Floramae Gaard (1943-2007)

GAARD, POST, WISE, METZGER

Posted By: Nevada Journal
Date: 4/6/2007 at 08:54:19

NEVADA JOURNAL, Nevada, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, April 5, 2007.

Floramae Gaard, age 63, of Aurora, died Wednesday, March 28, 2007, at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island.

Funeral Services were held Saturday, March 31st at the Evangelical Covenant Church in Aurora, Nebraska with Pastor Karl Larson officiating. Visitation was held Sunday at the Bacon Funeral Home in Nevada.

Graveside services and Interment were Monday, April 1, 2007, in the Evergreen Memorial Cemetery in Nevada, Iowa.

Floramae Gaard, the daughter of William Everett and Flora Mae (Wise) Post, was born in Nevada, Iowa on May 5, 1943 and died in Grand Island, Nebraska on March 28, 2007, at the age of 63.

Floramae grew up in Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School. She attended St. Luke's Nursing School for a year in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Floramae was united in marriage to Kay Royden Gaard on February 9, 1963 at Vermillion, South Dakota. She worked for Davis Donnellan Lumber Yard in Nevada, Wilson Lumber Yard in Ames and the Armstrong Company. Kay passed away on March 1, 2005. Floramae moved to Aurora in September 2005, where she worked at Schneider's Hardware.

She enjoyed her grandchildren, knitting and camping. Floramae had been a member of the United Methodist Church in Nevada.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.

Those left to cherish her memory are her two children, Kate (Steve) Metzger of Grand Island and Jim (Debi) Gaard of Dibold, Texas; 4 grandchildren, Jordan Kay and Kaleigh Lynn Metzger and Alex and Braydon Gaard and brother, Claude William (Bev) Post.

Bacon Funeral Home of Nevada handled arrangements.

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