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Barbara Ellen Ferschweiler Gardner passed away March 23, 2021 at her home in Clarksville, TN. She “fought the good fight”, surviving 25.5 years of metastatic breast cancer with 18 years of brain cancer that included 10.5 years of post-operative brain cancer surgery survival. Barb was born 2/29/1940 in Spring Valley, MN. She was raised in Rochester, MN and graduated high school there. She moved to LaCrosse, WI in 1963 where she met her future husband Roger Gardner in 1970. They were married February 22, 1974. That same year she and her husband moved to Clarksville, TN for his career. Barb was a wonderful life-partner to her husband. She worked in the medical (Mayo Clinic), dental and real estate fields during her career, spanning from 1958 to retirement in 2007. She was a friendly, kind, compassionate, courageous person with a nice smile that lit-up her face. As one of the “less-than-1% survivors” of brain cancer Barb generously donated her brain for cancer research. She enjoyed ....