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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-02-02 Jerry Gardner, former NPB mayor dies at 72 (WeekDay)Community leader Jerry Gardner dies PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 4 —. rTWk eekDay 1N APA • AMEIIICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION NORTHERNPALM BEACH_-COUNTY'S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER Serving the Communities of. • Patin Beach .Shoves • Singer lsland • Riviera Beach -• Lake Park • No. Ih Palm Beach • Palm Beach Gartiens • Jun,, •Juno Bea,:', 26th Year Number 3 Advertising: 844.2408 Editorial: 844.2409 27th YEAR NUMBER 826 Park Ave., LakePark, FL 33403 (407) 844-2408 FAX (407) 844.5917 Circulation: 844.2458 Other: 644.2458 , FEB. 2-8, 1994 JERRY GARDNER, former Mayor of the Village of North Palm Beach, - died at his home on Saturday at age 72. In addition to serving as a North Palm Beach Commissioner, Vice -Mayor and Mayor between 1988 and 1992, Farley had also served as the President of the Old Port Cove Property Owners Association, and was Chairman of the Twin City Mall Task Force at the time of his death. Jerry Gardner, former North Palm Beach Mayor dies at 72 Political activist and community leader Former Village of North Palm Beach Mayor Jerry Gardner died at his home in Old Port Cove Saturday at age 72. The retired president of AAV Companies, a Cleveland -based national food service and vending company, Gardner moved to North Palm Beach in 1985, and shortly thereafter became active in village and county politics and other activities. He was first elected to the Village Council in 1988, became Vice -Mayor in 1989 and was re-elected to that post in 1990. He became Mayor in 1991, and served in that position until March of 1992. Prior to being elected to the council he had served as president of the Harbor Village Condominium Association and the Old Port Cove Property Owners Association. He was the founder of the North Palm Beach Community Action Association, a political action committee from which he resigned when first elected to the Village Council. He also served on the Palm Beach County Beaches and Shores Council and on the North Palm Beach Library Advisory Board. At the time of his death Gardner was serving as Chairman of the Twin City Mall Task Force. "All of us who are retired have the opportunity, and we owe it to ourselves, to give something back to (our communities)," he once said in an interview with the Paim Beach Post. "At this point in our lives there's no ambition involved -- we just have to do it because we ' want to," he added. Commenting on Gardner's demise, North Palm Beach Mayor V.A. Marks said,"We have lost a good friend. He was a staunch supporter of the village both during his tenure as a member of the Council and afterward. We're going to miss him." North Palm Councilwoman Judy Pierman .said of Gardner, "He activated Old Port Cove and inspired its residents to become a part of the larger North Palm Beach Community and to take part in its activities. Those residents now contribute much to the community, and Jerry was the catalyst for all that.. He was also a good friend, and he proved that one person can make a difference," she added. Nancy Moore, Library Director at the North Palm Beach Public Library, said "Jerry was a PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 6 Jerry Gardner dies CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 very dynamic man. He fought hard for what he believed in, and loved to see things moving forward. He was also a very intelligent man and very easy to talk to about any subject. "He believed strongly in the importance of iibraries and remained a strong supporter of the ibrary even after he became a councilmember," she noted. Gardner was a graduate of Western Reserve College. He is survived by his wife, Tillie, who 34 JERRY GARDNER Age 72, of North Palm Beach, Florida, formerly of Cleveland, Ohio, passed away Saturday, January 29th at his late residence. He was a graduate of West- ern Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Phi Sigma Delta in 1941. He was a President of A.A.V. Compa- nies of Cleveland, Ohio. He was former councilman and mayor of North Palm Beach. He was on the li- brary board of North Palm Beach. President of the Old Port Cove Property Association and Harbor Vil- lage Condos Association. He was a member of the Twin Cities task force. He was on the commission for the beaches and shores of Palm Beach County, on the North Palm Beach Political Action Committee and was active with UJA and the Jewish Welfare in Cleveland, Ohio and Palm Beach County. He is survived by his loving wife, Matilda; De- voted father of David (Lynn) Gardner of New York City, Daniel (Claudia) of North Hampton, Cynthia (Robert) Bruml of Cleveland, Ohio; fond brother of Edward (Natalie) Goldman and Lynn (Earle) Braff both of Cleveland; Beloved grandfather of Andrew and Madeleine and Elizabeth Bruml and Jeremy Gardner. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, February 1st, 11:00 a.m. at the LEV IT-WEINSTEIN MEMORI- AL CHAPEL, 5411 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. Interment Menorah Gardens Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions to the NPB library fund. is currently a member of the North Palm Beach Library Advisory Board, and two sons, Daniel and David, a daughter, Cythia Bruml, and four grandchildren. Visitation was 7-9 p.m. Monday at the Levitt -Weinstein Memorial Chapels in West Palm Beach. The funeral was at 11 a.m. Tuesday. The family has requested that donations in Gardner's name be made to the North Palm Beach Public Library.