Ardys L Rick

Ardys L. Rick, age 93, Webster, formerly of Bradley, died in the Bethesda Home at Webster on Thursday, June 25, 2020.  She was the wife of Maurice Rick.

PUBLIC visitation with strict CDC guidelines being followed will be held on Thursday, July 2, 2020 from 3-5PM at the Furness Funeral Home Chapel at Clark.  Masks are highly recommended.

PRIVATE funeral services will be held on Friday, July 3, 2020 in the Heritage Chapel at the Bethesda Home at Webster.  Minister Marion Grimes will officiate. PUBLIC burial will be held at noon in the Prairie Hill Cemetery at Bradley.

She was born Ardys Leila Ethelwyn Christensen on November 24, 1926, at Rutland, ND, the daughter of Christian Bernhardt and Loretta Evelyn (Fladby) Christensen. In the fall of 1927 she moved with her parents to Bradley.  Ardys attended school at Bradley, graduating from Bradley High School and then attended and graduated from Northern State Teachers College at Aberdeen.

Ardys then began a teaching career in the Bradley Junior High School, teaching journalism and then later kindergarten.  She also served as a substitute teacher until the school closed in 1977.

On December 15, 1946, she was united in marriage to Maurice Rick at Bradley.  The couple lived in Bradley until moving to the Bethesda Home at Webster in 2016.  While they lived at Bradley, in addition to teaching, she also served as the bookkeeper for the family construction business for over 50 years.

She was a member of the Bradley Baptist Church, where she was baptized on August 9, 1954, and remained a member until the Church closed.

Preceding her in death were her parents and daughter, Yvonne in June of 2000.

Grateful for having shared in her life is her husband Maurice of Webster, a daughter, Valerie (Ted) Foster of Pierre, grandchildren, Laura (Paul) Menning, Carmen (Keith) Erickson, and Kristal Foster, great-grandsons, Rowdy and Branch Menning, and great-granddaughters, Nataly and Nicola Erickson.

Funeral arrangements are with the Furness Funeral Home at Clark where there is an on-line registry at www.furnessfuneralhome.com