Gardner Jack Klaasen Obituary
We are sad to announce that on April 24, 2025, at the age of 82, Gardner Jack Klaasen (Traverse City, Michigan) passed away. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As we bid Gardner farewell, let us not mourn the absence of his physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of his spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Gardner is not truly gone, but merely transformed, his energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
He was predeceased by: his parents, Jack Klaasen and Hilda Fern Klaasen (Plaggemars). He is survived by: his wife Bridget; his children, Gardner Klaasen II, Trevor, Holly Klaasen (Harenberg), Ian, Clare Plamondon (Schaljo), Aimee and Brooks Bunbury; and his grandchildren, Campbell, Grayson and Betsie Louise Bunbury.