Ivy-An Luts Gerard, 88, passed away peacefully at home on September 29, 2022. Four countries and almost nine decades later, she has blessed us all with her sunny optimism, the generosity of her talents, her deepfelt love for family, community, and all creatures great and small. She was one of those rare individuals that once you meet them, you always remember them. Her family is blessed beyond measure to have been loved and cared for by her. Preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Paul N. Gerard, Jr., she is survived by her daughter Linda Tresslar (Peter) and her son John Paul Gerard of Como, MS, and three grandchildren, John Paul Gerard II of Olive Branch, MS, Charlotte Tresslar of San Francisco, CA, and Catherine Tresslar of Washington, DC. A funeral Mass will be held at a date to be announced. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Ray-Nowell Funeral Home in Senatobia, MS. Interment will be at Friendship Cemetery in Como, MS.
