WINDER, Ardella Louise (Bueter) 1938-2019

WINDER, LOVELACE, BUETER , MCBRIDE

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 5/6/2019 at 14:46:56

Ardella Louise Winder

August 6, 1938 - May 4, 2019

Ardella Louise Winder, 80, of Waterloo died Saturday, May 4, at Lakeview Landing.

She was born August 6, 1938, in Dysart, Iowa the daughter of Lewis and Ermal Lovelace Bueter. She married William D. Winder on September 12, 1959, at First United Methodist Church in Waterloo.

Ardella graduated from West High in 1956 and then from St. Luke’s Methodist School of Nursing in Cedar Rapids in 1959. She was employed in the pediatrics department at Schoitz Hospital (CMC) and then worked for 3 years for Dr. Charles Waterbury, before becoming head nurse at Family Practice Center when it opened, retiring after 24 years.

She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and worked as coordinator of the Meals on Wheels and the Community Meals Programs. She also ran blood pressure checks at the church at the end of each month. Ardella served on the Waterloo Public Library Board from 2001-2007 and was a volunteer of the Friends Book Store and Traveling Tales Kits.

She is survived by her husband, and nieces Kerri (Robert Riley) McBride of Ill., and Lori McBride of Rock Island.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Charles and Larry; and by a sister, Suzanne McBride.

Services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church with burial in the Waterloo Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Home on South Street from 3-7 p.m. Friday and an hour before services at the church.

Memorials may be directed to Cedar Valley Hospice, Friendship Village Auxiliary or Cedar Bend Humane Society.

Ardella was fond of their many dogs, and most recently "Snickers."

SOURCE: Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Home