RUSSELL R. GARDNER

Russell R. Gardner died on June 26, 2006 at Harbor House of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.  Born in 1929 in Denver, CO,  Russ was graduated from Morgan Park Military Academy in Beverly, IL.  He majored in History at Dartmouth and married Barbara in 1980.  After college he worked for Bulova Watch for 12 years as a sales manager before starting his own business in 1976.  He worked at Gardner and Geldmacher Premiums in Schaumburg IL, retiring as President in1996. Russ is survived by his wife Barbara, three children, Susan, Jeffrey and David, two stepchildren, Bill and Linda and six grandchildren. His sister Betty and brother William also survive him.