Lena Marie Gardner (nee Besaw) received her eternal reward on Saturday, March 14th, 2015 after a brief illness. She was born in the Town of Red Springs on February 26th, 1939 to the late Bernard and Ella (Bowman) Besaw. She graduated from Bowler High School in 1957. On April 23rd, 1960 she married Ralph Gardner of Bowler at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Morgan Siding, WI. They resided in Milwaukee, WI until 1978 when they returned to their home town. Lena worked various places throughout her adulthood including Roller Fabrics, MasterLock and the Ella Besaw Center. She and Ralph enjoyed a social life with a love of dining out, shopping, country music and spending time with their grandchildren and great-grandchildren, always by each other's side. Lena is preceded in death by, her two sons, Adrian "Kenny" and Brook John, eight brothers and several nephews. She is survived by, her devoted husband, Ralph, her loving daughter and son-in-law Karleen and Michael Gumm of Plymouth, grandsons: Wayne Doxtator, Brandon (Laura) Gardner, all of Green Bay; Cody (Elise) Gumm of Melbourne, Australia; Devin Gumm of Oshkosh. Great-grandchildren: Precious, Nevaeh, Jada, Ethan and Adrian; sisters, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Visitation will be held Monday, March 16th, from 4-7pm at The Swedberg Funeral Home in Gresham, WI. The funeral service will be held Tuesday, March 17th at The Lutheran Church of the Wilderness on the Stockbridge-Munsee Reservation (Bowler, WI) with visitation beginning at 10am, and funeral service at 11:00am. Burial will be in the church cemetery immediately following the service. Ralph and Karleen wish to express sincere gratitude to the staff at The Homme Home Hospice Care Unit for their gentle touch with Lena.