GAARDER, Wilma Irene (nee Newton)(Ward) 1922-2008

GAARDER, WARD, DEAN, NEWTON, MARREEL

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/8/2008 at 12:41:55

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Wilma Gaarder, age 86, of 302 9th Street, Charles City, Floyd county, Iowa, died on Sunday, July 27, 2008 at Chautauqua Guest Home following a long illness. It was Wilma's wish to be cremated. Graveside services will be held at a later date.

Survivors include a daughter, Bonnie Marreel (Larry) of Long Beach, Miss., a granddaughter, Corrine (Ronald Gebhart) Marreel, and a grandson, Larry (Donna) Marreel and two great grandchildren, Julia and Emma.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband Duane.

Wilma was born on July 6, 1922, in Packard, Iowa, the daughter of Walter and Myrtle (Dean) Newton. She married Milton Ward in 1939 in Missouri. To this union a daughter, Bonnie, was born. They later divorced, and she later married Duane Gaarder on November 3, 1972, in Mexico.

The Cremation Society of Eastern-Central-Western Iowa, 1-888-871-3361, is assisting with arrangements.

[Original obituary posted on Charles City Press online, Aug. 2, 2008]

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Wilma Gaarder

A memorial service for Wilma Gaarder, 86, of Charles City, who passed away on July 27, 2008, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13, at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Charles City. Visitation with the family will be at the church half an hour prior to the service.

[Charles City Press, www.charlescitypress.com , Sept. 10, 2008]