingston Hill in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for many years.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established.
Please share a memory of Mae at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
Survivors include her husband, Grant Gardner of Walker, Iowa; son, Dwight (Marianne) Owen of Sioux City, Iowa; grandchildren, Kendra (Joe) Logan, Alan Barwick, Drew Barwick, Skyler Bauer; great-grandchildren, Evan and Landon Logan; brother, Russell (Sylvia) Elliott; sister, Linda (James) Tingen; many nieces and nephews and her beloved dog, Charlie.
She is preceded in death by her parents; former husband Richard Owen; sisters, Foy Breedlove, Margaret Cole; and niece, Diane Keith.
Mae was born on October 4, 1937, in Berea, North Carolina, daughter of Bailey and Melissa (Vaughn) Elliott. She married Grant Gardner in 1970 at the Stem Methodist Church, Stem, North Carolina. Mae worked for 22 years as a surgical technician/central supply at John Umstead Hospital, Butner, North Carolina. She was also an administrator at Kingston Hill in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for many years.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established.
Please share a memory of Mae at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
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