ADES, Michael W. "Mike" (1969-2005)

ADES, MCCOLLOUGH, JOHNSON, HANSON, FANK

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 8/26/2013 at 13:47:04

Michael W. Ades, 1969-2005

Michael "Mike" W. Ades, 36, of Woden, died on Tuesday May 31, 2005, in a traffic accident near Crystal Lake.

Funeral services were held on Friday, June 3, 2005, at the Clear Lake United Methodist Church, Clear Lake. The Rev. Jan Burnett and the Rev. Bill Poland officiated. Interment was in the Grant Township Cemetery, rural Fertile. The Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge of the arrangements.

Mike Ades, was born May 13, 1969 in Sheldon. He was the son of Carl and Wilma (McCollough) Ades. He graduated from the Clear Lake High School in 1987. Following high school he attended North Iowa Area Community College. He was an Eagle Scout and with the help of Troop #30 built a bat roost at the Lime Creek Nature Center as his Eagle Scout project.

Mike married Jami Johnson on May 18, 1991 in Forest City. They moved to Volga, South Dakota and lived there until the fall of 1993. They then returned to the Forest City area and started working for Winnebago Industries.

Mike loved the outdoors, fishing, hunting, trapping, mushroom hunting, eating ice cream, his dog Mattie, camping, cooking and especially spending time with his family. His daughters, his nieces and nephews were very special to him. He grew up attending the Clear Lake United Methodist Church and was a member of the Trappers Association and Ducks Unlimited.

Survivors include his wife, Jami Ades of Woden; three children, Sydney, Sadhna and Samara (Sammi) Ades; his parents, Carl and Wilma Ades, Clear Lake; two brothers and one sister, Jerry Ades and his wife, Sheila of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Beth Hanson and her husband, Mike of Lake Mills and Mark Ades and his wife, Molly of Belmond.

Also surviving are his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Raymond and Deidre Johnson of Forest City; sister-in-law and brother-in-laws, Jodi Fank and her husband, Dan of Manly and Cody Johnson of Forest City, Iowa; also many nieces, nephews, uncles, aunts, cousins and a host of friends.