Ardyce Wild

Ardyce E. Wild, 75, of New Albin passed away Sunday, June 18, 2017 at Country Winds Manor in Cresco. Funeral services were held Thursday, June 22 at St. Luke’s United Church of Christ, Eitzen, MN. Rev. Michael McCann officiated. Burial was in St. Peter’s Memorial Cemetery, New Albin.

Ardyce was born June 3, 1942 at the Caledonia Community Hospital in Caledonia, MN to Albert and Esther R. (Pohlman) Diersen. Ardyce was baptized June 10, 1942 and confirmed in 1956. She attended St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran School and graduated from Caledonia Public High School.

November 4, 1961 she married Curtis Wild at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Caledonia, MN, and he preceded her in death October 15, 1995.

Ardyce was employed at Northwestern Bell Telephone Company and Main Street Market in New Albin for many years until her retirement. She loved working outdoors in her flower beds and always had an immaculate yard. Ardyce was a kind, loving, generous and caring wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and aunt. She lived for “her people,” which were the joy of her life.

Survivors include her son, Steven (Amy) Wild, and her daughter, Diane (James) Erbe, all of New Albin; her precious grandchildren, Jennifer, Melissa and Shawn; her great-grandsons, River and Urijah; her sister, Eunice (Harold) Meyer of Eitzen, MN; her brother, Ivan (Linda) Diersen of Colorado Springs, CO; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. In addition to her husband, Ardyce was preceded in death by her parents.

Jandt-Fredrickson Funeral Homes and Crematory, Caledonia Chapel, is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be sent at www.jandtfredrickson.com.

The family would like to give special appreciation to the staffs at Thornton Heights Assisted Living in Lansing and the Patty Elwood Center in Cresco for the loving care given to Ardyce and her family.