Ardith
Jaranson, 81
Bemidji
- Ardith "Ardy" Jaranson, 81, died Friday,
October 26, 2001 at Havenwood Care Center in
Bemidji.
Funeral
services were held at 11 a.m. on Monday, October
29, at First Lutheran Church in Bemidji with Rev.
Karin Moberg officiating. Graveside services were
held at 3 p.m. at Ridge Park Cemetery in Thief
River Falls with Olson-Schwartz Funeral Home of
Bemidji in charge of the arrangements. Honorary
casketbearers were members of the "Hardee Girls
Coffee Clutch" and "Ben Franklin Girls."
Casketbearers were Steve Boe, Jay and Jody
Kloskowski, Chris and Nicole Jaranson, and Larry
Dahl.
Ardith
Gulseth was born on July 30, 1920 in Thief River
Falls, the daughter of Andrew and Anna (Sandsmark)
Gulseth. She grew up and attended school in Thief
River Falls, graduating from Lincoln High School in
1938. She worked at Ben Franklin in Thief River
Falls.
On
April 18, 1946, Ardy was united in marriage to Abby
Jaranson. The couple moved to Blackduck in 1947 and
Bemidji in 1955. For 25 years the couple wintered
in Texas.
Ardy
was active at First Lutheran Church where she was a
member of Mary Circle and served on the funeral
committee. She also volunteered for the battered
women's shelter and Beltrami County Humane Society.
She was a regular attendee at the Saturday morning
Hardee's Coffee Clutch and was a very active hockey
grandma.
Survivors
include two daughters, Kathy (Terry) Beckman of St.
Michaels and Cynthia Jaranson of Anchorage, Alaska;
two sons, Richard (Karen) Jaranson and Stephen
(Sally) Jaranson, both of Bemidji; and four
grandchildren.
Ardith
was preceded in death by her parents, husband,
three sisters and three brothers.
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