Died, At the residence of her brother in Buffalo, N.Y. Tuesday, October 3rd, 1893, of typhoid fever, Miss Ada E. Gardner in the 41st year of her age.

Miss Gardner was a teacher in the Blair High School for nearly two years and had also taught at Tekamah and Fremont schools where she had a large circle of friends. She resided with the family of the writer during her stay in Blair, and all were pained to hear of her death. She had a large circle of friends in Blair and was a consistent and exemplary member of the Presbyterian Church. We clip the following from one of the local papers sent us by one of her friends from New York.

Miss Ada Gardner, daughter of the late Roswell and Olive Gardner, left, on Tuesday, October 3rd, 1893, the earthly for the celestial home. She was born May 14th, 1853. Possessing a studious mind and desiring to become useful in the teachers’ profession, after acquiring sufficient knowledge to admit her to a higher course of study, she entered Oswego Training School, where she graduated with merited honors. She then returned to her home in Attica, where she taught several schools in the rural districts, when she was employed to teach in the Attica Union School.

Having justly gained a reputation as an accomplished teacher, she was called to Omaha, Nebraska, where she succeeded admirably in her profession. But, after a few terms, she returned to administer to the wants of her invalid mother, bestowing upon her the affection of a dutiful daughter. In 1892 she was again employed in the Attica Union School and continued one year and then handed in her resignation, much to the regret of the educational board. Her firm and affable methods of conducting her school won for her the universal respect of her pupils, her moral and religious examples of life were without a fault.

She recently made an extended visit in the West to attend to some real estate investments, and visited the Columbian Exposition at Chicago. Soon after her return while stopping with her brother, Frank, in Buffalo, she was stricken with typhoid fever. Her days of suffering were but few, when with a clear mind she arranged her business matters as for a pleasant journey, and then peacefully fell asleep.

The body was brought to Attica, and after appropriate ceremonies conducted by Rev. John Wickes, was laid to rest in Forest Hill Cemetery, followed by her associate teachers and many of her former pupils. In this sudden affliction, the two remaining brothers and two sisters have the sympathy of their many friends. E. F. C.

~~~Obituary printed in an October 25, 1893 Blair, Nebraska paper and courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library~~~

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