Sacramento County
Biographies
WILLIAM J. GARDELL
WILLIAM J. GARDELL.--An enterprising
merchant whose success in his chosen field would lead one to believe that he
might also succeed well in other channels of trade, and equally well point the
way for other merchants to follow, is William J. Gardell,
the popular manager of the prosperous Gardell Candy
Company at 319 J. Street, Sacramento. He
was born at St. Louis on May 10, 1874, the son of John and
Madeline (Castine) Gardell;
and although he has been called upon to lay to rest
his beloved father, he finds it a privilege still to minister to his mother,
who is living at Denver.
William
Gardell attended the grammar and the high schools of
Denver, and while still in his teens learned the candy-making trade, first at
Denver, then worked in Spokane and Portland, and finally at Oakland. On October 1, 1914, he came to Sacramento
and engaged for his services with the Sutter Candy Company, and within a single
year he was able to establish the Gardell Candy
Company, according to his own ideals and under his own personal direction. He has done well, and in the busy season he
employs twenty people. He is grateful to
Sacramento, and is an enthusiastic
member of the Chamber of Commerce. He
specializes on Gardell’s Chocolates, which he ships
everywhere.
Mrs.
Gardell was Miss Letha Cathcart
before her marriage, and she brought with her to California
some of the extolled virtues of the housewives of Kansas,
her native state. One daughter, Violet,
now Mrs. Cecil Oats, has blessed this union.
Mr. Gardell belongs to the Elks, and to the
Lions Club. He is fond of hunting and
fishing. In politics, he is above narrow
partisanship and on the lookout for the best men and the best measures.
Transcribed
by Priscilla Delventhal.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History
of Sacramento County, California With Biographical
Sketches, Page 885. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 P. J. Delventhal.