One of Surrey’s best -known real estate agents, Patrick Gardner, who founded Patrick Gardner & Company, died 84.
Gardner, a lifelong resident of Moley Valley, established Patrick Gardner in 1992, a company that now employs more than 50 employees and has offices in Leatherhead, Bookham, Dorking and Ashtead.
Bruce Shaw, a current senior partner, paid tribute to Gardner, known for his wide circle of friends as Tink, saying: “I suspect that when Patrick began his own signature under his own name in 1992, he never imagined that it was a toled, that so much of the businesses, which has a lot of time, an infectious personality and an unfit number of contacts.
“The chosen one who is personal and partners, was only interested in the people who knew they would be about the business, would support their values and provide a first class service. His legacy will be coined and we will all miss them sadly.”
Gardner, born in February 1941 of the BBC announcer Charles Gardner and his wife Eva, was one of the three children. His older brother Robert survived him, and cried the death of his younger brother, Helen, in 2020.
He spent his first years in Dowsend School, Leatherhead, then John’s School, Leatherhead, from 1955 to 1959, before joining a local firm of topographs and real estate agents, Osenton Lamden, his articles to become a school.
According to Surrey Live, Garder and many of his friends were members of Leatherhead and Dorking Dramatic and Operatic Societies. Hey, with his wife, Annabel, duration of a production of Call Me Madam in Dorking Halls, with the couple marrying in 1969.
Far from the stage, Gardener was an avid enthusiast of vintage cars, building a collection of Sizeexa cars that ran in Silverstone, Brooklands, Brands Hatch and also used a vision of work and property.
In 1975, he became governor in his former school, St John’s, a position in which the hero with great pride.
Homing tribute to his father, Claire Gardner, said: “His approach to life was the full accelerator. His energy and passion for life shone through everything he did: his company, racing cars, his fascinating performances on stage, delaying, eense
“Although he was a terrible French speaker, the phrase, Joie de Vivre, which means ‘joy of living’, summarizes how he lived every day of his life. We will miss it huge.”
A private funeral is being a hero at the end of this month with a commemorative service date to be confirmed.
