Carol Sherard, 76, of Alexandria, died Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, at the Prairie View Healthcare Community in Woonsocket.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, Sept. 5, at the Bittner Funeral Chapel in Mitchell. Burial was in the Hurley Cemetery at Hurley. Visitation was Tuesday at the Bittner Funeral Chapel.

Carol Joan Sherard was born Oct. 8, 1941, in Sheldon, Iowa, to Dick and Nelvina (Van Steinwick) Veen. She attended Bell Country School near Sheldon, graduated from Sheldon High School in 1956, and attended vocational school in Kansas City.  She was employed at a bank in Sioux Falls. 

While in Sioux Falls, she met Clifford Sherard. They were married on April 3, 1966, at the First Reformed Church in Sibley, Iowa. They lived on a farm near Hurley for several years before moving to Alexandria. Carol assisted in the Sherard Insurance Agency and worked at the library while living in Alexandria.

Carol is survived by her husband, Clifford, of Alexandria; son, Chad (Stephanie) Sherard of Sioux Falls; daughters, Cheryl Frear of Renton, Wash., and Christie (Bryan) Bakker of Federal Way, Wash.; brothers, Arlen (Norma) Veen of Sioux Falls, and Dennis (Mary) Veen of Littleton, Colo.; sister, Colleen (Rynie) DeGroot of Pella, Iowa; and four grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents.