Ardell Wilkie
Ardell Wilkie, age 93, of Marysville, Kansas, passed peacefully in her sleep surrounded by family on December 26, 2022, at Community Memorial Healthcare in Marysville, Kansas.
A funeral service was held Friday, December 30, at St. John’s Catholic Church. Father Joseph Kieffer officiated. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
A memorial fund has been established and will be designated later. Contributions may be sent in care of Kinsley Mortuary. Ardell was born March 31, 1929, at McCook, daughter of Raymond and Jesse Mae (Ruppert) Walker. She attended Curtis Agricultural High School in Curtis. After high school, she taught grade school at a country school for one year.
On August 15, 1947, she married Mark Wilkie.
In 1969, they moved to Marysville, Kansas, for a short time before moving to Hanover, Kansas, where she worked at the Pony Express Truck Stop and The Matador Steakhouse. In 1979,Ardell moved to Gibbon and worked at Baldwin Filters and the Gibbon Grocery Store until retiring.
She returned to Marysville, Kansas, in the mid 90’s and began working at Walmart until retiring in 2011.
Ardell enjoyed playing cards, Bingo, watching horse races, dancing, and geocaching (not in the summertime because of the snakes) with her son, Dallas.
She was very social and was a 4H leader and member of several clubs.
Survivors include her children, Russell (Carol) Wilkie, of Broken Bow, Diane (Robert) Gleue, of Bremen, Kansas, Dallas (Margaret) Wilkie, of Wabash, Randy (Teresa) Wilkie, of Havensville, Kansas, Debra Lesher, of Fort Collins, Colorado, Devona (Steven) Marshall, of Grand Island, Renee Olmsted, of Fort Collins, Colorado, and Royal (Erica) Wilkie, of Santee, California; twenty-eight grandchildren; fifty-two great-grandchildren; and many great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Mark Wilkie on September 18, 1974; two grandsons, Michael Wilkie and Patrick Wilkie; son-in-law, Thomas Lesher; and two sisters and brothers-in-law, Veda and Loren Baxter and Ester and Lawrence Sellers.