IN MEMORY OF
ARDIS M. BOONE
BORN
September 10, 1925
Alexandria, South Dakota
PASSED AWAY
March 15, 2010
Sanborn, Iowa
FUNERAL SERVICE
10:30 A.M. Saturday, March 20, 2010
Bethel Reformed Church; Sheldon, Iowa
Rev. Troy Van Beek ~ officiating
Visitation will be after 4 p.m. Friday, March 19th at the Vander Ploeg Funeral Home in Sheldon, with the family present from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS
No. 267 “In The Garden”
No. 494 “Precious Lord”
No. 363 “Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus”
Organist: Carol Statema
CASKET BEARERS
Matthew Thornton Ray Millard
Jesse Reed Allan Feekes
George Thornton Jim Thornton
FINAL RESTING PLACE
East Lawn Cemetery
Sheldon, Iowa
After the graveside service, relatives and friends are invited to join
the family for lunch in the fellowship hall of the church.
Arrangements under the care of
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home, Sheldon, Iowa
ARDIS M. BOONE
Ardis M. Boone, the daughter of Walter and Laura Pearl (Adkins) Dilly, was born September 10, 1925 in Alexandria, South Dakota. She moved to Ashton, Iowa with her parents as a child and there received her education and graduated from the Ashton High School in 1943. On December 20, 1944, she was united in marriage to Andrew J. “Bud” Boone in the United Presbyterian Church in Ashton. The young couple moved to Des Moines, Iowa, where Bud attended Radio and Television Repair School. After his education they moved to Spencer, Iowa for a year, before moving back to Sheldon, where she helped Bud with the operation of Boone’s Radio & Television Repair for 35 years, she also enjoyed working at the J.C. Penney Store. Bud preceded her in death on October 26, 2009. Ardis remained a resident at the Prairie View Retirement Home in Sanborn; she passed away on Monday, March 15, 2010 at the home reaching the age of 84 years, 6 months and 5 days.
She was a member of Bethel Reformed Church in Sheldon.
Left to cherish her memories are her three children, Gail and her husband, George Thornton of Cedar Falls, Iowa; Dave and his wife, Sandie Boone of Ft. Collins, Colorado; Denise Reed and Allan Feekes of Peterson, Iowa; six grandchildren, Angela and Ray Millard; Matthew and Mindy Thornton; Andrea and Dave Stott; Nicholas Boone; Jesse and Elizabeth Reed; five great-grandchildren, Marissa Boone; Charlotte and Wesley Millard and Jensen Thornton and Devon Stott; three brothers-in-law, Loyal Monkemeier of Sanborn and Robert Henrich of San Pedro, California and Bernie and his wife, Clara Boone of Sheldon; and other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, two sisters and two brothers.