Louise Yager's Obituary
Live Stream Link youtu.be/quEWa7N3ktU Louise Yager 88, of Ames, passed away on June 27, 2022. Burial will be held in Audubon, Iowa, on Friday July 1, 2022, at Maple Grove Cemetery at 3:00 p.m. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, July 2nd, 2022, at First United Methodist Church, 516 Kellogg Avenue, Ames, Iowa, at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until the hour of service. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to First United Methodist Church for continual projects. Louise Hardie was born on May 9, 1934, the middle child of five. In 1937, Louise lost her father, Max Hardie, in a farm accident. The Hardie clan strongly protected each other growing up during the depression with a single mom, Thelma Stanley Hardie. Louise attended a one-room country school for three years and eventually graduated from Audubon High School in 1953. She met Lowell Yager, dated for four years, and married on April 27, 1956. Together Lowell and Louise raised three daughters in Atlantic, Clarion, and Ames, Iowa. Louise worked as a stay-at-home mother, a school photographer, and a bookkeeper at Buck Dental to ensure her children graduated from college and earned advanced degrees. Family grounded Louise's life. With Lowell they travelled the states and vacationed in Hawaii. Louise enjoyed playing cards, baking, family Christmases, and friends. On her last day with us, Louise played cribbage and enjoyed beating her husband and daughter. Louise also made sure a friend received flowers to help with her recovery. Louise is survived by her husband of 66 years, Lowell Yager; her daughters: Linda Richards, Carol Yager, and Susan Yager; her son-in-law, Ralph Richards; and her grandchildren, Emma and Patrick Fox.
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