Gloria Ellen Chard

Gloria Ellen Chard 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 an animal lover, especially birds and horses. She loved barrel racing and was a part of the Plainville Saddle Club for many years. She enjoyed being outside watching the birds eat from her many bird feeders, gardening, tending to her rose bushes or taking her family to Webster Lake to camp. Gloria was a big sports fan, she avidly watched the Chicago Bulls basketball team and Husker football. In her earlier years she traveled to watch the Huskers and even went to the Honolulu Bowl in Hawaii. Basketball was arguably her favorite sport, she even put on basketball tournaments for the Cancer Society for many years. Aside from her love of animals and sports, she always made the effort to attend her grandkids’ events until her health didn’t allow her to travel as much. Gloria was a member of the First Baptist Church of Plainville. Gloria is survived by her children, Gary (Sandra) Chard of Zurich, KS, Randy (Lynnie) Chard of Palco, KS, Dave (Sally) Chard of Wichita, KS, Rodney (Carrie) Chard of Plainville, and Jan Ward of Kansas City, MO; siblings, Carolyn Balderson of Tucson, AZ, Madge Mock of Tucson, AZ, Alan Stalnaker of West Valley, UT, Dianne Conway of Manhattan, KS, and Patty Foltz of Las Vegas, NV: fourteen grandchildren, Cynthia Finnesy, Jeremy Chard, Chanelle Chard, Billie Covington, Shawna Scates, Andrea McDonald, Angela DeQuasey, Jay Chard, Bradey Chard, Noah Chard, Chandler Yost, Dakota Yost, Christian Chard, and Lillian Ward; 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 will be held on Saturday, November 6, 2021, at the United Methodist Church in Plainville at 10 AM. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Friday from 10 AM until 5 PM. 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.