Floramae Gaard (1943-2007)

GAARD, POST, WISE, METZGER

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 3/29/2007 at 18:15:51

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, March 29, 2007.

May 5, 1943 - March 28, 2007

Floramae Gaard, 63, of Aurora, Neb., died Wednesday, March 28, at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island, Neb. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 31, at Evangelical Covenant Church in Aurora, Neb., with Pastor Karl Larson officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service on Saturday.

Visitation will also be from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, April 1, at Bacon Funeral Home in Nevada. Graveside services and interment will be at 10:30 Monday, April 2, in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery in Nevada.

Floramae Gaard was born May 5, 1943, in Grand Island, Neb., the daughter of William Everett and Flora Mae (Wise) Post. She grew up in Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School. She attended St. Luke's Nursing School for a year in Cedar Rapids. She married Kay Royden Gaard Feb. 9, 1963, in Vermillion, S.D. She worked for Davis Donnellan Lumber Yard in Nevada, Wilson Lumber Yard in Ames and the Armstrong Company. Kay died March 1, 2005.

She moved to Aurora, Neb., in September 2005, where she worked at Schneider's Hardware. She enjoyed her grandchildren, knitting and camping. She had been a member of United Methodist Church in Nevada.

Those left to cherish her memory are her two children, Kate (Steve) Metzger, of Grand Island, Neb., and Jim (Debi) Gaard, of Dibold, Texas; four grandchildren, Jordan Kay and Kaleigh Lynn Metzger and Alex and Braydon Gaard; and one brother, Claude William (Bev) Post.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.
Bacon Funeral Home of Nevada is in charge of arrangements.

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