Floyd Kent, 80, of Gibbon died Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at the New Ulm Medical Center in New Ulm.
Funeral service will be 11 AM Saturday at the Augustana Lutheran Church in Gibbon with Pastor David Winterfeldt officiating. Burial will take place Monday at 1 PM in the Gilbert City Cemetery in Gilbert.

Visitation will be 4 – 7 PM Friday at the Augustana Lutheran Church in Gibbon and will continue for one hour prior to the time of service at church on Saturday.

The Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in Gibbon is handling the arrangements.

Floyd is survived by his wife, Elaine Kent of Gibbon; daughters, Terry Kent of Plymouth, Kathy Blackwell of Olivia; a son, Kraig (Kathleen) Kent of Dothan, Alabama; grandchildren, Kalina Blackwell, Ian Kent, Evan Blackwell and Sean Kent; sister, Karla (Bill) Fredrick of Brooklyn Park; a sister-in-law, Carol Langevin of Mankato; and by nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; sister and brother-in-law, Maxine "Bonnie" and Ron Griffith; sister-in-law and brothers-in-law, Lois and Roman "Buby" Jaus and Wayne Langevin.

Floyd Ivor Kent was born January 22, 1935 in Ely to Stanley and Lillian (Hosking) Kent. He was a 1952 graduate of Ely High School and completed college at Ely Junior College, U of M and St. Cloud State. Floyd work in the iron mines with his dad in the summer. He arrived in Gibbon in December, 1956 to start his one and only teaching job. Floyd taught high school math at Gibbon and later Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop for 35 years until his retirement in 1991. In addition to teaching, he taught motorcycle training and driver's education behind the wheel training. Floyd met Elaine Bode, another Gibbon teacher and they were married June 9, 1962 and enjoyed 53 years of marriage.

He was active with school and community activities including high school sports where he refereed basketball, volleyball and umping baseball. He also helped at home basketball games by marking the book and running the down box at football games. Floyd served 31 years on the Gibbon Volunteer Fire Department as a firefighter, as a certified EMT, member of the EMS committee and volunteered with Sky warn.

Floyd had many well-known hobbies and loves, many of them making him famous in the Gibbon and the surrounding community. These included CLEAN cars, dogs, feeding and watching his bird population, travel, puzzles (notably Sudoku and picture puzzles) kids and students that he loved to tease and give them nicknames and enjoyed invitations to class reunions. Above all he loved his family and his faith.