Edith Lois (Goldsmith) Luders (1923-2013)
LUDERS, GOLDSMITH, HEISERMAN, RIPPEY, KUEHNE, COVEY, PETITT
Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 9/22/2013 at 01:37:34
From Stevens Memorial Chapel obituary, Ames, Story County, Iowa:
Edith Lois Luders
November 16, 1923 - August 12, 2013Edith Goldsmith Luders, 89, of Ames, died Monday, August 12, 2013 at Riverside Manor South. Funeral services will be 10 AM Friday, August 16, 2013 at North Grand Christian Church to follow with burial and committal service at 2:30 PM at Garden of Memories Cemetery in Waterloo. The family will receive friends for an hour prior to the funeral.
Edith was born on November 16, 1923 in Manchester, the only child of Truman and Elizabeth Heiserman Goldsmith. She attended country school near Colesburg where she completed the eighth grade.
In 1941 Edith married Arthur Rippey and they were blessed with one son. Arthur died in 1943 while serving in the US Army during WWII. Edith married Malvin Kuehne in 1944 and this union was blessed with two daughters. They later divorced. Edith found love again and married Vergal Luders in 1967 and helped raise his two sons.
Edith owned and operated many restaurants in Waterloo and Mesa, AZ over the course of her lifetime. She received her food service education at Iowa State University and she worked as a food service manager for several nursing homes and hospitals. After Vergal's death in 2003, Edith returned to Waterloo to be near family and finally moved to Ames in 2009.
Edith enjoyed a very active retirement traveling, crocheting, collecting cook books and recipes, watching cooking shows on TV, cooking, rummage sales and going out to eat. She was an active member of North Grand Christian Church and a lifetime member of the Royal Order of the Moose and AMVETS.
Edith is survived by her sons, Arthur (Lisa) Rippey of Longwood, FL, Tony (Cindy) Luders of Mesa, AZ and David (Chris) Luders of Lihue, HI; daughter Judy (Randy) Covey of Ames; 17 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandson. She was preceded in death by her husbands, and her daughter, Janice Petitt.
As a show of sympathy, the family suggests memorial contributions be directed to her church. On-line condolences may be expressed at www.StevensMemorialChapel.com.
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