SOURCE: THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS, JANUARY 17, 2007, PAGE 4
Ardith Gray
Sept 6, 1912 - Jan. 12,2007
Ardith Gray, age 94, of Monticello, died Friday, Jan. 12, 2007, at the Monticello Nursing and Rehab Center following an extended
illness.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a. m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007, at the First Presbyterian Church, Monticello. Friends called from 4-8 p.m. Monday at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello. Interment was in Oakwood Cemetery Rev. Al Pollto, Jr. officiated at the services.
Marietta Ardith Gray was born Sept 6, 1912. in Olin, Iowa She was the daughter of Alvin and Belle Mitchell, Winchip.
Ardith graduated from Olin High School in 1930. She married Max Burns on Dec. 26,1934, in Olin, Iowa. They farmed in the Olin, Clarence and Stanwood areas before moving to the Scotch Grove area In 1955 they moved to Monticello The couple divorced in 1958. Don L. Gray and Ardith Winchip Burns were married at the First Presbyterian Church, Monticello on Aug 18, 1963. The couple farmed near Scotch Grove
until 1990, when they moved to Monticello. Don would drive Ardith to area care centers and senior meal sites to play the piano and entertain. She was the Jones County Outstanding Senior Citizen in 1988. Ardith was also a published poet and a correspondent for the Monticello Express. She was member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Rebecca Circle, the Royal Neighbors and the Scotch Grove Oak Drive Club.
Surviving are five children. Annabel (Marvin) Mollenhauer, Cedar Rapids; Donna (Kenneth) Harms, Rowley; Virgil (Karen) Burns, Charles City; Dons (Tom) McElmeel, Anamosa, and Sheryl (Russell) Stadtmueller, Peterson, Minn., 18 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren, 15 great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Roberta Sievers, Anamosa; one brother, Mitchell (Lois) Winchip, Monticello; and a sister-in-law, Alice Winchip,
Anamosa.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Don; two brothers, Virgil and Arthur; and two grandchildren.
Thoughts, memories, and condolences may be left for the family at www.goettschonline.com.
Ardith Gray
Sept 6, 1912 - Jan. 12,2007
Ardith Gray, age 94, of Monticello, died Friday, Jan. 12, 2007, at the Monticello Nursing and Rehab Center following an extended
illness.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a. m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007, at the First Presbyterian Church, Monticello. Friends called from 4-8 p.m. Monday at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello. Interment was in Oakwood Cemetery Rev. Al Pollto, Jr. officiated at the services.
Marietta Ardith Gray was born Sept 6, 1912. in Olin, Iowa She was the daughter of Alvin and Belle Mitchell, Winchip.
Ardith graduated from Olin High School in 1930. She married Max Burns on Dec. 26,1934, in Olin, Iowa. They farmed in the Olin, Clarence and Stanwood areas before moving to the Scotch Grove area In 1955 they moved to Monticello The couple divorced in 1958. Don L. Gray and Ardith Winchip Burns were married at the First Presbyterian Church, Monticello on Aug 18, 1963. The couple farmed near Scotch Grove
until 1990, when they moved to Monticello. Don would drive Ardith to area care centers and senior meal sites to play the piano and entertain. She was the Jones County Outstanding Senior Citizen in 1988. Ardith was also a published poet and a correspondent for the Monticello Express. She was member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Rebecca Circle, the Royal Neighbors and the Scotch Grove Oak Drive Club.
Surviving are five children. Annabel (Marvin) Mollenhauer, Cedar Rapids; Donna (Kenneth) Harms, Rowley; Virgil (Karen) Burns, Charles City; Dons (Tom) McElmeel, Anamosa, and Sheryl (Russell) Stadtmueller, Peterson, Minn., 18 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren, 15 great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Roberta Sievers, Anamosa; one brother, Mitchell (Lois) Winchip, Monticello; and a sister-in-law, Alice Winchip,
Anamosa.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Don; two brothers, Virgil and Arthur; and two grandchildren.
Thoughts, memories, and condolences may be left for the family at www.goettschonline.com.
