Funeral Mass for Ardelle Louise Spindler, 70, of Veblen, SD will be held on Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 2:00 P.M. at St. John's Catholic Church, Veblen, SD with the Rev. Fr. Tony Dummer O.M.I. celebrant. Organist will be Vivian Monson and song leader will be Coleen Halverson. Pallbearers will be David Spindler, Joe Aadland, Derek and Mark Granquist, Shaun Falken, and Chris Galvin. Honorary Pallbearers will be " Ardelle's Senior Center family and St. John's Catholic Church Christian Family". Interment will be in the St. Matthew's Catholic Cemetery, Veblen, SD. There will be visitation on Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at St. John's Catholic Church from 10:00 AM until service time at the church.
Ardelle Louise Ives was born on July 30, 1941 to Ray and Ellen (Hilleson) Ives on a farm in Marshall County near Hillhead, SD. She attended rural school and graduated from Veblen High School. After her education she was married to Leo Spindler on June 15, 1960 in Sisseton, SD. The couple farmed and raised their family. They returned to Veblen and Ardelle took care of neighborhood children for over 30 years. She was instrumental in the lives of all the children she cared for and she said that she felt blest for the way they also enriched her life. She was very involved with her church, St. John's Catholic Church. Ardelle loved her grand-children and great-grandchildren and was very interested and involved in their lives. Her love for her family was unconditional and consistent. The Lord took Ardelle to be with him on September 29, 2011 in Milbank, SD with her family at her side after a courageous battle with cancer.
Ardelle is survived by her husband Leo of Milbank, SD, three children; Theresa and husband Mark Granquist of Milbank, SD, David and wife Armina Spindler of Browns Valley, MN, and Peggie Aadland of Aberdeen, SD; six grandchildren, Joe and (Sarah), Jess and (Shaun), Derek, Jenna, Joe, and Lindsay; six great-grandchildren, Maya, Elliot, Maxwell, Delainey, Charlee, and Maddy; two sisters, Olive and Roger Grimsrud of Webster, SD and Marvelyn and Harland Bohach of Grand Forks, ND; one brother, Darwin and Sheila Ives of Claremont, SD.
Ardelle was preceded in death by her parents.