Who were the victims in the Washington Navy Yard shooting?
Thirteen people were killed when 34-year-old Aaron Alexis opened fire at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, Sept. 16. The shooter himself was killed in a gun b...
Kathleen Gaarde, 63, Woodbridge, Va. Kathleen Gaarde poses for a 2006 holiday photo with her mother, Lore Bourne.
Gaarde worked as a financial analyst, supporting the organization responsible for shipyards.
"Today my life partner of 42 years (38 of them married) was taken from me, my grown son and daughter, and friends. ... It hasn't fully sunk in yet but I know I already dearly miss her," Kathleen's husband Douglass Gaarde wrote to the Associated Press.
Douglass Gaarde also worked for the Navy until retiring last year.