Carl M. J. Aagaard, age 86, passed away on May 11, 2008, after a long battle with a rare form of leukemia. He is survived by his beloved wife of 65 years, Earla Gardner Aagaard, four children (Carla June [Aagaard] Martir, of Morehead, KY; Earl M. J. Aagaard, of Apison, TN; Victor F. M. Aagaard, of Sacramento, CA; and Lola Jean [Aagaard] Boram, of Morehead, KY) four grandchildren (Thorvald M. J. Aagaard, Laura Joy Elizabeth [Aagaard] Camacho, Helen Faye Boram, and Jonathan Spencer Boram), one great grandchild (Sophia Isabella Leslie Camacho), and his sister, Jean Katherine (Aagaard) Turner, of Morehead, KY. Carl Aagaard was born on March 18, 1922, in San Francisco, California. He was a graduate of Washington High School, Pacific Union College and Loma Linda University Medical School. He married Earla Gardner during a semester break in medical school, on March 15, 1943. During World War II, he served as a physician in the US Army medical corps, holding the rank of Captain, although he did not go overseas. Following the war, Carl practiced general medicine for several years, in Burlingame and Ukiah, California, before returning to San Francisco to work for the San Francisco Coroner-s office and pursue a Pathology specialty at Stanford University. After finishing his pathology training at Mount Zion Hospital, Carl moved his family back to Ukiah where he set up a clinical laboratory and managed his medical practice for the next forty-one years, serving simultaneously as pathologist for as many as four rural hospitals and Deputy Coroner for two rural counties. In the early 1960s, Carl learned to fly, and piloted his Cessna 182 anywhere his services were needed, as well as across the United States on two long trips. He played an active role in his community and local church, serving as an elder of the Ukiah Seventh-day Adventist Church, chairing its school board for many years, teaching a weekly bible study class, participating on the building committee and involving himself in community outreach efforts such as the Five-Day Stop Smoking program. He served as an officer or member of the Board of such organizations as California State University at Sonoma, the American Cancer Society and his local Rotary Club. He was a long-time member of the National Rifle Association and the Libertarian Party. In 1996, at the age of 74, Carl and Earla retired and moved to their present home, in Morehead, Kentucky, to be near their youngest daughter and her children. Carl quickly became an active member of the Morehead community. He helped to organize the Hayes Crossing/Haldeman Volunteer Fire Department and served as its first Treasurer and Chairman of the Board. He trained and qualified as a certified Kentucky fireman at the age of 76. He was elected Sergeant-at-Arms of the Morehead Rotary Club and volunteered with Christian Social Services and Habitat for Humanity. He was made a Kentucky Colonel in 2000. There will be a public memorial service for Carl at Northcutt & Son on Saturday, June 28, at 5:30 p.m. with Pastor John Baker officiating. Visitation will begin at 4:30 pm. Interment will be in the Hayes Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, his friends and relatives are invited to make donations in his name to any of the following: Hayes Crossing/Haldeman Volunteer Fire Department, P. O. Box 67, Morehead, KY 40351 Morehead Habitat for Humanity, P. O. Box 180, Morehead, KY 40351 Morehead Christian Social Services, P. O. Box 147, Morehead, KY 40351 Morehead Seventh-day Adventist Church, P. O. Box 1046, Morehead, KY 40351 Visitation: Saturday, June 28, 2008, at 4:30 p.m. Funeral: Saturday, June 28, 2008, at 5:30 p.m. Interment: Hayes Cemetery