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Doctor Paul Vickers Gardner
1908 - 1994 (85 years)
Generation: 1
1. Doctor Paul Vickers Gardner was born on 31 Aug 1908 in Castile, Wyoming County, New York; died on 1 Apr 1994 in Washington, District of Columbia; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Nunda, Livingston County, New York. Notes:
A memorial service will be held locally and in the Washington, D.C. area for Dr. Paul Vickers Gardner, a 1930 graduate of the Alfred University College of Ceramics and a former member of the Alfred University Board of Trustees and curator emeritus and consultant at the Smithsonian Institution. Gardner died on Good Friday (April 1, 1994). He was 95. On May 14 at 2 p.m. there will be a service at the First Methodist Church, 37 Greenwood Street in Canisteo, the Rev. Robert Coppings officiating. Interment will take place in Oakwood Cemetery, Nunda. Born Aug. 31, 1908 in Castile to the Rev. George and Anna Vickers Garnder. Gardner was a graduate of the former Canisteo Academy in Canisteo. Gardner is survived by his niece, Bernita Howard of Seattle, Washington and her daughter, Melissa Howard, also of Seattle.
(Genesee County Express, April 28, 1994, p4)