GARDNER, David (Mike)

Kingman Daily Miner, Kingman, AZ - Published on December 16, 2014 - David (Mike) Gardner, 70, passed away Dec. 5, 2014, at the home of his daughter in Bountiful, Utah. He was born Jan. 21, 1944, in Winslow, Ariz., to Edmund and Evelyn Gardner. He graduated from Williams High School in 1962 and moved to Kingman to work as a mechanic for Dunton Motors. He later went to work for Duval Mine as a heavy equipment mechanic. He took a vacation trip to Anchorage, Alaska, and stayed there. He worked as a mechanic at the airport. Later he went to Valdise, Alaska, to work as a mechanic. He returned to Kingman and worked at Valle Vista, then as a mechanic for Mohave Union High School. He was later made shop foreman and continued to work when schools unified. He retired in 2005 from Kingman Unified School District No. 20. Mike is survived by his daughters, Tracy Ririe (Dean) and their children, Megan, Melody and James; Kristi Haslam (John) and their children, Jennifer, Johnny, Dusty and Brady; Nadine Morton and her daughter, Sloan; Marlys Thompson (Dean); brothers, Curtis Gardner of Flagstaff and Cheri Davis of Kingman; eight grandchildren; five great- grandchildren; and lots of nieces, nephews and cousins. Mike was preceded in death by his father, mother, stepfather, brother, sister and nephew. No services are planned for the time being.