SOURCE: THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS, JANUARY 17, 2007, PAGE 4
Ardith Gray
Sept 6, 1912 - Jan. 12,2007
Ardith Gray, age 94, of Monticello, died Friday, Jan. 12, 2007, at the Monticello Nursing and Rehab Center following an extended
illness.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a. m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007, at the First Presbyterian Church, Monticello. Friends called from 4-8 p.m. Monday at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello. Interment was in Oakwood Cemetery Rev. Al Pollto, Jr. officiated at the services.
Marietta Ardith Gray was born Sept 6, 1912. in Olin, Iowa She was the daughter of Alvin and Belle Mitchell, Winchip.
Ardith graduated from Olin High School in 1930. She married Max Burns on Dec. 26,1934, in Olin, Iowa. They farmed in the Olin, Clarence and Stanwood areas before moving to the Scotch Grove area In 1955 they moved to Monticello The couple divorced in 1958. Don L. Gray and Ardith Winchip Burns were married at the First Presbyterian Church, Monticello on Aug 18, 1963. The couple farmed near Scotch Grove
until 1990, when they moved to Monticello. Don would drive Ardith to area care centers and senior meal sites to play the piano and entertain. She was the Jones County Outstanding Senior Citizen in 1988. Ardith was also a published poet and a correspondent for the Monticello Express. She was member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Rebecca Circle, the Royal Neighbors and the Scotch Grove Oak Drive Club.
Surviving are five children. Annabel (Marvin) Mollenhauer, Cedar Rapids; Donna (Kenneth) Harms, Rowley; Virgil (Karen) Burns, Charles City; Dons (Tom) McElmeel, Anamosa, and Sheryl (Russell) Stadtmueller, Peterson, Minn., 18 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren, 15 great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Roberta Sievers, Anamosa; one brother, Mitchell (Lois) Winchip, Monticello; and a sister-in-law, Alice Winchip,
Anamosa.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Don; two brothers, Virgil and Arthur; and two grandchildren.
Thoughts, memories, and condolences may be left for the family at www.goettschonline.com.
Ardith Gray
Sept 6, 1912 - Jan. 12,2007
Ardith Gray, age 94, of Monticello, died Friday, Jan. 12, 2007, at the Monticello Nursing and Rehab Center following an extended
illness.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a. m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007, at the First Presbyterian Church, Monticello. Friends called from 4-8 p.m. Monday at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello. Interment was in Oakwood Cemetery Rev. Al Pollto, Jr. officiated at the services.
Marietta Ardith Gray was born Sept 6, 1912. in Olin, Iowa She was the daughter of Alvin and Belle Mitchell, Winchip.
Ardith graduated from Olin High School in 1930. She married Max Burns on Dec. 26,1934, in Olin, Iowa. They farmed in the Olin, Clarence and Stanwood areas before moving to the Scotch Grove area In 1955 they moved to Monticello The couple divorced in 1958. Don L. Gray and Ardith Winchip Burns were married at the First Presbyterian Church, Monticello on Aug 18, 1963. The couple farmed near Scotch Grove
until 1990, when they moved to Monticello. Don would drive Ardith to area care centers and senior meal sites to play the piano and entertain. She was the Jones County Outstanding Senior Citizen in 1988. Ardith was also a published poet and a correspondent for the Monticello Express. She was member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Rebecca Circle, the Royal Neighbors and the Scotch Grove Oak Drive Club.
Surviving are five children. Annabel (Marvin) Mollenhauer, Cedar Rapids; Donna (Kenneth) Harms, Rowley; Virgil (Karen) Burns, Charles City; Dons (Tom) McElmeel, Anamosa, and Sheryl (Russell) Stadtmueller, Peterson, Minn., 18 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren, 15 great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Roberta Sievers, Anamosa; one brother, Mitchell (Lois) Winchip, Monticello; and a sister-in-law, Alice Winchip,
Anamosa.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Don; two brothers, Virgil and Arthur; and two grandchildren.
Thoughts, memories, and condolences may be left for the family at www.goettschonline.com.
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