Garwood G. Hardy (1922 - 2008) EDGERTON,OHIO - Garwood G. Hardy, 85, of Edgerton, died Friday morning, May 9, 2008, at Parkview Memorial Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind., where he was a patient. Born Nov. 12, 1922, at Bryan, to Joey (Busch) and John J. Hardy, he married Norma (Easler) Carlson on Oct. 16, 1976, at Anchorage, Alaska, and she survives. After attending Bryan High School, he entered the United States Marines, serving in World War II. He served in the Pacific Theater with the Fourth Marine Division, including battles on Saipan and at Iwo Jima, receiving two Purple Hearts and a Gold Star. After discharge from the service, he worked as an officer with the Bryan Police Department and in sales with Sears, and was a regional manager with Combined Insurance Company. He was a graduate of Lexington Baptist College in Kentucky. In 1968, he moved to Anchorage, Alaska, as a Combined Insurance regional manager. While in Alaska, he also was employed by the Anchorage Police Department in the Judicial Department. He was assistant pastor at Bethal Chapel in Anchorage, then became director of the Arms of Love Mission in Wassila and was pastor at Bayview Bible Baptist Church in Wassila. Upon moving back to Ohio, he became pastor of the Amboy Baptist Church in Camden, Mich., and then of the Lifeline Bible Baptist Church in Pioneer. He was also director of the Yoke Fellowship Camp near Edgerton. He made many mission trips, three to the Ukraine, three to Cuba and one to the Fiji Islands. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his children, Cheryl (and husband, Clyde) Bass of Abilene, Texas, Pamela (Charles) McClellan of Montpelier, Mindy (Michael) Beeson of Anaheim, Calif., Christina (Raymond) Roelfs of Edgerton and Kim (Barbara) Carlson of Edgerton; 14 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Carlton (Evelyn) Hardy of Bryan, Keith (Janet) Hardy of Defiance and John (Nancy) Hardy of Douglas, Mich.; and a sister, Myra Crawford of Lynchburg, Va. Visitation will be Tuesday from 9-11 a.m. in the Krill Funeral Home, Edgerton. Services will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the funeral home with Dr. William Haag to officiate. Military rites will be conducted by John D. Smith Post No. 10 of the Edgerton American Legion. Interment will be in Evansport Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Independent Baptist Mission in Florida or to the Navajo Baptist Mission in New Mexico.
