GLORIA ELLEN CHARD

Gloria Ellen Chard, Hays, passed away on November 1, 2021, at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 84.

She was born on May 22, 1937, to George and Lillian (Novotny) Stalnaker in Rooks County, Kansas. She was united in marriage to Vernon Dean Chard on June 15, 1953, in Stockton, Kansas. The couple was blessed with six children: Larry, Gary, Randy, Dave, Rodney, and Jan.

Gloria grew up in Rooks County where she attended Plainville High School for a few years before completing her GED. She continued her education at NCK Nursing School and graduated with a nursing degree in 1977. She worked at several facilities in the surrounding area before moving away in 1992. Gloria then pursued a career with the VA and retired in 2016. The couple moved to Hays and spent the rest of their days at Homestead of Hays. Gloria was a mem

Gloria was a member of the First Baptist Church of Plainville.

She is survived by her children: Gary Chard of Zurich, Randy Chard of Palco, Dave Chard of Wichita, Rodney Chard of Plainville, and Jan Ward of Kansas City, Mo.; siblings: Carolyn Balderson of Tucson, Ariz., Madge Mock of Tucson, Ariz., Alan Stalnaker of West Valley, Utah, Dianne Conway of Manhattan, and Patty Foltz of Las Vegas, Nev.: fourteen grandchildren; twenty-nine great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson.

She is preceded in death by her parents, George and Lillian Stalnaker; husband, Vernon Chard; son, Larry Chard; and siblings, Betty Vogts, Robert Stalnaker, Eve Miller, and Shirley Stinemetz.

A Funeral Service was held on Saturday, November 6, 2021, at the United Methodist Church in Plainville.

Memorials are suggested to the Plainville Saddle Club or Hays Hospice and may be sent in care of Plumer-Overlease Funeral Home, 320 SW 2nd St., Plainville, KS 67663.

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