Zelma Louise Gardner (1919-1969)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Herman Beecher Raven Carol Louise Raven+ Kenneth Arnold Raven Dorothy May Raven+ Zelma Louise Gardner 1 Born: 18 Nov 1919, Ashland, ME 3 Marriage (1): Herman Beecher Raven on 4 Jun 1938 in Belfast, ME 1 2 Died: 14 Feb 1969, Albion, ME at age 49 Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Albion, ME    FamilySearch ID: 2C19-QR3. Find a Grave ID: 43685195.   Events • Census, 2 Feb 1920, Ashland, ME. 4 • Census, 1930, Thorndike, ME. 5 • Census, 1 May 1940, Freedom, ME. • Census, 25 Apr 1950, Unity, ME. 6 • Obituary: Bangor Daily News, 15 Feb 1969, Bangor, ME. MRS. ZELMA RAVEN ALBION -- Mrs. Zelma Raven, 50, of the Pond Road, was dead on arrival at a Waterville hospital Friday following an automobile accident at Albion. She was born at Ashland Nov. 18, 1918, the daughter of Rufus and Pheby (Wilcox) Gardner. Survivors besides her husband, Herman Raven, include a son, Kenneth Raven, both of Albion; two daughters, Mrs. Patrick (Carol) Violette of Burnham and Mrs. Dorothy Trask of Albion; five grandchildren; a brother, Stanley Gardner of Thorndike; four sisters, Mrs. Donald (Eva) Furrow of Bath, Mrs. Verna Clark, Mrs. Eunice Giggey and Mrs. Guy (Elizabeth) Libby, all of Thorndike; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Pentecostal Church in Knox with the Rev. Herbert Pierce of Vassalboro officiating. Friends may call at the Lawry Brothers Funeral Home in Fairfield, Saturday and Sunday, 3-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Zelma married Herman Beecher Raven, son of Reverend John Edward Raven and Rose Ann Farley, on 4 Jun 1938 in Belfast, ME.1 2 (Herman Beecher Raven was born on 18 Feb 1906 in Wade, ME,7 died on 9 Nov 1970 in Fairfield, ME and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Albion, ME.)

1 Maine State Archives, "Maine Marriages, 1892-1996," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Oct 2011), entry for Herman B. Raven and Zelma L. Gardner.

2 Maine Maine State Archives Herman B. Raven-Zelma L. Gardner; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 Jan 2021).

3 Maine Maine State Archives, Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922, Zelma Louise Gardner; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com: 20 Oct 2020).

4 1920 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, population schedule, Ashland, enumeration district (ED) 3, sheet 20B, p. 40, dwelling 356, family 365, Rufus Gardiner; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 11 Nov 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll T625_638.

5 1930 U.S. census, Waldo, Maine, population schedule, Thorndike, enumeration district (ED) 0026, sheet 4B, p. 8, dwelling 113, family 113, Rufus F. Gardiner; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 15 Nov 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll T626.

6 1950 U.S. census, Waldo, Maine, Unity, enumeration district (ED) 14-35, sheet 24, p. 25, household 232, Herman B. Raven; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 2 Jan 2023); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T628, roll 986.

7 Maine Maine State Archives, Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922, Herman Beecher Raven; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com: 31 Aug 2011).