GARDINER: David “Dave” of London
Posted By Haskett Funeral Homes On December 6, 2024 @ 9:27 AM In Lucan,Obituary | 36 Comments
Peacefully surrounded by family at LHSC – University Hospital on Wednesday, December 4, 2024 at the age of 77. Loving partner of Linda (Smith) Snider for over 26 years. Cherished father of Angela Gardiner (Chris Swartman), Shari and Mike Fox, Michael Gardiner and Lisa Salerno, Stephen and Angela Snider, and Shelley and Andrew Wood. Proud grandpa/papa of Patricia, Nic; Noah, Jocelyn; Liam, Jacob, Emilie; Lauren, Victoria; Avery, and Rhys and great-grandpa of Nicholas. Dear brother and brother-in-law of John and Betty Gardiner and uncle of Geoff and Lynne Gardiner, Leanne and Chris Swanelle (their children Brandon, and Matthew Swanelle). Predeceased by his parents Mae and Alf Gardiner. Dave will be fondly remembered by his second family and horseshoe buddies at The Old Homestead in Bayfield.
A come and go celebration of Dave’s life will be held at Haskett Funeral Home, 223 Main Street, LUCAN on Sunday, December 8th from 1 – 4 PM. A private family interment at the Exeter Cemetery, will be held at a later date.
Donations to Saint Elizabeth Foundation or a charity of your choice would be appreciated by the family.
The family wishes to thank the staff on the 7th floor at LHSC – University Hospital for their care and compassion shown to Dave and his family.
Condolences for the family of “GARDINER: David “Dave” of London”
Linda and family
We send our sincere condolences and hugs to all of you. Dave was a guy who I enjoyed talking to on many family occasions. He will be missed by many. Hugs to everyone.
Sending condolences to Dave’s family he will be missed 24 years of friendship at the old Homestead will bring warmth to my heart
Linda my thoughts and prayers are with you. Dianne
Linda and Family,
My heart broke for you all when Mom told us this sad news. The Old Homestead camp will never be the same. Neighbours for years on good old “Timberlane”. Dave tooting around in the golf cart with you around the camp. Taking such great care of the lot and his grass, always the greenest around! Keep your memories close to your heart. Prayers and love sent your way at this sad time. Thinking of you.
Dear Linda. I am so sorry to hear about Dave’s passing. I will miss his chats at The Old Homestead Campground.
I also cannot attend Dave’s Celebration of Life on Sunday due to a family birthday dinner at my house.
My sincere condolences Linda. Dave will be missed by many.
Hugs, Rosalie
Sending all the love and hugs to you all. Dave was an enjoyable man to chat with and will be missed at the Smith’s family gatherings.
Linda and family
I am so sorry to hear of the passing of Dave. Thinking of all of you and sending love and prayers
Brad, Tina and girls
Linda: Our sympathy on hearing that Dave has passed. Thinking of you.
Linda, Shelley, Steve and family.
Words cannot express the pain of losing a loved one. Thinking of you and your family with deepest sympathies.
Linda & family, sorry to hear of Dave’s passing. Keep your .memories close to your heart.
Rick and I are very sorry to hear of David’s passing. We are remembering all the great memories shared at The Old Homestead for many years, a lot of good times. Our sincere condolences.
Linda Our sincere sympathy to you and your family on Dave’s passing.
Linda and family
So sorry for your loss. Our deepest condolences.
George Dauncey
Bev and Shawn Dayman and family
SaraLynn Masse and Brett Humphrey
We were sorry to hear of the passing of Dave. You have our deepest sympathy.We will miss seeing him touring on the golf cart.
Linda and families:
So sorry to read of Dave’s passing. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone. Cherish all the wonderful memories. Lots of hugs Joan
So sorry to hear of Dave’s passing. We grew up together on Forward Ave and I’ll never forget all the fun times playing hockey on the Gardiners back yard ice rink. Or the street football games played between the telephone poles. What a great childhood we had.
RIP old neighbor
My Condolences to all the family of David Gardiner. Our Mother’s were sisters and we all grew-up on
Forward Ave. together. Keep only the good / happy memories of which there were many.
Our sincere condolences to Linda and family Our thoughts are with you . Merv and Evelyn
Our sincere condolences to Linda and family.
Cherish all of your wonderful memories.
Thinking of you all.
To Linda and family
Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this sad time.
Linda
We are sorry to hear about Dave’s passing. We always enjoyed seeing you and Dave out on the cart and
stopping to say hello at the Homestead
Thinking of you
Betty and Bill Wilson
Linda, Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this difficult time.
Linda and family sorry to hear of Dave’s passing . Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this very difficult time. Wilma and Derrick Misner.
Our sincere condolences to you Linda and your family. our thoughts and prayers are with you Claude &Bonnie Barr
Linda & Family,
Deepest Condolences to the entire family.Thinking of you at this sad time.
Linda, Don and I are very sad to hear of Dave’s passing. We will miss having our conversation and Dave’s humour. Our sincere condolences to you and his family. He will certainly be missed.
Bonnie and Don
So sorry and shocked to hear of Dave’s passing. Lots of memories of John, Dave, Uncle Alf and Aunt Mae, the boat and Ipperwash.
Sorry to hear this Linda. He will be missed.
Linda so sorry to hear about Dave. He will be missed by many. Hold all your memories tight to help you through these hard time.
Linda & family,
Thinking of you all at this time and keeping you in our thoughts and prayers. Sending our sincere condolences.
Doug & Janet
Sorry to hear about Dave and we did not know about Exeter funeral home.Would of been there for sure. Bill and Rhona ThistleBill
Linda & Family, we are so sorry to hear about Dave. He was a great Guy!!
Randy and Marion Hanke
Hi Linda & Family,
we are very sorry to hear about Dave’s passing. Thinking of you and wishing you all the strength you need to carry on and cherish the good memories. Dave was at the Homestead for many years and we will miss him for sure!
With our deepest Sympathy,
Gerd, Astrid, Anna & George
Linda and family,
We are very sorry to hear of Dave’s passing. Hold your memories of your time together close to you. Our thoughts and condolences are with you.
Very sad to learn of Daves passing. Many hours and good memories working with Dave and his team to keep the computers operational. Our sincere condolences to Daves family from the DEC techs who worked daily with Dave through the 70/80’s: Jim K, Larry C, Neil B, Bob R, Lee H, Joe G, Gary A and myself.
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Linda I was sorry to read about Dave. We had a lot of fun when we worked together many years ago. My thoughts are with you at this sad time.