Ina Mae (Heim) GARDALEN

HEIM, GARDALEN, POLLARD, SCHULZ, STURGEON, KRUSE, HOWARD, WATSON, POSEY, CUNNINGHAM, MCGUIRE, HILL, AZELTINE

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 11/9/2016 at 19:32:30

July 16, 1926 ---- November 7, 2016

Ina Mae (Heim) Gardalen, 90, of Dows, passed away Monday, November 7, 2016 at the Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center in Clarion. Funeral services for Ina Mae Gardalen will be held at 1:00 PM on Thursday, November 10, 2016 at Ewing Funeral Home, 1801 Central Avenue East in Clarion, with Pastor Nicole Woodley officiating. Burial will be held at Fairview Cemetery in Dows. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the funeral home on Thursday.

Ina Mae (Heim) Gardalen was born on July 16, 1926 to Lula Maude (Pollard) and Fred Heim in Oklahoma. Her family later moved to a farm in rural Dows. She graduated from Dows Community School. Education was very important to Ina Mae, and she expressed that to her children as they grew up and went to college. Ina Mae Heim was united in marriage to Donald Ray Gardalen on June 5, 1946. The two lived on O.H. Gardalen’s farmstead and farmed until they moved to acreage near Dows. She spent over 35 years of her career working as a bookkeeper for the Farmers Co-Op, from which she retired at the age of 62. After her retirement, Donald and Ina Mae spent time traveling to family events, even if that meant traveling to another state.

Ina Mae always put the interest and needs of others before her own including the farm cats she had inherited over time. She was a wonderful caretaker to her husband and many others in the community. She kept herself busy gardening cacti, playing bingo, and reading. Ina Mae also enjoyed putting puzzles together.

She cherished her family. Ina Mae would go without anything to put her children first. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Ina Mae is survived by her children: Donna (Glenn) Schulz, Sandy (Ron) Sturgeon, and Denny (Monna) Gardalen; grandchildren: Crystal (Greg) Kruse, Cinnamon Schulz, Jason (Amy) Schulz, Eric (Traci) Sturgeon, Shannon Sturgeon (John Howard), Ryan Gardalen (Tinna Watson), Alicia (Gardalen) McGuire, and Ashley Gardalen (Adam Posey); great-grandchildren: Garrett Kruse, Wyatt Kruse, Ashlyn Schulz, Ada Schulz, Oliver Schulz, Franklin Schulz, Lynzie Sturgeon, Rebel Sturgeon, Caleb Sturgeon, Samantha Sturgeon, Caitlyn Cunningham, Alexis Gardalen, Autumn Gardalen, Britney Watson, Garrett Watson, Madison Watson, Aubrey McGuire, Seth Gardalen, Adrianna Posey, and Evan Posey; sisters: Viola Hill and Mary Azeltine; brother, Omer Heim; and numerous nieces and nephews. Ina Mae was preceded in death by her husband Donald; parents, Fred and Lula Maude Heim, grandson, Christopher Sturgeon, sister, Effie Heim, and brother, Lester Heim.

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