[Genealib] Noted Genealogist, author passes: David E. Gardner - Funeral will be Tuesday in Salt Lake City

[Kemp, Tom]

Noted genealogist and teacher he was a Fellow of the Society of
Genealogists (UK) and the co-author of the well-known standard
genealogical text: Genealogical Research in England and Wales, a three
volume set. 

 

His funeral will be Tuesday, Feb 20th. 

 

Deseret News, The (Salt Lake City, UT) - February 18, 2007 

Deceased Name: David Ensign Gardner    His obituary, from
www.GenealogyBank.com <http://www.genealogybank.com/>  

 

David E. Gardner 1915 ~ 2007 David Ensign Gardner has gone to be with
his Heavenly Father and beloved family who went before him. Born
November 17, 1915 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England to Captain John
Gardner and Mary Caldwell. David's ancestry shows that he has three
grandparents who are Scottish and one that is English. David was the
ninth child of 10 and is the last child to live to 2007. David was
baptized into the LDS Church in Liverpool, England 22 February 1927 and
lived the gospel of Jesus Christ all his life. David had a love for
genealogical research, and during the 1930s and 1940s, in the British
Isles, became a great British researcher. He lived in the Liverpool area
until 1943 when he was called to America and arrived in New York on
Labor Day 1948. David came to Salt Lake City where he joined the
Genealogical Staff of the LDS Church. He met his eternal companion,
Mariel Pack, and they were married 25 June 1953 in the Salt Lake LDS
Temple. Mariel passed away in 1985. Two sons were born, Matthew in 1958,
and Mark in 1961. Mark married his eternal companion Melissa Kimball and
they have eight children. David became an author of genealogical books
and is well known for co-authoring with Frank Smith, Genealogical
Research in England and Wales, a three volume set. David was an inspired
teacher and lecturer in British Genealogy and taught at BYU. He was a
Fellow of the Society of Genealogists, London, England. David was a tour
director with BYU from 1960 to 1976, taking people back to the British
Isles for Family History purposes. David worked for the LDS Church and
retired in 1985. David stayed on as a volunteer finishing the Scottish
extraction program in 1993. David was well known for his genealogical
abilities and loved the time spent with many on their pedigrees in
family history; he had a lifelong pursuit of helping others. His last
years were spent with his family and he passed away 15 February 2007 as
Mariel came to take him to heaven on Valentine's Day. The funeral will
be Tuesday, 20 February 2007, 12 noon at the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints chapel located on A Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue
in Salt Lake City, Utah. Viewing will be 6-8 p.m. Monday evening 19
February 2007 at the Larkin Mortuary, 260 East South Temple
(801/363-5781); and Tuesday 11-11:45 a.m. at the chapel, prior to the
funeral service. 

 

Tom 

 

Thomas Jay Kemp

Director, Genealogy Products

NewsBank Inc. 

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TKemp at NewsBank.com 

Cell: 860.218.5479

 

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