GOSSARD, Robert Leroy 1924-2005
GOSSARD, GOSSETT, KIDDEN, FRYE, BOERGER, AIRD
Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 6/13/2014 at 01:43:00
[Charles City Press, December 13, 2005]
NASHUA - Robert L. ‘Bob’ Gossard, 81, of Nashua passed away Sunday evening, December 11, 2005, at his home in Nashua.
Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, December 17, at the First United Church in Nashua with military flag presentation by Nashua V.F.W. Post 6792. The family will greet family and friends from 4-7 p.m. Friday at the Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral Home in Nashua. Inurnment will be in Claremont Street Cemetery at Claremont, Minn., at a later date. Memorials may be directed to: First United Methodist Church, 314 Brasher Street, Nashua, IA 50658.
Robert Leroy Gossard was born February 18, 1924, on the family farm at Kasson, Minn., son of Joseph L. and Mary (Gossett) Gossard. He attended the Kasson schools, the University of Minnesota and graduated from the school of Banking at the University of Wisconsin.
Bob was a veteran of World War II. He served as an officer in the 20th Air Force, stationed in Saipan and Tinian in the South Pacific as a navigator on a B-29 Superfortress.
He was married in 1945 at Tampa, Fla., to Marcia Kidden. Bob was cashier at the Alton Savings Bank in Alton, Iowa for nine years and came to Nashua in 1954 as CEO and executive vice-president of First Nashua State Bank. A snowmobile accident in 1989 necessitated his retirement.
Bob was a member of the First United Methodist Church, the Nashua Lion’s Club, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, all in Nashua. He was also a member of AA.
He enjoyed the outdoors, was an avid fisherman, hunter and golfer. Trout fishing in the streams of northeastern Iowa and duck hunting on the Cedar River were special to him.
He is survived by his wife, Marcia; one son, Craig (Maureen) Gossard of Cedar Rapids; one daughter, Carol (William) Frye of Charles City; three granddaughters, Trisha Gossard of Chicago, Ill., Julia Frye of Chicago, Ill. and Abigail Frye of Charles City; and one sister, Virginia Boerger of Elgin, Ill.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers: Carlyle, Harold and Leonard Gossard; and a sister, Pauline Aird.
The Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral Home, 319 Main St. in Nashua, (641) 435-4134, is in charge of the arrangements.
Chickasaw Obituaries maintained by Bruce Kuennen.
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