EVELYN M. ARDY

EVELYN M. ARDY (nee Urban). Beloved wife of the late Joseph J. for 59 years.
They met at a vaudeville audition. She sang, he played harmonica. Joseph was a
regular performer (harmonica) on WGAR, Cleveland in the 1930's and a WWII
veteran. Evelyn was the mother of Joen Bozarth of Calhoun, GA, Joyce Rusnak of
Vermilion, OH, Rev. Joseph Ardy of Cleburne, TX, and John Ardy of Thousand Oaks,
CA. Grandmother of Kathryn Hathcock, John Michael Bozarth (deceased), Colleen
Barnovsky, Kathleen Webb, Michael Ditzel, Matthew Rusnak, Samantha Ardy, David
Ardy, and Annemarie Ardy. Great-grandmother of eight.
Evelyn was the first female high school cheerleader in Cleveland and student
editor of her high school newspaper. After graduation, she was a 'stringer' for
the Cleveland Press, a Feature Editor for the Medina County Gazette - a first
for a woman in Ohio. Evelyn also served for several years as editor of the
American Society of Personnel Administrators magazine. She was listed in "Who's
Who in American Women" in 1973, and "Who's Who in Women of Achievement" in 2000.
Early in their marriage, Evelyn and Joseph provided a foster home to over 40
children for a period of 12+ years specializing in young boys who had been
abused. Evelyn retired from PPG at age 78. She worked in International Marketing and taught herself Japanese. In later life, Evelyn became a Lector, reading lessons from Scripture
during Masses at St. Adalbert's Catholic Church, Berea, OH. For a few years she
lived in Texas and attended Ascension Lutheran Church where her son, Joseph, is
pastor. Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday, August 24, at St. Adalbert Catholic
Church, 66 Adalbert St., Berea, OH at 11:00 A.M. The long-time pastor and personal friend of Evelyn, the Rev. Fr. Keller officiating.
Memorial contributions are suggested by the family to the Michael J. Fox
Foundation for Parkinson's Research, Grand Central Station, P.O. Box 4777, New
York, NY 10163.