Biography

SPRINGFIELD — The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 5, at Major Family Funeral Home in Springfield for Terry Duane Sherard of Springfield, who died Feb. 28 of congestive heart failure. He was 65. Visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

He was born Nov. 9, 1944, in Oakland, Calif., to Floyd “Jack” and Verna Berthelsen Sherard. He married Angie Ramirez on April 29, 1967, in Reno, Nev.

Sherard served in the U.S. Army and worked in carpentry.

Survivors include his wife; four daughters, Tammy Guidi of Vacaville, Calif., Kerri Sherard of Woodland, Calif., and Shelly McBride and Terri Villanueva, both of Springfield; father and his wife, Jack and Norma Sherard; two sisters, LeaAnn Merrill of Peoria, Ariz., and Sherri Johnston of Springfield; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Burial will be at Springfield Memorial Gardens.