GARD, Marie (Hansen) 1915-2004

GARD, HANSEN, HELLAND, MCMURRIN, ROSS, ASKE

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 2/18/2015 at 23:43:50

Marie Gard, 89, of Waterloo, died Monday, November 29, 2004 at her daughter’s home in Colorado of natural causes.

She was born on February 14, 1915 in Nevada, Iowa, the daughter of Peter and Alma (Helland) Hansen.

Marie graduated from Forest City High School. She married Glen A. Gard January 20, 1935 in Emmons, Minnesota. He died January 6, 1979. Marie was recognized as volunteer of the Year at Ravenwood Nursing and Rehab Center where she was active for many years. She was a devoted member of a mother’s bible study class for 50 years.

Marie is survived by her 2 daughters, Pam McMurrin and her husband Roger of Waterloo, IA, and Carol Ross and her husband Larry of Elizabeth, CO; 5 grandchildren; and 9 great-grandchildren.

Marie is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Glen; sons, Richard and David Gard; sisters, Louise Aske and Gertrude Hansen; and brothers, Willard Hansen, Virgil Hansen, and LaVerne Hansen.

[Source: Locke Funeral Service]