Ardys Walker

January 22, 1924 - May 8, 2015

Ardys Walker, 91, of Boone, Iowa, formerly of Estherville and Ft. Dodge, Iowa passed away at Westhaven Community in Boone on Monday evening, May 4, 2015 where she had resided since October of 2013. She was born on January 22, 1924 in Wallingford, Iowa the daughter of Ordine and Adaline (Sandvig) Olson. On June 17, 1944, she married Robert E. Walker at the Wallingford Lutheran Church in Wallingford, Iowa. Ardys graduated from Graettinger High School and AIB in Des Moines, Iowa. She was a bank teller at Iowa Trust and Savings Bank in Estherville before the couple moved to Ft. Dodge in 1965, where she was a retail clerk for the Boston Department Store. Ardys loved to knit sweaters for all of her grandchildren. She was a member of St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Ft. Dodge, Iowa. Her parents, husband Robert in 1997, a brother Harley Olson and 2 sisters Phyllis Faber and Shirley Ness preceded her in death. Survivors include her daughter, Gloria Stearns and husband Rich of Boone; 3 sons Paul Walker of Ft. Dodge, Iowa, Dean Walker and wife Carol of Boone and Keith Walker of Moss Landing California; 9 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. Services will be held on Friday morning, May 8th at 11:00 a.m. at the Augustana Lutheran Church in Boone with Pastor Dan Solomon officiating. Interment will be in the Linwood Park Cemetery in Boone. Friends may call at the Stark-Welin Chapel in Boone on Thursday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with the family present during that time to greet friends. Visitations will continue at the Church on Friday morning from 9:00 a.m. until the time of service. In Ardys’ memory, memorial gifts are suggested to St. Olaf Lutheran Church, 239 N 11th Street, Ft. Dodge, Iowa 50501, Augustana Lutheran Church, 309 South Greene Street or Westhaven Community, 112 West 4th Street both of Boone, Iowa 50036.