Person Page - 1718

     He was born on 12 March 1941 at Sycamore, Sycamore Twp., DeKalb County, Illinois, USA.¹
     Larry W Gardner died on 2 March 2006, at his home, at Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois, USA, at age 64.¹
     The following selected information is extracted from the obituary of Larry W Gardner.
     In the obituary of Dorothy Terhuen who died 4 December 1960, her nephew, Larry Gardner, was listed as a survivor.⁴
     In the obituary of Edith Elizabeth Gardner who died 19 October 1996, his son, Larry Gardner, was listed as a survivor.³
     In the obituary of William C. Gardner who died 31 May 2005, his son, Larry Gardner, was listed as a survivor.²
     See the footnotes below for a link to his obituary that appeared in the newspaper the DeKalb Chronicle published in DeKalb, Illinois, 6 March 2006.¹

     Fred married Alma Bjorman.¹
     In the obituary of Edith Elizabeth Gardner who died 19 October 1996, his father, Fred Cornwall, was listed as predeceased.¹

     Alma married Fred Cornwall.¹
     In the obituary of Edith Elizabeth Gardner who died 19 October 1996, her mother, Alma Bjorman, was listed as predeceased.¹

     Joseph married Mary Jane (?).¹

     Mary married Joseph Gandy.¹
     Her name was also recorded as Lucinda (?)²

     She was born circa 1834 at Upper Canada, British North America.¹
     Ellen McMurchy appeared on the 1850 U.S. Federal Census of Pampas Twp., DeKalb County, Illinois, in the household of Malcolm and Jennet McMurchy.¹

     She was born on 16 February 1854 at Kingston Twp., DeKalb County, Illinois, USA.^5,6,3 Alternatively, she may have been born circa 1844 at Illinois, USA, in the 1880 census.⁷ Laura married Daniel H. McMurchy in 1878.^1,8,7,6,3
     Laura Jane Raymond died on 14 December 1943 at DeKalb Public Hospital (Glidden Memorial Hospital), DeKalb, DeKalb County, Illinois, USA, at age 89.^5,3 The cause of her death was given as influenza after two days illness.⁹
     
     Laura Jane Raymond was buried on 17 December 1943 at South Grove Cemetery, South Grove Twp., DeKalb County, Illinois, USA.^5,3
     Her name was also recorded as Laura Jennie Raymond.⁵
     Daniel and Julia McMerchy appeared on the 1880 U.S. Federal Census of Malta Twp., DeKalb County, Illinois, enumerated 22 June 1880 Their son, Frank, was listed as living with them.⁷
     Dan and Jennie E McMurchy appeared on the 1900 U.S. Federal Census of South Grove Twp., DeKalb County, Illinois, enumerated 5 June 1900, described as a farmer. Their children: Frank, Eva J. and Charles, were listed as living with them.⁶ Laura Raymond was mother of the bridegroom at the marriage of Frank A. McMurchy and Ada Sauer on 6 June 1923 at Ogle County, Illinois, USA.^{9,10,11,12,13,14}
     Mrs. Dan McMurchy was referenced in a newspaper article about Walter Renwick and Mary Renwick on 11 September 1923 at the newspaper The Daily Chronicle.¹⁵
     Laura Jane Raymond, his surviving wife, was referenced, but not by name, in the obituary of Daniel H. McMurchy, who died 15 May 1929.^16,17
     The following obituary appeared in the newspaper The Daily Chronicle published in DeKalb, Illinois 15 December 1943:


     In the obituary of Charles McMurchy who died 27 February 1959, her mother, Laura McMurchy, was listed as predeceased.¹⁸
     Laura Raymond was identified as the mother of Evelyn J. Clegg in Evelyn's obituary after her death on 10 October 1976.¹⁹