Ardith Louise (Solinger) Burns

Ardith L. Burns, 88, died on Monday, May 23, 2016 at Madrid Home in Madrid, Iowa. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 28, 2016 at Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory in Newton, Iowa. The family will greet friends from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be left to HCI Hospice or The Alzheimer’s Association.

Ardith Louise (Solinger) Burns (along with her twin brother, Ardin) was born on September 11, 1927 in Afton, Iowa to her parents Everett and Opal (Ball) Solinger. Ardith attended school in Afton and graduated from Afton High School in 1945. She married Ralph Burns on January 23, 1946, and over the next 10 years, welcomed into their home five children: Joyce, Terry, Pam, John and Tom.

Ardith, and the family, spent many years on the farm in Mingo, Iowa, where all five children graduated from Mingo High School. In 1975, Ardith and Ralph moved to a farm in Milan, Missouri and later to a farm in Pollock, Missouri. Her husband Ralph passed away on June 17, 1996 and since then, Ardith had lived in Unionville, Missouri, Newton, Iowa, and recently, Story County. Ardith was a homemaker and loved dancing, gardening, and playing cards and board games with her grandchildren.

Ardith is survived by her children, Joyce (Larry) Pohlman, Terry (Bridget) Burns, John (Judy) Burns, and Thomas (Bert) Burns; her twin brother, Ardin Solinger; brother, Leonard Solinger, and two sisters, Elaine Carlson and Jeneane Larimer; along with 14 grandchildren, 53 great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph in 1996; daughter, Pamela Pettis; parents, Everett and Opal Solinger; and a sister, Lorraine Solinger.

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